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CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 13 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $3.82B

November 20, 2019 Claire Poole

An interesting insight came out about the oil and gas industry last week from Wood Mackenzie: That oil and gas companies are relying more and more on deal-making to fill their portfolios than traditional exploration.

The firm’s study found that 46% of new oil and gas resources came from mergers and acquisitions over the last three years, versus only 37% between 2005 and 2014. However, at the same time, global M&A activity has declined since 2014, mostly steeply this year, the firm said.

“We are on course for perhaps the slowest year of deals since the start of the century,” Wood Mackenzie research director Angus Rodger said. 

On the face of it, that sounds like a paradox: That M&A is becoming a greater part of the pie but is also on the decline. But Rodger said it’s partly because there’s been a sharp fall in exploration, which has made the role of M&A more important.

One of the reasons oil and gas deal activity has fallen, as The Texas Lawbook has noted, is investor pressure, particularly in the U.S. where the market punishes companies looking for growth – including by acquisition – and rewards those that are capital disciplined and generating free cash flow.

By contrast, Asia Pacific has seen a relatively busy year – and could become even busier, with Irving-based Exxon Mobil selling off big chunks of assets in Australia and Malaysia (The Australian reported that the Carlyle Group is bidding on the oil giant’s Australian downstream energy assets, which could fetch around $3 billion).

Meanwhile, in overall M&A action involving Texas lawyers, deal flow last week slid to 15 transactions valued at $3.82 billion, versus the previous week’s 25 deals worth $12.9 billion. Last week’s activity also paled compared with this time last year, when there were 18 transactions valued at $9.2 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

Broken down, there were 11 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals worth $2.5 billion and four capital markets transactions valued at $1.271 billion. Thirteen law firms and 135 Texas lawyers handled what work there was.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

V&E, Baker Botts, LW, Mayer Brown aid on $1.6B Noble simplification

Vinson & Elkins said Nov. 15 it advised Noble Energy on an agreement in which Noble Midstream Partners will acquire the partnership’s incentive distribution rights and almost all of Noble Energy’s remaining midstream interests for $1.6 billion in cash and units.

Houston partner Ramey Layne led the deal team, which included senior associate Jessica Lewis and associates Andrianna Frinzi and Nico Kroeker. The tax team was led by partners Ryan Carney and Joe Garcia with assistance from associates Christine Mainguy and Eyad Saqr.

Baker Botts said a Houston team advised the conflicts committee of Noble Midstream. The group included corporate partners Josh Davidson and A.J. Ericksen and associates Jamie Yarbrough and Hayley Hervieux; energy projects partner Scott Looper and associate Kyle Doherty; tax partner Mike Bresson and senior associate Jared Meier; and environmental partner Scott Janoe and associate Harrison Reback.

Latham & Watkins said it advised the placement agents in a $250 million private unit offering in connection with the deal, including Houston partner Ryan Maierson with associates Dan Harrist, Lexi Udeh and Kate Wang; tax partner Tim Fenn with associates Jim Cole and Michael Rowe; and environmental partner Joel Mack, all of Houston.

Mayer Brown counseled Noble Midstream GP’s board, including partner Jeff Dobbs, counsel Rebecca Seidl and partner Bill Heller in Houston.

The board received financial advice from BofA Securities and Noble Energy used Citi.

Noble Midstream expects the transactions to be around 5% accretive to its estimated distributable cash flow per unit next year. The acquired interests include $160 million in anticipated 2020 adjusted EBTIDA and $40 million in IDR distributions, implying an 8 times 2020 transaction multiple.

Concurrent with the transaction, Noble Midstream has reset the long-term distribution growth rate target to 10% annually, resulting in an estimated distribution coverage ratio of 1.3 times in 2020. The transactions are expected to reduce EBITDA leverage.

The acquired assets include Noble Midstream’s first gas processing complex in the DJ Basin and incremental three-stream gathering in the southern Delaware Basin. The private unit offering increases the common unit float by around 55%, which is expected to enhance trading liquidity.

Noble Midstream CEO Brent J. Smolik said in a statement that the financially attractive acquisition of almost all of Noble Energy’s remaining midstream assets will enhance operational synergies and increase economic alignment in Noble’s growth basins.

Analysts at Tudor, Pickering, Holt said the most ideal outcome would have been a full midstream exit, including Noble Energy’s stake in Noble Midstream, depending on the valuation, but the deal marginally improves leverage metrics “at first blush.”

