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CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 15 Firms, 70 Lawyers, $2.5B

March 11, 2020 Claire Poole

Below are the lucky 16: The lucky 16 deals that were announced or completed last week before the U.S. stock market tanked Monday on worries about the spreading coronavirus and collapsing oil prices. 

Uncertainty is a deal killer, as transaction-minded folks will tell you, and such a large drop in stocks – 7.8%, the biggest since the 2008 financial crisis – won’t give anyone comfort until a clear recovery is underway.

The value for the week’s deals, however, wasn’t great: The 16 transactions amounted to $2.5 billion, versus $15.26 billion for the 13 deals recorded the previous week (thanks to two simplification deals by oil and gas MLPs valued at $9.75 billion). But the sum did manage to surpass the $1.8 billion for nine transactions booked at the same 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 law firms and 70 Texas lawyers were involved in last week’s activity, which included 13 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals valued at $669 million and three capital markets transactions worth $1.4 billion.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Locke Lord, Shearman aid on Tatanka’s $500M from EnCap Flatrock

San Antonio-based Tatanka Midstream announced March 2 its formation with a $500 million capital commitment from private equity firm EnCap Flatrock Midstream.

Locke Lord counseled San Antonio-based EnCap Flatrock led by partner Eric Larson. Shearman & Sterling M&A partner Sarah McLean in Austin and tax partner Todd Lowther in Houston represented Tatanka’s management team with help from associates Erin Kaufman and Devon Yamauchi in Houston.

Tatanka is focused on acquiring and building midstream assets in North America. Its goal is to create value by improving the operations, maintenance and overall efficiency of businesses and building highly competitive new assets.

The company is led by CEO Keith Casey, who previously worked in senior management positions at Andeavor/Tesoro and BP Products North America; president and chief investment officer Nate Weeks, who was at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Andeavor/Tesoro and BP; and CFO Carlos Mata, who was at Oryx Midstream Services and Andeavor/Tesoro.

EnCap Flatrock manages investment commitments of nearly $9 billion from a broad group of institutional investors.

ConocoPhillips sells oil leases in Permian Basin, DJ Basin for $400M

Houston oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips said March 5 that it sold its Niobrara assets in Colorado’s DJ Basin and its Waddell Ranch lease in West Texas’ Permian Basin.

The company didn’t disclose the buyers or the sale prices in the release but did reveal as part of its 2019 earnings release on Feb. 4 that it had sold assets in the Niobrara for $400 million.

Observers believe the buyer was Crestone Peak Resources, which announced March 5 that it had purchased assets in the DJ Basin that would triple its position in the area. TD Securities was Crestone’s financial advisor and provided debt financing for the deal.

ConocoPhillips general counsel Kelly Rose told The Texas Lawbook that the company handled the deals in-house with a team led by managing counsel John Granmayeh and counsel Joseph Adams.

The Niobrara assets produced 11,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day last year. The sale represents the company’s exit from the area.

The Waddell Ranch lease included the company’s conventional oil wells in the Permian Basin that produced 4,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day last year. ConocoPhillips still owns several leases in the West Texas shale play, where it uses horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

Denver-based Crestone Peak was formed in 2016 by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Broe Group to acquire assets in the Denver-Julesberg Basin from Encana Corp. unit Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. for $609 million.

HuntonAK advises BankFirst on $82M purchase of Traders & Farmers

Hunton Andrews Kurth said Feb. 29 that it advised Columbus, Miss.-based BankFirst Capital Corp. on its purchase of Traders & Farmers Bancshares Inc. in Haleyville, Ala., for $82 million.

The parties signed the deal on Feb. 4 and it was announced Feb. 5.

The team was led by Dallas partner Beth Whitaker and included Dallas partner Jeff Blair, Austin partner Anthony Eppert and Dallas partners Alex McGeoch and Peter Weinstock. The associates were Emily Cabrera in The Woodlands, Gary Enis and Nate Jones in Dallas and Caitlin Sawyer in Austin.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings counseled Traders & Farmers. Olsen Palmer provided financial advice to BankFirst and Porter White Capital did so for T&F.

