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CDT Roundup: 23 Deals, 15 Firms, 120 Lawyers, $9.58B

January 21, 2020 Claire Poole

A few interesting data points came out on private equity and venture capital this past week as dealmakers settled into the year, giving some perspective on where we’ve been – and where we might be headed.

Private equity funds continue to get bigger, with the average size raised last year reaching $662 million, up 12% over 2018 and the highest since at least 2014, according to Private Equity International. 

Private equity firms also raised the highest total sum since the financial crisis – $537.2 billion, up 16 percent over 2018, the data provider said. 

But PE Hub, which reported the data, noted that the actual number of funds closed grew modestly, with the biggest firms taking up more limited partner capital as investors look to outfits “they trust,” making it harder for new shops to attract capital.

There also were big numbers on the venture capital front, with the Austin Business Journal reporting that its hometown companies raised more venture capital last year – $2.2 billion across 263 deals – than any year since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000 (citing stats from PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association).

The state capitol’s jump was happy news given the 9% dip for venture capital investments in the U.S. overall last year to $108 billion, although 2019 was still the third highest ever (2018 was the top year, followed by 2000).

RigUp attracted the most capital in Austin, bringing in $300 million, giving it a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation and $1.8 billion post-money valuation. SparkCognition came in second with $100 million and Lung Therapeutics was third with $39 million. The Texas Lawbook reported on all three deals, as they involved Texas lawyers.

The other top 10 venture capital deals were Zebra ($39 million), Shipwell ($35 million), Jask ($33 million; Sumo Logic later acquired it), Triller ($28 million), Tethr ($15 million), LeanDNA ($15 million) and Ambiq Micro ($13 million).

Non-Austin companies raising large sums in the state included Houston’s GoExpedi ($25 million), San Antonio’s AirStrip ($21 million) and Houston’s Thrasio ($20 million).

Meanwhile, this past week, Texas lawyers were a busy bunch, racking up 23 deals valued at $9.58 billion. That compared with 21 deals worth $14.2 billion the previous week and 15 transactions worth $3.8 billion at this time last year.

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

Fifteen firms and 120 Texas lawyers were involved in the activity, which included 19 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals valued at $6.58 billion and four capital markets transactions worth $3 billion.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Sidley advises Anixter on $4.5B sale to Wesco

Sidley Austin said Jan. 13 it advised Glenview, Ill.-based Anixter International Inc. on its sale to Wesco International Inc. of Pittsburgh for $4.5 billion.

The team was led by partner Irving Rotter, co-head of the firm’s energy practice with offices in New York and Houston, and included Houston partner David Buck. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz counseled Wesco out of New York.

Each share of Anixter common stock will be converted into the right to receive $70 in cash, 0.2397 of a share of Wesco common stock and preferred stock consideration valued at $15.89, or about $100 per Anixter share. 

Wesco expects to offer debt, equity and equity-content securities between signing and closing to fund the cash part of the deal. 

Barclays is Wesco’s financial advisor and providing the debt financing while Centerview Partners assisted Anixter.

Anixter’s previous agreement to be acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice was terminated. 

Wesco stockholders will end up with 84% of the company while Anixter shareholders will get 16%.

The deal has to clear regulators and Anixter shareholders but is expected to close in the second or third quarter. Billionaire Sam Zell, chairman of Anixter’s board who owns around 10.8% of its common stock, agreed to vote in favor of the transaction.

Wesco chairman and CEO John J. Engel said in a statement that the deal will create a premier electrical and data communications distribution and supply chain services company. 

“With increased scale and complementary capabilities, we will be ideally positioned to digitize our business, expand our extensive services portfolio and supply chain offerings and deliver solutions to our customers,” he said.

Wesco said the acquisition offers significant growth and cross-selling opportunities and should generate more than $200 million of annual run-rate cost synergies by the end of the third year.

Anixter CEO and president Bill Galvin said the deal is the result of a thorough process to determine the value of the company.

Kirkland counsels Blackstone’s GSO on $850M Altus Power recap

Kirkland & Ellis said Jan. 16 it represented Blackstone through affiliates GSO Capital Partners and Blackstone Insurance Solutions on the recapitalization of renewable energy provider Altus Power America Inc. valued at $850 million.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners John Pitts and David Thompson and associates Josh Abbotoy, Gordon Cranner and Brittany Scheier, all of Houston.