Shearman advises on EnCap Flatrock’s $400M to Ironwood II

EnCap Flatrock Midstream announced that it committed $400 million to oil and gas infrastructure developer Ironwood Midstream Energy Partners II.

Shearman & Sterling represented EnCap with a team that included project/finance partner Sarah McLean in Austin, tax partner Todd Lowther in Houston and finance partner Richard Sitton in Houston. The associates were Julia Pashin, Devon Yamauchi and Molly Harding on tax and Kelli Sims on project development/finance.

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher counseled Ironwood II out of Denver (partner Beau Stark).

Ironwood II said entered into a binding agreement to acquire Twin Eagle Gardendale Pipeline’s Gardendale and Asherton gathering systems, which span 137 miles in Dimmit and LaSalle counties. It expects to close the transaction in December. Terms weren’t disclosed.

The assets include connections to several long-haul pipelines, allowing access to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Three Rivers and Houston markets.

Interconnects include Plains All American Pipeline, Harvest Pipeline Co., NuStar Logistics and the upcoming Epic Crude Oil Pipeline. Long-term dedications total more than 124,000 acres.

Latham advises Total on SunPower split, $298M TZS investment

SunPower, which is majority-owed by Total, said it plans to separate into two independent, strategically-aligned publicly-traded companies, SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies. 

Concurrent with the transaction, long-time partner Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co. Ltd., or TZS, will invest $298 million in Maxeon Solar to help finance the scale‐up of Maxeon’s production capacity. TZS is a top global supplier of silicon wafers.

Latham represented Total with a team led in part by Houston partner Ryan Maierson with Houston associates Ryan Lynch and Bryan Ryan.

TZS will end up with 28.848% of the diluted ordinary shares of Maxeon Solar with SunPower shareholders owning 71.152%.

TK aids Tailwater on Align-Elevate merger, $150M Elevate funding

Tailwater Capital portfolio companies Align Midstream Partners II and Elevate Midstream Partners announced they have merged their East Texas asset bases. 

Thompson & Knight partner Holt Foster in Dallas represented Tailwater along with associates Courtney Roane, Catharine Hansard and Tim Johnston and employment/labor partner Tony Campiti and tax partner Dean Hinderliter.

Dallas-based Align, led by CEO Fritz Brinkman and Matthew Osborn, will assume operatorship of the combined asset base. The deal adds 180 miles of active pipeline to Align’s footprint across Panola, Rusk and Harrison counties as well as processing and compression capabilities and East Texas producers active in the Haynesville and Cotton Valley formations.

Meanwhile, Roger Fox, CEO of Houston-based Elevate (which doubled its size with two acquisitions and an expanded relationship with Sabine Oil and Gas), will create Elevate Midstream Partners II along with others on his management team. Tailwater committed $150 million to Elevate to further capitalize on midstream asset acquisitions and greenfield buildout opportunities.

Tailwater co-founder and managing partner Jason Downie said the combination expands Align’s East Texas asset footprint into areas where it already has expertise and gives it the ability to expand and enhance its scale. He said the firms’ investment in Elevate II will allow it to execute on midstream opportunities in what he believes is an attractive market.

Tailwater sold the first iteration of Align to Enable Midstream in 2017 for $300 million.

Dallas-based Tailwater manages $3.5 billion in committed capital. Its team has executed 100 energy transactions in the upstream and midstream sectors representing $19 billion in transaction value.

V&E counsels Calumet on $63M asset sale to Starlight

Vinson & Elkins said it advised Calumet Specialty Products Partners on the sale of its San Antonio refinery and related crude oil terminal and pipeline to Starlight Relativity Acquisition Co. for $63 million for cash.

Partner Chris Collins led the deal team with assistance from partner Gillian Hobson, associate Jordan Fossee, senior associate Robbie Hopkins and associate Layton Suchma. 

Also weighing in were partner Ryan Carney on tax; partner David D’Alessandro and senior associate Kristy Fields on executive compensation/benefits; partner Sean Becker on labor/employment; and counsel Larry Pechacek on environmental.

Evercore was Calumet’s financial advisor.

Indianapolis-based Calumet also said it entered into an agreement with TexStar Midstream Logistics settling all outstanding litigation between the two parties that will result in the release of a $38 million balance sheet liability. 

Calumet CEO Tim Go said in a statement that the divestiture represents another step forward in the company’s strategic transformation, further de-levers its balance sheet, reduces earnings volatility by lowering its exposure to fuels refining and allows it to focus its time and capital on its higher-return specialty products business.