The merging of BankFirst and T&F, which are both community banks, will provide a broader product offering, increased lending limits and an expanded set of branch offices that serves Mississippi and Alabama, BankFirst said in a statement.

Once the deal closes, which is expected in the first half of this year, BankFirst will have total assets of more than $1.6 billion with 29 branches across the two states and move BankFirst up a notch to the 8th largest Mississippi-based banking institution.

The transaction has to clear T&F’s shareholders and federal and state regulators.

Founded in 1906, T&F has been family operated by the Walker family since 1925 and remains among the oldest existing financial institutions in the seven communities its nine locations serve.

Sidley represents Denbury on oilfield sales to Navitas for $50M

Sidley Austin said it represented Denbury Onshore, a unit of Plano-based Denbury Resources Inc., on the sale of half of its working interest position in four southeast Texas oil fields to Navitas Petroleum Onshore for $50 million.

Dallas energy partner Marc Rose led the deal team, which included associates Jeremy Pettit, Julie Westbrook and Ellen Heighten, all of Dallas, and tax partner Zack Pullin and environmental partner Heather Palmer, both of Houston.

Denbury’s general counsel is Jim Matthews, who joined the company in 2012 after 11 years at Vinson & Elkins.

The deal includes a carried interest in 10 wells that Navitas will drill. Denbury estimates that it will receive net cash of $40 million after adjusting for interim cash flow from the properties between the Jan. 1, 2019 effective date and the closing date.  

The production associated with the working interests averaged 1,170 barrels of oil equivalent per day for the fourth quarter of last year and proved reserves amounted to around 4.1 million barrels of oil as of Dec. 31.

Munsch advises Medexus on $30M acquisition of Aptevo’s Ixinity

Munsch Hardt said March 6 that it advised Medexus Pharmaceuticals on its acquisition of the global rights to Aptevo BioTherapeutics Inc.’s hemophilia medicine Ixinity for an upfront payment of $30 million.

Shareholder Mike Hainsfurther led the deal team, which included Peter Lorenzen, Chris Speer, Charles Guerin, Nicole Manley, Mark McMullen and Annette Beebe. 

Cooley in Seattle represented Aptevo, which used Piper Sandler as its financial advisor.

Canada’s Medexus also will dole out up to $11 million in potential milestone payments and deferred payments of more than $60 million on future U.S. and Canadian net sales of Ixinity based on an Aptevo forecast.

Medexus financed the deal with existing cash and a new $20 million term loan credit facility with MidCap Financial.

The hemophilia B market in the U.S. has an estimated value of $734 million, Medexus said.

Winston assists Transition Capital on $5M Xclusive Staffing purchase

Winston & Strawn represented Dallas private equity firm Transition Capital Partners on its acquisition of Xclusive Staffing for around $5 million.

Dallas partner David Lange led the team, which included Dallas partner Matthew Olson, Dallas associates Brian Jansen and Patrick Luthen, Houston associate Christina Robertson, Dallas associates Masae Ellis and Danielle Marr and Dallas partner Andrew Betaque.

Xclusive is a Colorado-based provider of staffing and outsourced services to the hospitality industry, including housekeeping, laundry, culinary, banquet service, guest services, dishwashing, maintenance, food and beverage and events. 

The company said it partners with many of the country’s leading hotel brands with operations in more than a dozen states and two dozen major metropolitan markets.

Egan Nelson counsels Zabo on $2.5M funding from Moonshots

Zabo, a Dallas-based startup that enables financial services company to connect with their customers’ cryptocurrency accounts, raised $2.5 million in new funding from a group led by Moonshots Capital.

Other investors were Blockchange Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Digital Currency Group, CoinShares, Tezos Foundation and Capital Factory.

Egan Nelson counseled Zabo, including Austin partner Brian Alford and a partner in the firm’s New York office.

Zabo said the investment will be used to expand its engineering capabilities and customer base. 

The company was co-founded in 2018 by Alex Treece, a UT-Dallas lecturer who worked in private equity and investment banking and advised technology startups. His co-founder Christopher Brown is a former military engineer who has worked with companies on open source projects. 

