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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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  • Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corp. Deal Tracker/M&A
  • GCs/Corp. Legal Depts.
  • Firm Management
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CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 14 Firms, 70 Lawyers, $5.56B

October 30, 2019 Claire Poole

Despite the overall slowdown in dealmaking, PitchBook is sounding a more optimistic tone for the year as a whole.

The firm said North American M&A activity continues apace, with the $1.6 trillion in volume so far this year indicating another $2 trillion-plus year thanks to blockbuster deals in media, financial services and health care.

However, PitchBook did note that economic uncertainty is affecting the M&A market and fewer massive deals were announced in the third quarter than in previous quarters. Fourth quarter results will tell the tale.

In dealmaking involving Texas lawyers last week, deal activity was up in volume but down in value from the previous week, with 12 deals valued at $5.56 billion versus 8 transactions worth $6.6 billion. At this time last year, there were 13 deals valued at $6.14 billion. 

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions ruled the week with 11 deals valued at $3.86 billion and only one capital markets/financing transaction worth $1.7 billion. Fourteen firms and 70 Texas lawyers were involved in the action.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Kirkland, McGuireWoods aid on Brookfield’s $2B Covey Point purchase from Dominion

As The Texas Lawbook reported last week Kirkland & Ellis said it counseled Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners on its agreement to buy a 25% equity stake in liquefied natural gas facility Cove Point from Dominion Energy Inc. for $2 billion in cash.

The Texas members of the Kirkland team were corporate partners Doug Bacon and Allan Kirk in Houston, debt finance partner Roald Nashi (Washington, D.C., and Houston) and corporate associates Joshua Abbotoy and Bryan Jones (both of Houston). Partner David Wheat (of Dallas and Houston) lent a hand on tax matters.

McGuireWoods counseled Richmond, Va.-based Dominion, including partner Jay Hughes in Houston. The rest of the team included attorneys in Richmond, New York, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte. Dominion deputy general counsel Russ Singer in Richmond led the deal in-house. 

J.P. Morgan was Dominion’s financial advisor, including Jay Horine, David Harkin, Andrew Castaldo, Eric Anderson, Alexander Berezner and Ian Martin.  

Dominion’s announcement is part of the company’s plan to set up a permanent capital structure for Cove Point, which the transaction valued at $8.22 billion, including working capital. It expects to use the proceeds to reduce its annual common equity financing, among other things.

Brookfield Super-Core is an infrastructure fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. 

The deal is expected to close by year-end. Dominion is keeping operational control of the facility and its services.

Baker Botts advises Innophos on $932M sale to One Rock

As The Lawbook also noted last week, Innophos Holdings Inc. was sold to One Rock Capital Partners for $932 million in cash and assumed debt, which will make it a private company.

Baker Botts represented Cranbury, N.J.-based ingredient maker Innophos with a team that included Texas associates Jamie Yarbrough, Ieuan List and Catherine Ellis and senior associate Eileen Boyce.

Working on employee benefits were Houston partner Rob Fowler, Dallas partner Jennifer Trulock, Dallas senior associate Marian Fielding and Houston associate Gabriela Alvarez. Austin partner Aileen Hooks advised on environmental issues.

Latham & Watkins counseled New York-based One Rock with attorneys outside of Texas.

Lazard provided financial advice to Innophos while RBC Capital Markets assisted One Rock.

The middle-market private equity firm One Rock agreed to acquire all of Innophos’ outstanding stock for $32 per share in cash. The offer represents an 18% premium to the 30-day volume-weighted average closing share price of Innophos’ common stock ending Sept. 9, the last trading day before market speculation about a potential transaction.

The deal is expected to close the first quarter of 2020 if it clears stockholder and regulatory approval. The definitive agreement includes a 30-day “go-shop” period when Innophos – with the help of its legal and financial advisors – will solicit and consider alternative acquisition proposals.

V&E advises Cloud Peak on $475.7M asset sale to Navajo Nation

Vinson & Elkins advised Cloud Peak Energy Inc. and certain units on the sale of almost all their operating assets to Navajo Transitional Energy Co., a unit of the Navajo Nation, for $475.7 million.