Other Texas lawyers on the team were debt finance partners Roald Nashi and Andy Veit and associates Angela Hagerman, Charles Martin, Claire Rokita and Kristy Moawad and tax partners David Wheat, Stephen Butler and associate Ryan Phelps.

Robert Horn led the deal from Blackstone, where he is a senior managing director and co-head of GSO’s energy group.

The deal included a preferred and common equity investment, an investment-grade term loan facility and a construction-to-term loan facility. 

Altus plans to use the capital to refinance its capital structure and fund future development, which could boost its portfolio to more than $1 billion in commercial and industrial solar assets.

Led by managing partner Gregg Felton, Greenwich, Conn.-based Altus is a solar power company that provides clean electricity to commercial, industrial and municipal clients across the U.S. Since its founding in 2009, Altus has developed or acquired more than 130 distributed generation solar facilities totaling more than 180 megawatts from Vermont to Hawaii.

The company said it’s experiencing significant growth in demand from private and public clients for locally sited solar arrays – in many cases combined with battery storage – that are capable of producing energy savings for off-takers, creating rent payments for real estate owners and helping clients meet corporate sustainability goals. 

Jones Day aids Global Oryx on Joby Aviation investment

Jones Day said Jan. 16 that Houston partner Stephen Olson advised Global Oryx Co. Ltd., a unit of Saudi Arabia’s Abdul Latif Jameel Cos., on the acquisition of a minority stake in Joby Aviation, which raised $590 million from it and other investors.

Joby is a Santa Cruz, Calif.-based air taxi company that makes electric aircrafts that can travel up to 200 miles per hour and more than 150 miles on a single charge and more quietly than a traditional plane.

Toyota led the Series C round of funding, its first investment in air transportation. The deal brings Joby’s total haul to $720 million. 

The company raised $30 million in a Series A round in 2016 led by Capricorn Investment Group and $100 million in Series B early last year led by Intel Capital. Sparx Group and JetBlue Technology Ventures also are investors.

Weil advises Montagu on its $490M purchase of RTI Surgical’s OEM unit

Weil, Gotshal & Manges said it advised Europe’s Montagu Private Equity on its acquisition of the original equipment manufacturing, or OEM, business of surgical implant company RTI Surgical Holdings Inc. for $490 million in cash and other considerations.

The team was co-led out of Paris and Boston but included banking and finance partner Vynessa Nemunaitis in Dallas. 

Sidley Austin and Holland & Knight counseled Deerfield, Ill.-based RTI, which used Piper Sandler as its financial advisor. Guillaume Jabalot led the deal from Montagu.

The parties expect to complete the transaction in the first half of this year if it clears RTI shareholders and regulators.

When the deal closes, RTI Surgical Holdings said it will be a global pure play spine business. It plans to use the proceeds to repay indebtedness and to capitalize the company for continued investment in its global spine portfolio.

“The sale of the OEM business to Montagu completes the first phase of our strategic transformation to reduce complexity, drive operational excellence and accelerate the growth of RTI Surgical,” RTI CEO and president Camille Farhat said in a statement.

Farhat estimates the spine business generated revenues of $118 million to $119 million with gross margins of 75% last year. He expects the continuing business to be debt-free and have $175 million to $200 million in cash to support its growth.

Olivier Visa, president of the OEM business, said the company has built a world-class design, development and manufacturing competency with expertise across tissue, biologics and hardware.

“We look forward to working with Montagu in driving the growth of the business and deepening the significant expertise and core competencies we have developed to serve more patients,” he said.

V&E advises Clovis on $70M second fund

Vinson & Elkins said Jan. 16 it advised Clovis Point Capital on the closing of its $70 million Clovis Point II fund. 

Partner Chris Rowley, senior associate Carson Dimick and associates Cameron Land, Elizabeth Janicki and Luke Strieber led the deal team.

Specialists included partner David Peck and associate Lauren Meyers on tax; partner Ramey Layne on corporate; partners David D’Alessandro and Shane Tucker and senior associates Heather Johnson and Missy Spohn on executive compensation/benefits; and counsel Christie Alcalá on labor/employment.

The firm said that its second fund is its first institutional one and had strong demand from new investors and investors in Clovis Point I. 