Craig Cummings led the investment from Austin-based Moonshots, whose general counsel is Peter Deliso.

Kirkland advises Blackstone on NRStor acquisition

Kirkland & Ellis said March 4 it advised Blackstone unit Blackstone Energy Partners on its acquisition of battery storage developer NRStor C&I from alternative investment manager Fengate Asset Management and venture capital firm Lake Bridge Capital II Inc. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Transactional partners Rhett Van Syoc and Cyril Jones in Houston led the team, which included associates Joshua Abbotoy, Daniel Cadis and Andrew Lombardo. McCarthy Tétrault represented NRStor out of Toronto.

Founded and led by Moe Hajabed, Toronto-based NRStor has more than 200 megawatt hours of operational, in-construction and contracted projects in the expanding battery-storage market. It claims to be the market leader in its home market of Ontario and has expanded into the U.S.

“Battery storage will play an important role in the North American power grid and be critical to achieving ambitious renewable targets,” Blackstone Energy senior managing director Bilal Khan said in a statement. “NRStor is a pioneer in energy storage and we look forward to helping the leadership team further build out the company’s platform to reach new markets and opportunities.”

Kirkland, Winston aid on Warburg Pincus’ Delta Midstream investment

New York City-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus said last week it invested an undisclosed sum in newly formed Delta Midstream.

Kirkland & Ellis was Warburg Pincus’ legal counsel, including partners Adam Larson and Kim Hicks in Houston. Winston & Strawn was counsel for Delta’s management, including partners Richard Wynne, Alex Niebruegge and Isaac Griesbaum, all of Houston.

Headquartered in Houston, Delta plans to acquire, develop and operate midstream assets across multiple basins in North America involving natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil operations. Its focus will be on “assets of scale” with integration opportunities.

Delta is led by the former executive management team of Noble Midstream Partners, including CEO Terry Gerhart, CFO John F. Bookout IV and COO John Nicholson. Matt Slatnick, former VP of corporate development at Noble Midstream, and Nick Alfermann, a former senior member of the energy investment banking team at Baird, also join Delta as founding partners, who together have executed $20 billion in transactional experience across the energy sector

Gerhart said in the release that right now there is a “highly opportunistic landscape” for energy investing. 

Warburg Pincus managing director David Habachy said the investment underscores its long-term commitment to strategically deploying significant capital within the energy sector.

Jackson Walker represents U.S. Energy on New Horizon acquisition

U.S. Energy Corp. said March 5 it closed its acquisition of New Horizon Resources, whose assets include acreage and operated producing properties in North Dakota. 

The consideration included 59,498 shares of stock worth $235,017 and $150,000 in cash.

U.S. Energy CEO Ryan Smith said Jackson Walker partner Kirk Tucker represented the company in the purchase.

New Horizon’s properties consist of 1,300 net acres primarily in McKenzie and Divide Counties that are 100% held by production. They have a 63% working interest and produced about 30 net barrels of oil equivalent per day (88% oil) for the second half of last year.

Smith said in the release that the properties represent assets in a mature field with existing cash flow, low decline and significant upside potential from existing operations.  

The acquisition represents the first step in the company’s previously stated strategy of acquiring assets within and around its core areas that represent mature, proved developed producing properties, Smith added.

“The New Horizon properties add immediate reserves and cash flow with operated acreage positions that are held by production to provide for future opportunities,” he said. “As we continue forward in 2020, U.S. Energy will continue to pursue opportunities in our core focus areas that allow for capital efficient growth and increased shareholder value while maintaining a low-cost corporate structure and clean balance sheet.”

Haynes and Boone counsels OutMatch on Rubicon investment

Dallas-based talent intelligence platform OutMatch said March 3 it secured an undisclosed investment from Boulder private equity firm Rubicon Technology Partners.

OutMatch CEO and president Greg Moran said Haynes and Boone counseled the company, including Dallas partner Eric Williams. Perkins Coie in Denver represented Rubicon and Raymond James was OutMatch’s financial advisor.