The team was co-led by Dallas restructuring partner Paul Heath.

The deal is part of Cloud Peak’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases pending in the District of Delaware. It includes a $15.7 million cash payment, a $40 million note, a five-year term royalty on future tons produced, the assumption of pre- and post-petition tax liabilities and federal and state coal royalty payments, $400 million in reclamation obligations and up to $20 million in post-petition accounts payables. 

Davis Polk lawyers in New York advised an ad hoc group of secured noteholders and the debtor-in-possession facility agent on the sale. The facility included a $35 million new money tranche and a $28 million roll-up tranche that had been backstopped by the ad hoc group’s members.

Headquartered in Gillette, Wyoming, Cloud Peak mines low sulfur, sub-bituminous coal and provides logistics supply services.

Clark Hill Strasburger advises Alamo Group on $352M Morbark purchase

Clark Hill Strasburger said a San Antonio team represented Seguin-based tractor maker Alamo Group Inc. on a recent $325 million purchase of Morbark, which makes equipment and aftermarket parts for forestry, tree maintenance, land management and recycling markets. 

The deal, which closed Oct. 24, included Alamo expanding its credit facility to $650 million. The purchase is Alamo’s biggest to date.

The team was led by Clark Hill Strasburger partner J. David Oppenheimer and included Brad Oxford (member, employee benefits), Patrick Larkin (member, environmental) and Adam Boland (senior counsel, employment). 

Others on the team were Timothy Koltun (of counsel, real estate) and Joe Struble (associate, M&A/corporate) for the acquisition and Troy Cady (senior counsel, banking and financial services) and Lauren Laughlin (associate, corporate) on the financing.

Alamo’s general counsel is Edward Rizzuti, who has been in the post since 2015. The NYU-trained lawyer previously was general counsel at Erickson Inc., associate general counsel at Hyster-Yale Group and legal counsel at Terex Corp. and an associate at Mintz and Clifford Chance.

Alamo designs, manufactures, distributes and services equipment for infrastructure maintenance, agriculture and other applications. Including Morbark, it has 4,345 employees and operated 32 plants in North America, Europe, Australia and Brazil as of Oct. 24.

Pillsbury advises Intersys on $67M sale to ASGN

ASGN Inc. closed its acquisition of Austin-based Intersys Consulting from its chairman J.R. Carter and other sellers for $67 million in cash.

Pillsbury counseled Intersys on the sale, including partner Steve Tyndall and senior associate Justin Krawitz in Austin. Clearsight Advisors was Intersys’ financial advisor. 

Sullivan & Cromwell represented Calabasas, California-based ASGN (Los Angeles partner Patrick Brown). Jennifer Hankes Painter is ASGN’s chief legal officer.

ASGN, which provides technology services to the commercial and government sectors, said the acquisition deepens and expands its capabilities in digital innovation and enterprise solutions in the tech, consumer, healthcare and financial sectors. Intersys will become part of ASGN’s Apex Systems unit.

Intersys expects to generate around $31 million in revenues this year and double-digit revenue growth next year. ASGN expects to realize revenue synergies by leveraging Intersys’ capabilities to capture an increased portion of Apex’s consulting opportunities.

ASGN CEO and president Ted Hanson said in a statement that the combination of Apex and Intersys strengthens the company’s vision of merging industry expertise and technology solutions with its account relationships and “just-in-time” consultants for projects in a way that sets it apart from the competition.

Intersys CEO Jeff Schmalbach said the transaction will help the company to market its capabilities to a larger group of customers and bring new solutions to the clients it serves.

As part of the deal, ASGN granted restricted stock unit awards to 15 Intersys employees covering around 50,000 shares. Half of the grants will vest on the second anniversary of the grant date and 25% on the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date. 

Kastner Gravelle aids Shipwell on $35M fundraise from Georgian

Shipwell, an Austin-based provider of trucking logistics management software, said Oct. 24 it attracted $35 million in funding from a group led by Georgian Partners in one of Austin’s largest funding rounds this year.

Fifth Wall, Global Founders Capital, BoxGroup and Aspect Ventures also participated in the round. So far, the company has raised $47 million in outside funding.

