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CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 7 Firms, 33 Lawyers, $11.91B

March 24, 2020 Claire Poole

Despite shaky-looking deals given the spread of the deadly coronavirus to the financial markets, transactions are continuing to be announced involving Texas lawyers – 11 last week, in fact, worth $11.9 billion.

While that performance was an improvement over the seven deals tracked last week valued at $809.8 million, it was down in terms of deal count from the 18 transactions at this time last year – even though it surpassed the deal value a year ago of $6.45 billion. 

Brookfield Renewable’s $1.5 billion offer for the shares it doesn’t already own of TerraForm Power and Exxon Mobil’s $8.5 billion notes offering certainly helped boost the value numbers.

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
28-Jun-202513$7,77781387$2,0316$5,746
21-Jun-202516$5,9841011311$3,0875$2,897
14-Jun-20259$4788133603$478
07-Jun-202516$26,2101119611$24,7445$1,466
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
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

Only 33 Texas lawyers and seven different firms took part in the deal activity. There were seven M&A/private equity/venture capital transactions valued at $2.25 billion and four capital markets transactions worth $9.6 billion.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Kirkland represents TerraForm committee on proposed $1.5B stake sale to Brookfield Renewable

Kirkland & Ellis said March 16 it represented the special committee of TerraForm Power Inc.’s board on the proposed sale of the 38% interest in TerraForm that Brookfield Renewable Partners doesn’t already own.

Reuters reported that the deal values Terraform at $3.93 billion, which would make the 38% stake worth almost $1.5 billion.

Corporate partners Sean Wheeler, Debbie Yee and Andy Calder led the deal team along with associates Jennifer Rainey Singh, Camille Walker and James Long and tax partners David Wheat and William Dong. Lawyers in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office pitched in on energy regulatory matters (partner Brooksany Barrowes and counsel Nicholas Gladd).

BMO Capital Markets and Scotiabank are financial advisors and Cravath Swaine & Moore and Torys are legal counsel to Brookfield Renewable.

Morgan Stanley & Co. and Greentech Capital Advisors are financial advisors and Richard, Layton and Finger also is legal counsel to the committee.

Each share of Class A common stock of TerraForm Power will be acquired for 0.381 of a Brookfield Renewable unit, which values TerraForm at $17.31 per share, an 11% premium over the stock’s previous close.

TerraForm shareholders can choose between either Class A shares of Brookfield Renewable Corp. or limited partnership units of Brookfield Renewable.

Brookfield Renewable CEO Sachin Shah said in a statement that it’s a compelling transaction that creates significant value for investors in both companies through a simplified corporate structure and continued sponsorship from Brookfield Asset Management.

TerraForm committee chair Mac McFarland said the deal is in the best interests of TerraForm shareholders due to access to a broader growth mandate, including the acquisition of global, multi-technology renewable power assets and development opportunities, and increased access to capital and liquidity underpinned by an investment grade balance sheet.

The committee received Brookfield Renewable’s initial proposal in January; its exchange ratio has since been increased.

Brookfield Renewable claims the combination will be one of the largest publicly-traded, globally-diversified, multi-technology, pure-play renewable power platforms with assets of $50 billion and expected annual funds from operations of $1 billion.

Baker Botts represents Liberty TripAdvisor on $325M preferred investment by Centares

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc. said March 16 that it entered into an agreement with funds managed by Certares Management in which Certares will purchase $325 million of its 8% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock. 

Baker Botts is representing Liberty TripAdvisor on the transaction, including Dallas partners Samantha Crispin and Bryan Henderson and associate Derek Gabriel in the corporate department and tax partner Josh Mandell, also of Dallas.

Goldman Sachs and Société Générale were financial advisors to Liberty TripAdvisor. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was Certares’ legal counsel.

Englewood, Colo.-based Liberty TripAdvisor plans to use the net proceeds from the investment, along with $34 million of secured borrowings against a variable price forward and cash on hand, to repay 100% of the outstanding balance under its existing margin loan.

Once the investment is complete, which is expected in by the end of March, Centares founder and senior managing director Greg O’Hara is expected to join Liberty TripAdvisor’s board. “Liberty TripAdvisor is a natural fit for Certares,” O’Hara said.