The refinery has permitted capacity of 21,000 barrels per day, processing crude oil and condensate primarily from the Eagle Ford basin. It currently produces LPG, naphtha, regular and premium gasoline, commercial and military jet fuel and ultra-low sulfur diesel.

There are 250,000 barrels of storage capacity at the refinery and 200,000 barrels of additional crude oil storage capacity at a crude oil terminal in Elmendorf.

The refinery will be operated by Lazarus Energy Holdings, which has a 15,000 barrels per day crude distillation facility with 1.2 million barrels of storage capacity in Nixon owned by Blue Dolphin Energy Co.

Locke Lord aids Main Street on $24.8M recap of J&J

Locke Lord said Nov. 14 it represented Main Street Capital Corp. on a new portfolio investment to facilitate the $24.8 million recapitalization of J&J Services Inc.

Houston partner Greg Heath and senior counsel Jeannie Diep led the deal team, which included partners Ben Cowan, Eric Larson, Sara Longtain, Tammi Niven, Ed Razim and Buddy Sanders, senior counsel Elizabeth Guffy and associates A.J. Davitt, Jason McCloskey and Jeff McPhaul, all of Houston.

Opposing counsel was Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville (partner Price Wilson).

Shearman advises LawnStarter on $10.5M fundraise

Austin-based LawnStarter said it attracted $10.5 million in funding from Edison Partners and return backer Lerer Hippeau.

Shearman & Sterling counseled LawnStarter, including partner Alan Bickerstaff.

LawnStarter is an on-demand platform for outdoor home services. It plans to use the financing to continue to broaden its offerings and further expand across the 120 markets it serves in the U.S., including Austin, Tampa, Denver and Atlanta.

An estimated $99 billion will be spent on lawn and landscape services in 2019, LawnStarter said citing an IBIS World Report. The industry is highly fragmented with 500,000 businesses, of which 70% are owner-operated, and millennial homeowners – who are purchasing such services at a higher rate than previous generations – prefer a digital interaction. 

However, LawnStarter said most service providers lack the time and resources needed to attract new customers to expand their businesses and LawnStarter connects them to homeowners in a digital, on-demand marketplace, where they can order, manage and pay for services all on a mobile app. 

Daniel Herscovici led the investment from Edison Partners and joined LawnStarter’s board (he previously founded Xfinity Home, Comcast’s Smart Home and internet-of-things business unit, and Xfinity Wi-Fi). Steve Corcoran is the company’s co-founder and CEO.

LawnStarter is Edison’s latest investment in large fragmented markets ripe for disruption and a differentiated customer experience, such as in real estate investment and funding platform Fund That Flip, micro-mobility company Zagster and financial membership platform MoneyLion. 

Princeton, N.J.-based Edison has financed and guided 230 private companies, creating a portfolio valued at $10 billion. It currently manages $1.4 billion in assets. It typically targets companies with $5 million to $25 million in sales and its investments also include buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases. 

Winstead advises Bios on $6.5M investment in Actuate Therapeutics

Actuate Therapeutics Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in Fort Worth, said it raised an additional $6.5 million in financing, bringing its total to $28.2 million.

Fort Worth-based Bios Partners led the round with Kairos Ventures and DEFTA Partners and other existing investors.

Winstead shareholders Charlie Florsheim and Sam Vinson and associate Andrew Rosell counseled Bios while Actuate used Baker Hostetler out of Washington, D.C. (Janis Penman). 

Kairos tapped Stubbs Alderton & Markiles when it led a $21.7 million round of investment in the company in May with DEFTA, Tech Coast Angels and Bios.

Actuate will use the proceeds of the financing to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial in bone marrow cancer myelofibrosis and expand its ongoing 1801 clinical trial to include an arm for treating patients with a combination of 9-ING-41 with cancer medicine irinotecan. 

Dr. Frank Giles is the company’s chief medical officer and Dr. Ludimila Cavalcante is its lead of medical affairs. Daniel Schmitt is the company’s president and CEO.

Locke Lord represents Nautic on Spartech acquisition

Locke Lord said Nov. 12 it represented Nautic Partners on its acquisition of Spartech from private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum.

The team was led out of Providence but included Dallas managing partner Vicky Gunning, Dallas partners Elizabeth Mack, Susan Rainey and Kimberly Williams and Houston partner Laura L. Ferguson. 

Others in the group were senior counsel Richard Franchek and Robin Shaughnessy, counsel Sean Kilian and associates David Allen, Jennifer McCoy and Brittany Wages, all of Dallas.