Kastner Gravelle partner Rob Housley represented Shipwell while Gunderson counseled Georgian, whose partner Tyson Baber led the deal.

Shipwell plans to use the funding to add employees and open a second office in Chicago next year. It’s also expanded its tracking and management tools to integrate with FedEx’s parcel shipping services and aims to add ocean shipping.

Led by co-founder and CEO Greg Price, Shipwell works with service providers, including the logistics services Flexport, but also operates as a marketplace for shippers to connect with freight companies and provides them online tools to manage those shipments. 

The company claims it has 4,000 customers per month in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. It plans to add an office in Chicago and a second location in Austin.

Brown Fox represents Lone Star Analysis on HCAP funding

HCAP Partners invested an undisclosed sum in Lone Star Analysis, a Dallas provider of predictive and prescriptive data analytics and analysis. 

Adam Fox of Brown Fox in Dallas represented Lone Star. San Diego-based HCAP used Locke Lord (Chicago partner Tamer Tullgren).

Founded in 2006 and led by chairman and CEO Steve Roemerman, Lone Star provides decision analysis and analytics software that helps improve operational efficiency at Fortune 500 clients in transportation and logistics, aerospace and defense and other industrial markets. 

The company plans to use HCAP’s funding for strategic growth initiatives and research and development for the buildout of new enterprise software.

“As data created by enterprises increases exponentially, companies such as Lone Star Analysis, with its leading-edge software applications and strong IP, are poised for growth in the years ahead,” said HCAP principal Nicolas Lopez, who led the transaction along with managing partner Tim Bubnack.

Founded in 2000, HCAP provides mezzanine debt and private equity to lower-middle market companies in California and the western U.S. It typically invests $2 million to $15 million in businesses generating between $10 million and $100 million in sales in the healthcare, software, services and manufacturing sectors.

V&E counsels Clovis Point on Mobile Solutions sale to Periscope

Vinson & Elkins said Oct. 24 it advised Houston-based Clovis Point Capital on the sale of Centennial, Colo.-based Mobile Solutions Services to Periscope Equity. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Partner James Garrett in Houston led the deal team, which included M&A associate Audrey Bartosh and partner David Peck and senior associate Megan James on tax.

Cooley’s Denver office represented Mobile Solutions while Kirkland & Ellis represented Periscope (Chicago partner Robert Wilson). D.A. Davidson & Co. was Mobile Solutions’ financial advisor (Joe Morgan in Costa Mesa, Calif.).

Managing partners Robert Shuford and Christopher Joseph led the investment from Clovis Point.

Headed by CEO Jim Johnson, Mobile Solutions provides managed mobility services software to construction, general contracting, transportation, real estate and software companies. 

Clovis Point said the transaction resulted in about a 5.1 multiple of invested capital and a 77% internal rate of return on its investment.

Clovis Point partnered with Mobile Solutions in 2016 to help it develop its proprietary next-generation mobile expense management platform, execute on organic growth initiatives and invest in human capital to scale its sales, marketing and technology teams.

Jones Day, McGinnis Lochridge aid on J.F. Lehman/BEI’s Wenzel purchase

Jones Day said Oct. 24 it advised J.F. Lehman & Company and portfolio company BEI Precision Systems & Space Co. Inc. on the acquisition of Wenzel Associates Inc., BEI’s second add-on acquisition since JFLCO invested in it. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Dallas partner Alain Dermarkar led the team team at Jones Day while Baker Hostetler’s Washington, D.C., office assisted on international trade, government contracts and defense security compliance matters. 

McGinnis Lochridge counseled Wenzel, including partner Ed McHorse and associate Martha Todd in Austin.

KippsDeSanto & Co. was the financial advisor to BEI and JFLCO while Sperry, Mitchell & Co. assisted Wenzel (Paul Sperry and Kyle Morgan).

Steve Brooks and Will Hanenberg led the deal from JFLCO.

Based in Austin, Wenzel designs and makes crystal oscillators, fixed frequency systems, integrated microwave assemblies and synthesizers for military, space and commercial markets. It has a division in Whitby, Ontario.