Existing investor Camden Partners of Baltimore will remain an investment partner.

OutMatch helps companies hire and develop employees. It said it’s completed more than 100 million assessments with 10 million coming in each year. Its customers have included hospitality brands, airlines, banking institutions and professional services firms.

Jason Winsten led the deal from Rubicon, which specializes in enterprise software companies. It has $1 billion in assets under management.

OutMatch said Rubicon’s investment is expected to accelerate product innovation and allow it to invest in expansion, including through acquisitions, which in the past three years have included Pomello, Wepow and The Devine Group.

V&E, Kirkland advise on Ridgewood’s JV with Savage Enterprises

Vinson & Elkins said March 4 it advised Ridgewood Infrastructure on a joint venture partnership with transportation and minerals handling provider Savage Enterprises to form Transportation Infrastructure Partners. 

The V&E corporate team was led out of New York but included Dallas tax partner David Peck and associate Lauren Meyers. 

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Savage, including corporate partners Bill Benitez and Chad Smith and associate Rob Goodin and tax partner Mark Dundon.

The JV will focus on acquiring and operating transportation and logistics infrastructure throughout the U.S. Savage will operate the investments the venture makes.

Ryan Stewart and Ross Posner led the deal from New York City-based Ridgewood, a unit of Ridgewood Cos., a real asset investment manager with $6 billion in total capital and commitments focused on infrastructure and energy. 

Kirk Aubry is president and CEO of Utah-based Savage, which was established in 1946 and moves and manages materials for customers using rail, trucks and marine vessels. It also designs, constructs and operates terminals and other industrial facilities across North America and internationally. 

Egan Nelson, McGuireWoods aid on Kestrel-EN partnership

Kestrel Power Engineering, a consulting practice specializing in electric power generation controls, formed a partnership with EN Engineering, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Co. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Middle market investment bank MHT Partners advised Kestrel, including co-founder and managing director Mike McGill and senior associate Sam Bahmanyar in Dallas.

McGill said seller’s counsel was Egan Nelson partner Michael Colvin and senior attorney Victoria Mitchell in Dallas and buyer’s counsel was McGuire Woods partner Jeffrey Brooker, also of Dallas.

EN Engineering CEO Steve Knowles said in a release that Kestrel will enhance the company’s presence in the power and utility markets, where it helps customers meet regulatory reliability standards at their facilities, including compliance testing, tuning and modeling services. 

Kestrel has worked with hundreds of customers and performed services on 1,300 power plants. It’s led by co-founders and principals Les Hajagos and Mike Fogarty.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

Bracewell advises on Grand Parkway’s $944M debt refinancing

Bracewell said March 3 it advised Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. in coordination with the Texas Department of Transportation as disclosure counsel on a $944 million debt refinancing, which is expected to save money on debt service.

The team included partners Elizabeth Bowes and Whit Swift in Austin and senior counsel Tim J. Deithloff in Austin and Edward Fierro in Houston.

GPTC issued $2.3 billion in taxable refunding bonds to refinance a $944 million loan under the Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act and other outstanding debt. The total present value debt savings amounts to $395 million.

Bank of America and Goldman Sachs were the senior managing underwriters for the transaction.

The Grand Parkway is a proposed 180-mile circumferential highway that will cross seven counties in the Greater Houston area.

Latham counsels Waste Connections on $500M senior notes offering

Latham & Watkins said March 6 that it advised Waste Connections on a $500 million senior notes offering.

The team was led by Houston partner John Greer with associates Ryan Lynch, Erin Lee, Katie Walker and Trevor Bossi.

The offering of the 3.05% senior notes due 2050 priced on March 4 at 98.525% of their face value and is expected to close on March 13. Waste Connections plans to use the $487 million in net proceeds to repay part of its borrowings outstanding under its revolver and part of the borrowings outstanding under its term loan and for general corporate purposes.

BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, MUFG and Wells Fargo Securities were joint book-running managers and underwriters for the offering.