Spartech makes acrylics and other engineered plastics used in various applications and end markets, including aerospace and defense. 

V&E, Sidley aid on Canes’ EIV equity commitment

Vinson & Elkins said it advised Canes Midstream on an equity commitment from private equity firm EIV Capital and Canes management. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Partner James Garrett and senior associate Daniel McEntee led the deal with help from associate John Daywalt. 

Other key team members included partner Jason McIntosh and associate Miron Klimkowski (tax); partner Sean Becker (labor/employment); and partner Stephen Jacobson and senior associate Kristy Fields (executive compensation/benefits).

Sidley Austin partner Cliff Vrielink assisted EIV.

Canes said Nov. 13 that the investment will allow it to acquire, construct, own and operate midstream assets in the U.S.

Founded this year, Dallas-based Canes is led by Scott Brown, who previously was president and chief commercial officer at Lucid Energy Group, and Chad Choate, who was a development executive at Producers Midstream and Energy Transfer.

EIV partner Greg Davis said the Canes team brings a background that spans several basins and commodities, positioning it to partner with producers looking for midstream solutions.

Founded in 2009, EIV is a Houston private equity firm specializing in providing growth equity to the North American energy industry. It focuses on the midstream, including energy infrastructure and businesses involved in the processing, transportation, storage or conversion of oil, natural gas, renewable fuels and refined products.  

Mullin Hoard advises Plaska on sale to AE-backed BHI Energy

BHI Energy, which is backed by AE Industrial Partners, said Nov. 13 it bought Plaska Transmission Line Construction, an Amarillo electrical contractor that provides distribution, transmission and storm restoration services for customers in Texas, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. 

Financial terms weren’t disclosed. 

Mullin Hoard & Brown partner Shawn D. Twing in Amarillo advised Plaska while Akerman out of West Palm Beach, Fla., counseled BHI (Paul Quinn). Crowe was BHI’s financial advisor.

AE focuses on investments in aerospace, defense and government services, power generation and industrial markets. 

Plaska, led by president Greg Jackson, specializes in installation, repair and maintenance services on overhead electrical power lines for utilities and industrial companies and storm response. It also performs electric distribution construction work. Plaska’s senior management team is staying on.

BHI CEO Bob Decensi said in a statement that the acquisition allows the company to geographically expand its transmission and distribution service offerings, delivering optimal solutions and greater value to its clients.

 CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

V&E, Gibson Dunn advise on Targa’s upsized $1B senior notes offering

Targa Resources Partners, a unit of Houston-based Targa Resources Corp., and unit Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. announced Nov. 13 that they priced a upsized $1 billion offering of senior unsecured notes.

Vinson & Elkins is advising Targa led by partner Thomas Zentner in Houston with assistance from associates Bo Shi and Jordan Fossee, counsel Dan Spelkin and associate Farah Chranya.

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Doug Rayburn in Dallas counseled the banks with assistance from Louis Matthews, Eric Pacifici and partner James Chenoweth on tax.

The notes will accrue interest at a rate of 5.500% per year and will mature on March 1, 2030. The offering is expected to close Nov. 27.

Targa Resources Partners plans to use the net proceeds to repay borrowings under its credit facilities and for general partnership purposes, which may include redemptions or repurchases of its outstanding senior notes, repayment of other debt, working capital and capital expenditures and acquisitions.

Targa Resources Corp. formed Targa Resources Partners in 2006 to own, operate, acquire and develop a portfolio of midstream energy assets. Targa Resources Corp. completed the acquisition of all of the partnership’s outstanding common units in 2016.

V&E, Latham aid on $171M Antero share offering by Warburg, Yorktown

Vinson & Elkins said it represented Denver-based Antero Midstream Corp. on an underwritten public offering of around 26 million shares of common stock by affiliates of Warburg Pincus and funds managed by Yorktown Partners.

The gross proceeds from the sale were $171 million, none of which will go to Antero.

Corporate partners Doug McWilliams and Scott Rubinsky led the deal team with assistance from senior associate Austin March and associates Jonathan Villa and John Daywalt. Partner Lina Dimachkieh and associate Curt Wimberly provided tax advice.

Barclays was the sole underwriter and Latham & Watkins was its outside counsel. The team included partners Ryan Maierson and Nick Dhesi and associates Om Pandya, Paul Robe and Sara McLeroy; tax partner Tim Fenn and associate Jim Cole; and environmental partner Joel Mack.