Before the fund’s closing, Clovis Point completed two new platform investments, which the firm didn’t name.

According to its website, its portfolio includes aviation training provider CPAT Global, e-learning content company MediaPro, productivity platform Cirrus Insight and recruiting software company InterviewStream. 

In March Clovis Point invested an undisclosed sum in Chicago-based talent acquisition software developer RIVS.com and in October it sold mobile expense management provider Mobile Solutions to Periscope Equity at a 5.1 multiple of invested capital and a 77% internal rate of return.

Led by former Main Street Capital executives Chris Joseph and Robert Shuford, Clovis Point is a Houston private equity firm that invests in enterprise software and technology-enabled businesses. 

The firm focuses on lower middle-market companies with recurring revenue of between $3 million and $15 million, providing growth capital as well as doing recapitalizations and buyouts.

DLA Piper aids Tritium on $33M ToursByLocals investment

ToursByLocals, a Vancouver, Canada-based online marketplace for private tours, raised $33 million from Austin-based Tritium Partners.

Tritium partner Brett Shobe said the firm tapped DLA Piper as outside counsel, including partners Joseph Fore and Sam Zabaneh.

ToursByLocals plans to use the investment to accelerate its growth, including by focusing on enhancements in user experience, technology and marketing and hiring more talent.

Tritium also is an investor in RVshare, whose founders previously led investments in vacation rental giant HomeAway and other online marketplaces, including RetailMeNot and CreditCards.com.

Started in 2008 and led by co-founder and CEO Paul Melhus, ToursByLocals provides travelers with curated and customizable private tour experiences globally, with 4,100 tour guides in more than 160 countries. It claims the tours and activities market is the fastest growing segment of the global tourism and travel industry. 

Founded in 2013, Tritium is led by co-founder and managing partner Phil Siegel, who, with other founders, has deployed more than $850 million in equity capital at the firm and through other vehicles.

Egan Nelson assists Locale on $11M funding

Austin-based aparthotel brand Locale said Jan. 13 it raised $11 million in Series A funding, bringing its total to $14 million.

CEO and founder Nitesh Gandhi, who spent several years in the hotel and vacation rental industry, told The Texas Lawbook he tapped Egan Nelson for outside counsel, including lead partners José Ancer and Jeremy Raphael.

Amplo Ventures led the funding, joined by Susa Ventures, Malkin Holdings, Rogue Insight Capital and Metropolis Capital Partners. Sheel Tyle led the investment from Spring, Texas-based Amplo, which raised a $100 million fund three years ago.

Founded in 2016, the company has transformed hundreds of apartments into high quality accommodations for business, leisure and extended stay travelers, with sales growing 200% year-over-year. 

It operates in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Nashville and Minneapolis and employs more than 30 full-time team members. It partners with multifamily groups like Greystar, the Dinerstein Cos. and AMLI on multiple projects.

Locale plans to use the new funding to further invest in digital product innovation, enhanced in-room offerings, executive-level hiring and move forward with its pipeline of projects in markets like Denver, Nashville and Charleston.

Shearman aids Spotio on $4.5M in funding, 3 deals worth $26M

Dallas-based Spotio, a provider of sales acceleration and performance management solutions for field sales personnel, said last week it secured $4.5 million in Series A funding. 

Shearman & Sterling represented Spotio, including partners Brian Dillavou and associate Don Song. Investor Ballast Point Ventures was represented by Bradley Arant in Birmingham, Ala.

Led by founder and CEO Trey Gibson, Spotio claims its mobile-first feature set enables sales teams to manage territories, execute face-to-face meetings and optimize sales pipelines and performance across the outside sales organization. 

The company plans to use the investment to accelerate development of its technology pipeline, add to its sales team and intensify its marketing efforts. 

Shearman’s Dillavou told The Texas Lawbook that he and partner Alan Bickerstaff worked on three other deals that were announced in the fourth quarter.

They included advising Houston-based Empyrean Benefit Solutions Inc. on its sale to Securian for an undisclosed sum (with associates Cassandra Cuellar, Jae Kim and Don Song); Dallas-based Theatro Labs Inc. on its $20 million Series C financing led by Sageview (with associate Montana Ware); and Houston-based Decisio Health Inc. on its $11.7 million Series B financing led by GE Health (with Cuellar).