Maumelle, Ark.-based BEI claims to be a leader in positioning sensor technologies, providing design, manufacturing and testing for products and systems. Its main product lines are used in mission-critical defense and space applications and it has an operating unit in Edinburgh, Scotland.

BEI CEO Mark Mirelez said its partnership with Wenzel will strengthen both organizations’ abilities to meet its customers’ requirements, particularly in the space and military markets.

Locke Lord, Kirkland, Bracewell work on White Deer’s purchase of TorcSill

Locke Lord said Oct. 24 it counseled White Deer Energy on its purchase of Pasadena, Texas-based TorcSill Foundations from Intervale Capital for an undisclosed sum.

Partner Joe Perillo and associate Jennie Simmons of Houston led the team. They were assisted by partners Steve Boyd, Jerry Higdon, Sara Longtain, Ed Razim and Buddy Sanders, senior counsel Freddy Feldman and Michelle Gutierrez-Begin and associates Evan Blankenau, A.J. Davitt, Tom Johnson, Jason McCloskey and Emily Self, all of Houston. Dallas partner Van Jolas also pitched in.

Kirkland counseled TorcSill and Intervale with a team led out of Boston that included environmental partner Stefanie Gitler, who offices out of San Francisco and Houston, and associate Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers in Houston.

Bracewell represented White Deer on the financing, including partners Heather L. Brown and Scott C. Sanders in Houston and Timothy A. Wilkins in Austin. The associates were Anna K. Miller in Austin and Emily A. Banse in Houston.

Harris Williams provided financial advice to TorcSill and Intervale, including Luke Semple and Marshall Wills.

Jason Turowsky led the deal from Intervale and Varun Babbili and Joe Bob Edwards did so from White Deer.

Led by CEO Tim Swift, TorcSill claims to be a top provider of engineered helical pile and anchor foundation solutions across the energy, industrial and power-end markets. It has field locations in the Gulf Coast, West and South Texas, the mid-continent, the Rockies and the northeast. 

Intervale invested in TorcSill in 2014. Its other portfolio companies include Innovex Downhole Solutions, Milestone Environmental Services, Enercorp Sand Solutions, Entegra, Taurex Drill Bits and Aegis Chemical Solutions.

In 2016 TorcSill bought AnchorPipe International for an undisclosed sum.

Houston- and New York-based White Deer has raised more than $2.7 billion in committed capital since its founding in 2008. Intervale operates from Houston and Boston and has raised $1.3 billion of committed capital since its 2006 inception.

Winston, Winstead work on Core’s merger with Javelina Oilfield

Rock Hill Capital Group said Oct. 23 that its portfolio company Core International merged with Javelina Oilfield Inc. for undisclosed terms.

Houston-based Core supplies engineered rubber components and supply chain solutions to industrial end-users. Javelina distributes engineered rubber and metal components to the oil and gas sector.

Winston partner Dick Wynne led the team advising Houston-based Rock Hill with help from Dallas partners Andrew Betaque and Jeff Cole and associates Anna Gryska (Houston), Nick Gurguis (Dallas), Danielle Marr (Dallas), Bradley Ratliff (Houston) and Christina Robertson (Houston).

Winstead partner Roy Richter in The Woodlands assisted Javelina. Veritex Bank provided financing for the transaction.

The combination will continue to operate as Core for its make-to-order industrial customers and will be branded Javelina for its oil and gas distribution business.

Rock Hill operating partner Mike Baldwin said putting the two businesses together makes strategic sense. Core Javelina president Phillip Meyer said Core benefits from Javelina’s sales expertise and customer relationships and Javelina is helped by Core’s ability to deliver engineered rubber parts globally. Chad Myers is CEO of Core Javelina.

Founded in 2007, Rock Hill invests in small-to-lower middle market industrial products and services companies in the South and Southeast U.S. and is working out of its $150 million third fund. Grant Jungeblut is head of business development and deal flow management at the firm.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

Bracewell, Kirkland aid on $1.7B in new financing for McDermott

Bracewell said Oct. 21 it counseled Crédit Agricole as a lead arranger and revolving administrative agent on $1.7 billion in new financing for McDermott International Inc., which has been struggling under its debt load after its $3.5 billion acquisition of Chicago Bridge & Iron last year and from less activity in the oil and gas industry.