Wick Phillips advises Hyliion on private debt offering

Wick Phillips advised Austin-based Hyliion Inc. on a private debt offering that closed Jan. 17. The dollar amount hasn’t been disclosed.

Dallas partner Matt Zucker led the deal team. Hunton Andrews Kurth was counsel to the initial purchasers out of Richmond, Va.

Hyliion CEO Thomas Healy founded the company in 2015 to bring the advantages of hybrid technology to tractor trailers. It claims to be an industry leader in Class 8 electrification with multiple locations and 50-plus team members. Penske Truck Leasing is one of its customers.

UPDATE/OTHER

Bankrupt engineering and construction company McDermott International Inc. said March 3 that it planned to move forward with the $2.7 billion sale of its Lummus Technology business to a joint partnership between The Chatterjee Group and Rhône Capital. The company said it didn’t receive a higher or better bid during the solicitation period, so the auction was canceled. The hearing to confirm the sale will take place March 12. McDermott plans to use the proceeds to repay its debtor-in-possession financing in full, fund emergence costs and provide cash to the balance sheet for long-term liquidity. Kirkland is advising McDermott on the sale.

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ExxonMobil said as part of its investor day March 5 that it planned to divest $20 billion to $25 billion in assets between last year and 2021, $15 billion of which is already in the market or completed. UBS analyst Jon Rigby said the oil and gas giant continues to invest through weak cyclical conditions, seeing value in the approach.

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Japanese retail group Seven & i Holdings abandoned a bid for Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s 1,000 Speedway gas stations in the U.S. after balking at the $22 billion price tag due to the spreading coronavirus, Reuters reported March 5 citing a source.

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Royal Dutch Shell unit Equilon Enterprises, which does business as Shell Oil Products U.S., said March 5 that it’s trying to sell refineries in Mobile, Ala., and the Puget Sound area near Anacortes, Wash. Reuters reported in January that Shell was looking to sell the Puget Sound refinery, citing sources.

Shell said the marketing process could take several months and might not result in a sale, in which case it will continue operating the facilities. The British-Dutch company had planned to sell $10 billion in assets over the 2019-2020 time period, half of which has been achieved, but CEO Ben van Beurden said Jan. 30 that the company was working on divestitures that could reach $13 billion. 

Last year Shell sold its Martinez, Calif., refinery to independent refiner PBF Energy Inc. for $1.2 billion and its half stake in the SASREF refinery in Saudi Arabia to Saudi Aramco for $631 million. It’s also trying to sell its Sarnia, Ontario, refinery.

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San Antonio-based Pioneer Energy Service Corp. filed for Chapter 11 on March 1 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston. The filing doesn’t include its international entities. 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Norton Rose Fulbright US (Houston and Dallas counsel William Greendyke, Houston partners Jason Boland and Robert Bruner and Houston associate Julie Goodrich Harrison) are serving as legal counsel to Pioneer. Lazard is acting as financial advisor and Alvarez & Marsal is serving as restructuring advisor.  

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Haynes and Boone (Houston partner Charles Beckham) are legal counsel for the ad hoc group of senior unsecured noteholders (Ascribe Capital, DW Partners, Intermarket Corp., New York Life Investments, Strategic Income Management and Whitebox Advisors) while Houlihan Lokey is acting as financial advisor. Vinson & Elkins is representing the ad hoc group of pre-petition term loan lenders, including Dallas partner Paul Heath and Houston partner Harry Perrin.

The restructuring would eliminate Pioneer’s existing notes through a debt-for-equity conversion. The company has received a commitment for $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing from PNC Bank, which is being counseled by Blank Rome partner James Grogan and associate Broocks “Mack” Wilson in Houston.

CEO Wm. Stacy Locke said in a statement that the company has been challenged by the difficult economics of the oil and gas industry over the last several years along with a heavy debt burden and aims to succeed in the future with a right-sized debt structure and ample liquidity.

Pioneer provides well servicing, wireline and coiled tubing services to producers primarily in Texas and the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions and contract land drilling services to oil and gas operators in Texas, Appalachia and the Rocky Mountains and in Colombia.

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