T&K counsels TestFit on $2M fundraise from Parkway

TestFit Inc., a Dallas developer of building configuration software, said Jan. 16 it raised $2 million in seed funding from New York- and Boston-based Parkway Venture Capital.

Thompson & Knight partner Jeremiah Mayfield in Dallas represented TestFit on the deal, co-founder and CEO Clifton Harness told The Texas Lawbook.

The startup, which claims to be an expert in real estate prototyping, architectural site analysis and feasibility simulation and automation, said it plans to expand its multifamily housing customer base into architectural, real estate developer and general contractor markets with a solution that eliminates the need for knowledge of generative design programming.

Spearheading the seed round is Parkway managing partner Jesse Coors-Blankenship, who previously worked at Autodesk and later at his own generative design startup Frustum, which was acquired by PTC in 2018 for $70 million.

TestFit said the generative design market size is expected to expand from $111 million in 2018 to $275 million by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate of 19.9%. Driving the growth are the rising need for advanced design software for product innovation, demand for environment-friendly architecture and enhanced production efficiency.

TestFit said its technology has been used to complete thousands of feasibility studies, saving an estimated $20 million in opportunity cost. Among its customers is the Cuningham Group.

Foley advises Sales Benchmark owners on sale to CIP Capital

Foley said it advised the equity owners of Sales Benchmark Index, or SBI, on its sale to private equity firm CIP Capital. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Partners Alan Perkins and Robert Sarfatis led the deal team with assistance from partners Stephen Good, Kenneth Broodo, Stephen Gilles and Michael Dubner; special counsel Nick Peters; and associate Ave Sutton. All are based in Foley’s Dallas office.

Willkie, Farr & Gallagher assisted CIP out of New York. Raymond James & Associates Inc. was SBI’s financial advisor. Mike Grady led the deal at New York-based CIP Capital.

Founded in 2006 and led by Matt Sharrers, SBI is a Dallas-based management consulting firm focused on revenue growth. 

The company said the transaction will help it to accelerate the expansion of its capabilities; invest in its team, specialty practice areas and benchmarking solutions; and explore acquisitions to enhance its practice areas.

JW aids InstarAGF-backed OWL on saltwater well purchase

Jackson Walker said it advised InstarAGF-backed Oilfield Water Logistics, or OWL, on its purchase of saltwater disposal wells on the New Mexico side of the Permian Basin. 

The seller and terms weren’t disclosed, but the Houston Chronicle reported Jan. 8 that the seller was EOG Resources. Michael Donaldson, general counsel of EOG Resources, didn’t respond to queries as to who counseled him on the transaction.

The JW team included partners Mario Perez Dolan, Larry E. Glasgow and Jeffrey M. Sone, senior counsel Carl E. Glaze, partners Kirk Tucker, Ronald D. Kerridge, Steven D. Moore, Peter K. Wahl and Jonathan M. Bull and associates W. Bowman Givhan Jr. and Zachary S. Fedorko.

The assets include 23 saltwater disposal wells and 300 miles of oilfield wastewater gathering pipelines in southeastern New Mexico. EOG entered into a long-term contract with OWL for wastewater disposal services.

OWL CEO Chris Cooper said in a statement that the acquisition complements its existing operations in the northern Delaware Basin, doubling its footprint.

“E&P companies increasingly face operational and logistical challenges related to the transportation, re-use and disposal of produced water,” he said. “We … deliver safe, reliable and sustainable solutions that help our customers to achieve new efficiencies and best practices.”

Founded in 2014, OWL also owns a water infrastructure platform in the Powder River Basin.

Giles Aseron advises ePayPolicy on Serent investment

Serent Capital invested an undisclosed sum in ePayPolicy, an Austin provider of electronic payments software for the excess and surplus insurance market.

Outside counsel for ePayPolicy was Rogan Giles at Giles Aseron in Austin. Representation for San Francisco- and Austin-based Serent couldn’t be determined by press time. New York-based Leonis Partners advises ePayPolicy on the investment.

The target claims to be a leading integrated electronic payments solutions in the market. It plans to use the capital to accelerate growth by making it even easier for agencies, managing general agents/wholesale brokers and finance companies to accept electronic payments.

Since its founding in 2014, ePayPolicy has served more than 2,300 customers and processed $2 billion in payments per year. The company is led by co-founder Todd Sorrel.