Antero owns, operates and develops midstream gathering, compression, processing and fractionation assets in West Virginia and Ohio and integrated water assets that primarily service its properties.

Dykema advises Abraxas on $100M term loan facility

Abraxas Petroleum Corp. announced last week that it entered into a $100 million senior secured second lien term loan facility with Angelo Gordon Energy Servicer.

Dykema Gossett counseled Abraxas led by partner Andrew Sherwood and including partner Jeff Gifford in San Antonio. Cameron Gulley is Abraxas’ in-house counsel.

Petrie Partners is serving as Abraxas’ financial advisor with a team led by Jon Hughes.

Abraxas plans to use the $95 million in net proceeds to pay down the company’s revolving credit facility.

At closing, Abraxas said the borrowing base under its revolver was set at $135 million and around $94 million was drawn, leaving $41 million of available liquidity under the facility.

“This new second lien facility significantly expands our liquidity,” Abraxas CEO Bob Watson said in a statement. “Being able to complete this transaction with Angelo Gordon in today’s very difficult financing environment is testimony to the high-quality of our oil assets in the Delaware and Williston Basins. We now have ample liquidity and the balance sheet stability to investigate other opportunities to enhance shareholder value.”

Abraxas is a San Antonio-based crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations across the Rocky Mountain and Permian Basin regions of the U.S.

Last month Reuters reported that Whiting Petroleum Corp. was working on a possible all-stock acquisition of Abraxas. Abraxas wouldn’t comment, although it did say it had hired Petrie Partners to help it explore opportunities related to its interests in North Dakota’s Williston Basin. The company has sold non-operated interests in the Bakken.

Latham, Orrick, Sidley advise on Diversified’s oil well securitization

Latham & Watkins said it advised Diversified Gas & Oil Corp. on the first of its kind securitization of operated proved-developed oil and gas properties. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

The team was led by Houston corporate partners Jeff Munoz, David Miller and Robin Fredrickson with help from attorneys in the firm’s New York office. 

Other Texas lawyers involved were associates Sean McKinley, Alice Parker, Bryan Ryan, Drew Tengler-West and Sam Bentley; tax partner Tim Fenn and associate Jim Cole; environmental partner Joel Mack; and finance partner Pamela Kellet.

Diversified formed a wholly owned – and fully consolidated for accounting purposes – special purpose vehicle called Diversified ABS that will issue non-recourse, asset backed securities in a private placement transaction. The vehicle also entered into a complex and bespoke portfolio of hedging arrangements covering the assets supporting the notes.

Orrick advised the noteholders in what the firm called the second rated securitization of oil and gas wellbore interests. It also advised the note purchasers on the first rated securitization of oil and gas wellbore interests issued by Raisa Energy in September (Kirkland & Ellis associate R.J. Malenfant assisted Raisa).

Orrick’s team included partners Jonathan Ayre and Darrell Thomas and associate Jessica Sewell in Houston.

Sidley Austin said Nov. 21 it counseled Munich Re on its purchase of the notes with a team led by Houston partner Jim Rice and a global finance partner in Chicago (Tracey Nicastro). Assisting them were associate Matt Walker in Houston along with a partner in the firm’s OTC Derivatives industry group in New York (Ellen Pesch).

Diversified is a U.S.-based owner and operator of natural gas, natural gas liquids, oil wells and midstream assets in the Appalachian Basin.

UPDATE/OTHER:

In response to complaints by activist investor Paulson & Co., Permian shale producer Callon Petroleum Co. in Houston said Nov. 14 that it lowered its buyout offer for crosstown rival Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. by about $500 million under an amended agreement. Carrizo shareholders will now receive 1.75 shares of Callon common stock for each of their shares, with Callon stockholders ending up with 58% of the combined company and Carrizo’s 42%, versus 54% and 46% previously. Paulson subsequently dropped its opposition to the merger, which it criticized for having a rich 25% premium and adding less valuable properties in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale.

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Sidley Austin partner Duston McFaul co-led the representation of Legacy Reserves along with lawyers from the firm’s Chicago office on its Chapter 11 reorganization plan, which was approved Nov. 15 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Other Texas lawyers who worked on the matter were partners George Vlahakos and Brian Minyard, counsel John Stribling and associates Tanner Groce, Michael Fishel and Maeghan Quejada in Houston. Also pitching in were counsel Charles Persons and associate Juliana Hoffman in Dallas. The plan’s confirmation is considered a victory for Legacy because it will result in the elimination of around $1 billion of its debt and provide a much-needed infusion of new equity capital.

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