Greg Maffei, Liberty TripAdvisor’s chairman, CEO and president, said the company will benefit from O’Hara’s insight and that the investment secures long-term financing that isn’t tied to stock price movements “in this volatile environment.”

Huntsman acquires CVC Thermoset for $300M

The Woodlands, Texas-based Huntsman Corp. said March 16 it agreed to acquire CVC Thermoset Specialties from American Securities’ majority owned Emerald Performance Materials for $300 million in cash.

Huntsman executive VP and general counsel David Stryker said his internal team included Rachel Muir, associate general counsel of corporate law and M&A; and Steve Schwarzbach, senior counsel of M&A. Schwarzbach joined the company in February from Kirkland & Ellis’ Houston office, where he was a senior associate.

Outside deal counsel for Huntsman was Kirkland & Ellis (led by Shawn O’Hargan in New York). Weil represented the sellers primarily out of New York (partner Michael Lubowitz and counsel Ryan Taylor).

CVC Thermoset Specialties has annual sales of around $115 million with manufacturing facilities in Akron, Ohio, and Maple Shade, N.J. Huntsman is funding the deal from available liquidity.

Based on 2019 figures, the purchase price represents an adjusted EBITDA multiple of about 10 times, or between 7 to 8 times including synergies, the lower multiple being dependent on normal growth market conditions, Huntsman said. The company expects to close the transaction mid-year.

Scott Wright, president of Huntsman’s advanced materials unit, said in the release that the acquisition brings valuable complementary technology breadth to its portfolio and its products will make systems using Huntsman’s class-leading epoxy-based materials “even tougher, stronger and more durable.”

The business manufactures toughening, curing and other additives used in composite, adhesive and coatings applications across aerospace, automotive and industrial markets. Huntsman plans to use its asset footprint and routes to market in Europe and Asia to expand and globalize CVC Thermoset Specialties’ products.

Huntsman chairman, CEO and president Peter Huntsman said the bolt-on fits all the criteria the company looks for in acquisitions for its advanced materials unit, including new technology, synergies and globalization opportunities. He added that the business achieves EBITDA margins in excess of 25% and expects to achieve significant synergies within two years.

“In these uncertain times, our financial strength will allow us to keep looking for these types of acquisitions while at the same time maintain a conservative balance sheet and opportunistically repurchase shares,” he said.

So far this year, Huntsman has repurchased around $85 million in stock. 

Howard Hughes Corp. sells MD Anderson Woodlands building for $115M

The Howard Hughes Corp. said March 18 it sold MD Anderson’s 208,000-square-foot building in The Woodlands to an unnamed buyer for $115 million. MD Anderson is staying in the building.

Howard Hughes general counsel Peter Riley didn’t respond to requests for his in-house and outside counsel on the sale.

The Woodlands-based seller said with net proceeds of $64 million, the divestiture marks a gain of $52 million on a cash basis and is expected to result in a gain of around $39 million on a GAAP basis. It added that the sale was done on a tax-free basis for federal income tax purposes as part of a reverse 1031 exchange involving the company’s December purchase from Occidental Petorleum of two Class AAA office towers. They were recently rebranded as The Woodlands Towers at The Waterway.

Howard Hughes CEO Paul Layne said in a statement that the sale of the build-to-suit MD Anderson cancer care facility creates meaningful value for the company’s shareholders and exemplifies its continued commitment to the sale of its non-core assets and its transformation plan.

“This transaction brings us another step closer to our goal of monetizing our non-core assets and recycling the expected $600 million of net cash proceeds into potential share repurchases and into development within our core master planned communities,” he said. “Further, it exemplifies the type of value creation opportunities that Howard Hughes can execute in challenging times as this development was launched in 2017 when Houston’s economy was under pressure from a sharp decline in oil prices.”

The company is selling around $2 billion in non-core assets to be reinvested in its core master planned communities.

Kirkland advises CSL on $13.58M take-private offer for Ranger Energy

Kirkland & Ellis is advising CSL Capital Management on it and Bayou Well Holdings’ offer to buy the stock they and T. Rowe Price don’t own of Ranger Energy Services for $6 per share, or about $13.58 million, which would take Range private.