Kevin Frick led the investment from Serent, which said ePayPolicy is the firm’s ninth payments investment and tenth investment in the insurance market. The firm has invested in such companies as Diamond Mind, Real Green Systems, KEV Group, Payliance, Intygral, Next Gear Solutions, Senior Dental Care and Aftermath.

V&E assists Apollo-backed Takkion on TP&L acquisition

Vinson & Elkins said Jan. 13 it advised Apollo Global Management-backed Takkion Holdings of Fort Worth on its acquisition of a majority stake in Transportation Partners & Logistics, known as TP&L, including unit Global Specialized Services, or GSS. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Casper, Wyo.-based TP&L provides logistics, transportation and supply chain management solutions to companies in the renewable energy and industrial markets.

The V&E M&A team was co-led by Danielle Patterson and Jason McIntosh with a partner in New York (Dan Komarek) with help from Luke Thomas, Sara Bloom, Vaughn Miller and Andrew Mandelbaum. 

Other key team members were Sean Becker, Alex Bluebond, Stephen Jacobson, Shane Tucker, Austin Light, Sarah Mitchell, Russell Oshman, Patrick Tatum, Catherine Parsley, Larry Nettles and Matthew Dobbins.

Scudder Law Firm in Lincoln, Neb., counseled TP&L, which used Stifel as its financial advisor.

Scott Browning led the investment from Apollo, which made it out of Apollo Natural Resources Partners II.

Takkion said the acquisition represents a significant investment to support renewable energy logistics and its continued commitment to ESG, or environmental, social and governance.

Since its founding in 2011, TP&L has expanded to become one of the country’s top specialized logistics and transportation management companies with an international customer base. It opened the largest North American wind energy logistics site in Garden City, Kan., and expanded service offerings across rail, port, and trucking assets. 

The TP&L and GSS brands will remain intact and TP&L president Jim Orr and vice presidents Billy Brenton and Justin Orr will continue to lead the company. Takkion is led by Scott Prince.

Takkion aims to become the U.S. leader for multi-modal renewable energy and infrastructure logistics.

Apollo had assets under management of around $323 billion as of Sept. 30 in credit, private equity and real assets funds across nine industries.

Winston reps MJE-Loop on Greenskies Renewable acquisition

Winston & Strawn said Jan. 16 it represented MJE-Loop Capital Partners on JLC Infrastructure’s acquisition of solar power developer Greenskies Renewable Energy for undisclosed terms.

The team was based out of New York but included Houston partner Doug Yeager and associates Victoria Acuff in Dallas and David Thaxton in Houston. 

KeyBanc Capital Markets provided Greenskies with financial advice.

Greenskies Renewable will now be known as Greenskies Clean Energy and focus on clean-energy solutions, such as solar power, energy storage and emerging technologies in the commercial and industrial and municipal sectors. It’s led by CEO Stanley Chin.

It has a 100 megawatt-plus portfolio with contracted solar projects due for completion over the next 18 months and a pipeline of more than 500 megawatts in different stages of development.

JLC Infrastructure is an investor and asset management firm focused on the transportation, communications, energy, utilities and social infrastructure sectors in the U.S. It was formed in 2015 by Loop Capital and Magic Johnson Enterprises with offices in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles.  

Jackson Walker advises Coltala on two acquisitions

Coltala Holdings said Jan. 15 it acquired 35-year-old Metro Energy Savers through its heating and air conditioning/home services acquisition platform Trudela Partners. 

This deal is Trudela’s second purchase this year. The other is Walker Heating and Air Conditioning Inc. on Jan. 9.

Jackson Walker partner Mike Taten in Dallas counseled Coltala on both deals, executive VP of investments Melanie Barton told The Texas Lawbook.

Founded by Darrell Murphy in Arlington, Texas, Metro Energy provides service to customers in 28 locations in Trudela’s key geographic area of Dallas-Fort Worth. It has a book of more than 6,000 service contracts. 

The Metro Energy purchase extends Trudela’s service coverage to north, west and southwest DFW.

Founded by Ricky Walker in 1963, Walker Heating and Air Conditioning is headquartered in Mesquite, Texas, and serves Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Garland, Mesquite, Plano, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Sachse and the Park Cities.

Coltala Holdings’ CEO is Ralph Manning and Trudela’s CEO is Paul Adams. 