The team was mostly led out of New York but included partner Manuel Vera in Houston, associate Christie L. Latimer in Dallas and associates Shannon I. Lindamood, Jason W. Keating, Emily A. Banse, Kenni E. Callahan, Sylvia Cherem and Kathy Witty Medford in Houston.

Kirkland & Ellis counseled McDermott including lawyers in the firm’s New York and Chicago offices as well as partners Lucas Spivey, who offices in Dallas and Houston, and partner Andy Calder in Houston.

Davis Polk lawyers in New York advised an ad hoc group of term loan lenders on what it called “super-priority rescue financing.”

Evercore was McDermott’s financial advisor and AP Services, an affiliate of AlixPartners, was its operational advisor. Barclays is a lead arranger for the financing.

McDermott’s chief legal officer is John Freeman, who replaced the retiring Liane Hinrichs as the company’s top attorney in 2017. He joined McDermott from TechnipFMC, where he advised on the Technip-FMC integration after serving as Technip’s group general counsel. Before that the Washington & Lee-educated lawyer worked in the legal department at Baker Hughes Inc. and Pennzoil-Quaker State Co.

The facility includes a $1.3 billion term loan facility and a $400 million letter of credit facility to be funded in four tranches. Upon closing of the first tranche, the company will have access to $650 million of capital, including $550 million under the term loan facility and $100 million under the letter of credit facility.

McDermott expects to use the amounts available under the agreement to finance working capital and support the issuance of required performance guarantees on new projects.

The company’s ability to access the remaining amount of financing under the agreement is subject to various conditions that are at the discretion of the lenders. 

McDermott CEO and president David Dickson said in a statement that the new credit agreement is a continued signal from its lenders that they support the company, its underlying business, growth strategy and ability to achieve a long-term balance sheet solution.

While the financing is a lifeline that may help McDermott avoid bankruptcy, its withdrawal of its previous financial outlook signals “near-term performance uncertainties or working capital challenges,” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Scott Levine said in a Bloomberg report.

McDermott said it continues to pursue its previously announced strategic alternatives process for Lummus Technology and the sale process for the remaining portion of its pipe fabrication business. However, it decided to terminate the sale process for its industrial storage tank business.

McDermott is a global upstream and downstream engineering, procurement, construction and installation company. It also provides petrochemical, refining, gasification and gas processing technologies and supplies proprietary catalysts and related engineering.

UPDATE/OTHER

Howard Hughes Corp. – yes, originally founded by that Howard Hughes – announced plans Oct. 21 to sell $2 billion in non-core assets after a strategic review that led to a change in CEO’s and a move to The Woodlands from Dallas.

There previously was speculation that the company – which is chaired by Pershing Square Capital Management activist investor Bill Ackman – would seek a buyer for the entire company, which could possibly be taken private.

Pershing Square is one of the largest holders in Howard Hughes, which was spun out of mall owner General Growth Properties nine years ago. It owns 59 properties, including retail, office, multifamily and hotel assets, along with master-planned communities like the Summerlin in Las Vegas, which the company’s billionaire founder Howard Hughes named after his grandmother Jean Amelia Summerlin.

Paul Layne, a former executive at The Woodlands owner HCC, will replace David R. Weinreb as CEO and Weinreb and president Grant Herlitz stepped down from the company. 

General counsel Peter Riley didn’t respond to a request for comment but appears to be staying on. He joined the company in 2011 after practicing at K&L Gates, Kelly Hart and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

The company said the “transformation plan” will create a lean, focused, decentralized organization built around the company’s core master planned communities. The move is expected to cut $40 million to $45 million in annual corporate general and administrative expenses and $5 million in overhead costs. 

The $2 billion in non-core asset sales is expected to bring in net cash proceeds of $600 million after debt repayment and transaction costs, which will be used to buy back shares and pursue development opportunities.

Centerview Partners is providing financial advice to the company.

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