Kirkland partners Julian Seiguer and Kim Hicks in Houston are leading the team. Bayou is represented by Gibson Dunn partner Hillary Holmes.

Stafford, Texas-based Ranger announced the offer on March 16. It represented a 25.8% premium over Ranger’s $4.77 per share stock price on March 13.

CSL, Bayou and affiliates already own 3.2 million class A shares and more than 6.86 million class B shares of Ranger, representing nearly 65% of the class A common shares of the company on an as-converted basis. T. Rowe Price owns an additional 1.4 million class A shares, representing around 8.8% of class A common shares.

Ranger’s board said it’s forming a special committee to consider the take-private offer, hiring outside financial and legal advisors to assist it.

A Ranger spokesman didn’t respond to a request for its outside legal advisor. Vinson & Elkins’ Doug McWilliams advised Ranger on its initial public offering in 2017 along with Kirkland’s Seiguer, who was then at V&E. McWilliams wouldn’t comment.

The offer is subject to obtaining debt and equity financing and clearance of other Ranger shareholders.

Ranger is an independent provider of well service rigs and associated services in the U.S. with a focus on unconventional horizontal well completion and production operations. It also provides completion and other services to bring and maintain a well on production. 

The company’s processing solutions segment engages in the rental, installation, commissioning, start‑up, operation and maintenance of MRUs, or mechanical refrigeration units, natural gas liquid stabilizer and storage units and related equipment.

Christy Lee advises Dien on majority stake sale to LeBaronBrown Specialties

Christy Lee PC confirmed last week that it provided outside legal counsel to Dien Inc. on the sale of a majority stake to LeBaron Brown Specialties, or LBB Specialties, for an undisclosed sum.

Firm attorneys Christy Lee and Paula Moore in Fort Worth led the deal. Jones Day counseled LeBaronBrown out of Cleveland.

Dien is a specialty chemical and ingredients distributor based in Dallas, serving primarily the personal care, food and beverage and nutraceutical end markets.  

LeBaronBrown Specialties said Dien’s management team, led by James Williams, will continue to manage the business and Dien Stout will retire as president.

LBB Specialties, through its units American International Chemical, Charkit Chemical Co. and Custom Ingredients Inc., claims to be a leader in the North American specialty chemical and ingredients distribution industry. It said it generates more than $250 million in sales and employs 55 sales representatives.

Founded in 1996, Dien said it undertook the transaction to position the company for long-term, continued growth. 

“The investment brings additional resources and commercial relationships to best support the growth of Dien’s suppliers and customers,” Dien Stout said. 

Williams said the company is excited about its future and the partnership with LBB Specialties and believes “significant opportunities lie ahead.”

LBB Specialties CEO Darren Birkelbach said the firm looks forward to the opportunity to provide resources and support to Dien’s management team to fuel continued growth.

Winston aids Atlanta Classic Cars owners on Mercedes-Benz sale to Krause Auto

Winston & Strawn said last week that it represented the owners of Atlanta Classic Cars on the sale of its Mercedes-Benz and Commercial Truck dealerships in Duluth, Georgia, to Krause Auto Group. 

Terms weren’t disclosed on the transaction, which closed March 16 and was announced the next day.

Dallas partner Billie Ellis led the deal team, which included partner Matt Stockstill and associates Lauren Lieberman, Masae Ellis, Emily Semon, Patrick Luthen and Ben Chrisman, all of Dallas.

Presidio Merchant Partners, a unit of the Presidio Group, was Atlanta Classic Cars’ financial advisor. Eric Gregory of the Gregory Law Group was Krause Auto Group’s legal advisor.

Johanna Ellis Reisinger, president and dealer principal of Atlanta Classic Cars, said Krause Auto is the best choice to build upon the legacy of the business.

Vernon Krause is CEO of the Krause Auto Group, which owns 15 retail automotive franchises in the U.S., including nine automotive franchises in the greater Atlanta area.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Exxon Mobil raises $8.5B in notes offerings

Exxon Mobil Corp. raised $8.5 billion in a notes offering led by BofA Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities, according to a March 17 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Davis Polk & Wardwell was Exxon Mobil’s outside counsel while Lisa K. Bork, executive counsel of corporate in Dallas, led the notes offering in-house. Latham & Watkins represented the underwriters led by lawyers out of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

The offering included $1.5 billion in 2.992% notes due 2025, $1 billion in 3.294% notes due 2027, $2 billion in 3.482% notes due 2030, $1.25 billion in 4.227% notes due 2040 and $2.75 billion in 4.327% notes due 2050.