Coltala focuses on investments in family businesses and privately held companies in the manufacturing and consumer and business services sector, including those with $3 million to $10 million in EBITDA.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

V&E advises purchasers on Nabors’ $1B in offerings

Vinson & Elkins said Jan. 13 it served as initial purchasers’ counsel in connection with Nabors Industries Ltd.’s private placement offering of $600 million in senior guaranteed notes due 2026 and $400 million in senior guaranteed notes due 2028.

The offering closed Jan. 10, 2020. V&E also represented the dealer managers on Nabors’ concurrent tender offers and consent solicitations to purchase up to $800 million of its outstanding senior notes and amend certain related indentures. 

Partner Mike Telle and counsel Dan Spelkin led the deal team with assistance from associates Audrey Bartosh and Elisie Lee and counsel Doug Lionberger. 

Also advising were partner Wendy Salinas and senior associate Mary Alexander on tax; counsel Larry Pechacek on environmental; and partner Cristopher Dewar and associates Caitlin Snelson and Arthur Munoz on finance.

The 2026 notes bear interest at an annual rate of 7.25% and the 2028 notes bear interest at an annual rate of 7.50%. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by some of Nabors’ indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Analysts at Tudor, Pickering, Holt said Jan. 10 it’s encouraging to see the high-yield market open up for oilfield companies like Nabors (also noting Transocean), “somewhat assuaging investors’ existential/liquidity concerns” for certain over-levered stocks in the sector.

Nabors owns and operates one of the world’s largest land-based drilling rig fleets and provides offshore platform rigs in the U.S. and several international markets. It also provides directional drilling services, performance tools and innovative technologies for its own rig fleet and those of third parties.

V&E represents Quantum Minerals on $750M more in senior notes

Vinson & Elkins said Jan. 13 it represented First Quantum Minerals Ltd. in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of an additional $500 million in 7.25% senior notes due 2023 and an additional $250 million in 7.50% senior notes due 2025.

The Vinson & Elkins team was led by a team out of London but included Dallas tax partner Wendy Salinas.

The notes were issued on Jan. 13 and the issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the sale to redeem in full its existing $300 million in 7% senior notes due 2021 and repay $450 million of amounts outstanding under its revolver.

The initial purchasers included J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Absa, BNP Paribas, ING, Société Générale and Standard Chartered Bank.

First Quantum Minerals is a Toronto Stock Exchange-traded mining and metals company whose principal activities include mineral exploration, development and mining, mostly copper, gold, nickel and zinc.

Akin Gump advises Genesis Energy on $750M notes offering

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld said Jan. 13 it advised Genesis Energy on a public offering of $750 million in 7.750% senior unsecured notes due 2028 and a concurrent cash tender offer for $750 million of its 6.750% senior unsecured notes due 2022.

Partners Chris Centrich and Patrick Hurley led the deal team, which included partners Chip Cowell and Eric Muñoz and associates Jacob Johnson, Jiha Ko, Travis Earp and Allyson Li. Partners Alison Chen and Jocelyn Tau provided tax advice.

Hunton Andrews Kurth said Jan. 22 it counseled the underwriters, including Houston partners Mike O’Leary, Henry Havre and Robert McNamara in Houston, partner Lisa Shelton in Austin and associates Chris Adcock, Tim Strother, Garrett Hughey and Marshall Heins, all of Houston.

The notes will be co-issued with Genesis’ unit, Genesis Energy Finance Corp., and will be guaranteed by almost all of its existing and future subsidiaries other than its unrestricted ones.

The joint book-running managers were BMO Capital Markets Corp., SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, ABN AMRO Securities (USA), BBVA Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Capital One Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., DNB Markets, Inc., Fifth Third Securities Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Regions Securities and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. 

Genesis Energy is a midstream energy master limited partnership headquartered in Houston. Its operations include offshore pipeline transportation, sodium minerals and sulfur services, onshore facilities and transportation and marine transportation and are primarily located in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S., Wyoming and the Gulf of Mexico.

V&E aids Range Resources on $500M offering of senior notes

Vinson & Elkins said Jan. 13 that it aided Fort Worth-based Range Resources Corp. on its offering of $550 million in senior notes due 2026.

The offering was upsized from a original $500 million. The notes will carry an interest rate of 9.25%.