The oil and gas giant paid a larger than usual premium to raise the new debt given declining oil prices and negative views toward the industry amidst the coronavirus outbreak, observers said. The company’s debt amounted to $46.9 billion at the end of December.

Bracewell represents Textron Inc. on $650M debt offering

Bracewell said March 19 it represented small aircraft maker Textron Inc. on the public offering of $650 million worth of 3% notes, which were underwritten with JP Morgan and BofA Securities as the active joint book-running managers. 

The offering priced on March 10 and closed March 17 during the recent market volatility.

The Bracewell team was led out of New York (partners Todd W. Eckland and Michele J. Alexander and associate Emily T. Carlson) but included associate Kathy Witty Medford in Houston.

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised the representatives of several underwriters. 

Textron plans to use the net proceeds from the notes for general corporate purposes, including the redemption or repayment of some of its debt (£150 million in 6.625% notes due April 2020 and $350 million in floating rate notes due November 2020). Until then, the company plans to invest the proceeds in short-term investments.

Hunton Andrews Kurth works on two capm transactions valued at $507M

Hunton Andrews Kurth said March 16 that it worked on two capital markets transactions in February involving its Texas lawyers valued at $570 million.

The firm was issuer’s counsel on MFA Financial Inc.’s follow-on public offering of preferred stock underwritten by Morgan Stanley valued at $275 million; and City Office REIT Inc.’s at-the-market public offering of common and preferred stock underwritten by BMC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and D.A. Davidson worth $232 million.

Houston associate Marshall Heins worked on both offerings while Houston associate Oliver Fankhauser pitched in on City Office REIT’s issue. Both offerings closed in February.

UPDATE/OTHER

Chesapeake Energy has hired Rothschild & Co. and Kirkland & Ellis as restructuring advisors after its market capitalization fell below $400 million, Reuters reported March 16 citing unnamed sources. The company was suffering under $9 billion in acquisition-related debt even before the price of oil began to sink as the coronavirus spread and Saudi Arabia and Russia disagreed over production cuts, leading to a price war.

Gulfport Energy Corp. also has hired advisors to help it deal with its $2 billion in debt, including Perella Weinberg Partners and energy advisory unit Tudor Pickering Holt, Reuters reported March 18, also citing sources. That company’s market cap has fallen to $105.9 million. 

TPH analysts said in a report March 12 that they were concerned about the liquidity and leverage of Chesapeake along with Continental Resources, Callon Petroleum, Oasis Petroleum, Ovintiv, Occidental Petroleum, QEP Resources, SM Energy, Antero Resources and Range Resources.

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California Resources Corp. wasn’t so lucky on the debt front last week. On March 16, the company announced it was canceling an exchange that would have cut its load by $835 million due to conditions in the commodity and financial markets, which made it “inadvisable and impractical.” 

The company said it decided to pursue other alternatives instead – which could include a similar but modified exchange – to delever its balance sheet and protect the value of its business during this “market dislocation.”

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Finally, billionaire investor Carl Icahn has made another energy play, this time on inland refiner Delek US Holdings. He revealed that he had taken a 15% stake in the company, which he said was undervalued, and that it could make an attractive acquisition target for CVR Energy. 

TPH said the deal makes a lot of sense, as smaller players adding scale can reduce unit costs. CVR’s midstream EBITDA (roughly $80 million) also could be monetized at Delek’s midstream master limited partnership and the two companies’ combination wouldn’t raise the ire of the Federal Trade Commission, unlike a Delek-HollyFrontier or a CVR-HollyFrontier deal, the firm said. “CVI [CVR Energy] is well-positioned to make a move on M&A with the group’s lowest consolidated net debt to cap,” the firm said. 

Meanwhile, Icahn is reportedly near an agreement with Occidental Petroleum in which his two lieutenants Andrew Langham and Nicholas Graziano would join the company’s board. Icahn criticized Oxy’s purchase of Anadarko Petroleum as being expensive and debt burdening.

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