Partners David Stone and Thomas Zentner led the team with assistance from senior associate Raleigh Wolfe and associates Kate Rainey and Ann Stehling.

Range expects to close the note sale on Jan. 24. It plans to use the net proceeds of $541.6 million to purchase target notes in the tender offers with the rest going toward repaying borrowings under its revolver.

Analysts at Tudor, Pickering, Holt said it was good to see the deal get done. But the yield is pointing to a growing trend of explorers and producers seeing “dichotomous results” in the market, with levered companies settling for higher rates to court investors and lower levered companies finding “plenty of cheap liquidity” with rates between 3% to 4.5%.

“Over time, the interest burden on levered producers should prioritize debt reduction over drill bit acceleration and may continue to pull forward industry consolidation, as large cap and integrated buyers are not only supporting higher multiples but could see significant cost advantages on combinations,” they said.

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Fort Worth-based Lilis Energy Inc. said Jan. 13 it received a take-private offer from large shareholder Värde Partners for 25 cents per share. Lilis general counsel Christa Garrett didn’t respond to a request for who is counseling her on the offer. The company explores for and produces oil and gas in West Texas’ and New Mexico’s Permian Basin on 20,000 acres. The Värde offer is subject to obtaining customary financing, the recommendation of Lilis’ special committee, approval by its board and investment committee, entering into a definitive merger agreement and shareholder approval. The offer is expected to expire on Feb. 17 and may be withdrawn at any time. Barclays is Lilis’ financial advisor. Värde holds around 23.6 million of the company’s 91.7 million outstanding shares and all of its outstanding preferred stock, including its Series E convertible participating preferred stock. The Series E preferred stock currently votes as a single class with the common stock as 25.7 million converted shares.

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Private equity firm Bayou City Energy Management and energy company Mach Resources won the bankruptcy auction for Alta Mesa Resources with a $10 million sweetened bid of $320 million. The deal would include the oil and gas driller as well as its bankrupt pipeline and storage unit Kingfisher Midstream. Alta Mesa filed for bankruptcy protection in September amid collapsing finances and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into possible fraud. It is led by former Anadarko Petroleum chief Jim Hackett, who had backing from Riverstone Holdings. Latham & Watkins and Porter Hedges have been advising Alta Mesa in the bankruptcy, including Catherine Ozdogan, Michael Dillard, John Greer and Mike King from LW and John Higgins, Eric English and Aaron Power from PH, all of Houston. Kirkland & Ellis counseled Bayou City/Mach with the Houston lawyers including partners David Castro, Cy Jones and Chris Heasley along with litigation partner Anna Rotman. Tudor, Pickering, Holt was Alta Mesa’s financial advisor.

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American Infrastructure Partners is exploring a sale of Dallas-based Safe Harbor Marinas that could fetch more than $2 billion, Bloomberg reported Jan. 13. None of the parties commented. Latham & Watkins advised Safe Harbor on an investment from Koch Real Estate Investments in 2018 (including partner Jesse Myers in Houston). Guggenheim Partners and Weatherford Partners also are investors. Safe Harbor competitor Suntex Marinas also is exploring strategic options, Bloomberg said citing unnamed sources. Safe Harbor acquired Newport Shipyard in Rhode Island last year and Hideaway Bay Marina in Georgia in November, expanding it to 90 facilities across 20 states including Florida and California. Safe Harbor considered an initial public offering in 2017 that would have valued it at $500 million to $1 billion, Reuters previously reported.

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Saudi Aramco, the Saudi state oil giant, brought in an additional $3.8 billion through its initial public offering by exercising its greenshoe option, bringing the total raised to a record $29.4 billion, according to various reports last week. Latham & Watkins partner Ryan Maierson in Houston was part of the team that worked on the IPO for the underwriters.

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Houston-based EIV Capital launched its fourth fund to invest in the energy sector, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm aims to raise $750 million. EIV’s third fund raised $450 million, surpassing its original $350 million target (Latham & Watkins advised it on that fund). Patricia Melcher leads EIV, which has used Sidley Austin, Locke Lord and Porter Hedges on deals in the past.

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Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based TPG Capital has made plans to raise a fund that invests in public companies, according to Bloomberg. The Strategic Capital Fund will buy minority stakes of at least 5% in large companies with the hope of gaining board seats and providing strategic advice, the report said.

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