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CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 9 Firms, 100 Lawyers, $7.2B

December 17, 2020 Allen Pusey & Caroline Evans

In last week’s Roundup we noted the return of the energy deal. This week, let’s deal cars.

There were nine deals this week and three of them involve the automotive industry.

CarGurus, the online car sales platform, bought a Texas based online vehicle wholesaler, CarOffer. A SPAC sponsored by TPG, the San Francisco-based investment company (founded in Fort Worth), merged with EVBox to help develop a system of charging stations for electric vehicles. An Israeli company, Innoviz Technologies, also merged with a blank check company to manufacture low cost automotive grade laser-based LiDAR sensor systems for autonomous vehicles.

In case you think that’s a simple coincidence, consider what’s happened over the past two months:

Texas lawyers closed on an IPO for Fisker Inc., manufacturers of the slickly designed Fisker Ocean, $37,500 electric SUV. Texas lawyers represented Hyundai in their investment in Arrival, the commercial class EV that can be manufactured in rented warehouses, if need be. And in yet another LiDAR deal, Texas lawyers helped Aeva, a startup by Apple engineers aimed at producing sensors for autonomous vehicles.

There were two energy deals last week that pretty much tell the story. In the first, SandRidge Energy sold for $47 million a significant chunk of assets they bought in 2015 for $190 million. In the second deal, Third Coast Midstream sold its East Texas gas gathering and processing operation to J. Global because they are pulling out of onshore operations.

The point is not just that the automobile deals are automobile deals. They are finance deals. They are manufacturing deals. They are insurance and retail and real estate deals and, above all, technology deals. They are deals play against the broad spectrum of modern life and combine to lock Texas to the future.

Last week there were 10 deals worth $7.2 billion, including nine M&A deals valued at $3.325 billion and one sprawling capital markets transaction worth a total of $3.83 billion.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

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

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
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

By contrast, last week there were 15 deals worth $4.3 billion. By further contrast, last year at this time there were 24 deals worth $36.3 billion.

Wow! you say.

At which point we tell you that 2019 amount includes a $5 billion bank merger and a $25 billion IPO by Saudi Aramco.

You are free to draw your own conclusions.

M&A/PE FUNDING

Car Gurus Buys Plano-based CarOffer

CarGurus, the online automotive market, announced Dec. 10 that it had agreed to acquire controlling interest in Plano, Texas-based CarOffer for $275 million. The agreement gives CarGurus a 51% interest in CarOffer with an option to buy the remaining interest within three years.

CarOffer is an automated instant vehicle trade platform that enables wholesale deals to locate, inspect, bid and transport vehicles in the wholesale automotive auction market.

“The combination of CarGurus’ industry-leading dealer network and our Instant Market Value retail pricing, and CarOffer’s instant trade technology and logistics capabilities, creates a powerful selling platform,” said CarGurus CFO Jason Trevisan.

Outside counsel for CarGurus was Munck Wilson Mandala partner Randall Ray in Dallas and Robert Bishop, a partner at Goodwin Proctor in Boston. They worked with CarGurus in-house senior corporate counsel Steve Cardente and corporate counsel Josh Goldstein.

David White, CFO and GC at CarOffer tapped Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. White, who holds a law degree from Southern Methodist University and a BBA in finance from Texas A&M, was CFO and COO at American Auto Exchange, one of the previous businesses founded by CarOffer CEO Bruce Thompson.

Thompson, who founded CarOffer in 2019, is a Plano-based veteran of several auto marketing technology firms. His American Auto Exchange was purchased by JM Family Solutions in 2005. He later founded RedBumper a software inventory management system for car lots. CDK Global acquired RedBumper in 2014.

Thompson is also the founder and current CEO of Pearl Technology Holdings, an incubator for automotive industry technologies based in Plano.

The acquisition adds wholesale capabilities to CarGurus’ portfolio of dealer offerings, in addition to their retail sales platform. Since going online in 2019, CarOffer has attracted more than 2,000 dealership locations.

“I’ve long admired the team at CarGurus for the innovation they have driven in the automotive retail sector, and the large consumer audience and dealer base they have built,” said Thompson. “CarOffer gives dealers an entirely new way to win more trades, acquire more used inventory and ultimately sell more cars.”

Morgan Lewis Counsels as Park Lawn Buys South Carolina Funeral Group

Morgan Lewis reported last week that the firm had represented Park Lawn Corp. in its acquisition of JF Floyd Corp., and its associated businesses that own and operate four funeral homes, nine cemeteries and a stand-alone crematorium in South Carolina. Terms of the deal, announced Nov. 2, were undisclosed.

Park Lawn Corp., is a Toronto-based funeral services company that has closed three deals since February under the counsel of Morgan Lewis.

The team was led by Houston partner Jeff Dinerstein, who was assisted by associates Melissa Brown and David Canales, in addition to colleagues from Boston, New York, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

The deal included the stock of W.R. Floyd Corp. and Floyd Properties, Inc. and a majority of the assets of W.R. Floyd Services, Inc., GRAS, Piedmont Crematory, Inc. and Floyd’s Pet Cremation (collectively “J.F. Floyd”). The businesses are located in Spartanburg and Charleston.

Together, the J.F. Floyd businesses conduct approximately 800 internments and 650 calls per year, and together are expected to represent about $2.3 million in EBITDA.

In February Park Law acquired Family Legacy and Harpeth Hills, two funeral home chains in Tennessee and in July Park Lawn sold $75 million in debentures to a group of underwriters. Park Lawn was advised on both transactions by Morgan Lewis, and both Morgan Lewis teams were led by Jeff Dinerstein.

Park Lawn operates in five Canadian provinces and 15 U.S. states.

Winston Advises SandRidge Energy in $47M Sale of Colorado Assets

Oklahoma City-based oil and gas explorer SandRidge Energy is selling off its assets in the North Park Basin in Colorado, five years after entering the play.

The company will sell its remaining 93,000 net acres in the basin, to an undisclosed buyer for $47 million, a fraction of the $190 million it paid for the initial 136,000 net acres in 2015.

The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of 2021, with an effective date of Oct. 1, 2020.

SandRidge was represented by Winston & Strawn in the sale with a team led from Houston by partner Michael Blankenship. The team also included Houston associates Christopher Cottrell and John Niedzwiecki. Partners Olga Loy of Chicago and Jennifer Stadler of New York were also on the team.

Jefferies provided a financial fairness opinion to SandRidge.

When it acquired the asset, SandRidge touted the oily Niobrara’s “numerous stacked pay reservoirs, proven production history, long-lived reserves and repeatable drilling results.”

However, last week, the company noted that the North Park Basin acounted for less than 10% of SandRidge’s production during the third quarter of 2020 and less than 10% of its proved developed reserves as of Dec. 31, 2019.

“We believe this transaction significantly enhances shareholder value,” SandRidge chief executive Carl Giesler said. “It monetizes an asset the value of which, we believe, has not been adequately reflected in our stock price and which had become increasingly non-core with the company’s shift to a cash optimization-focused strategy.”

SandRidge was established by Chesapeake Energy co-founder Tom Ward in 2006. With the North Park basin deal, its focus will remain on its Mississippi Lime and STACK assets in Oklahoma.

Gibson Dunn Advises Third Coast Midstream on East Texas Divestiture

Third Coast Midstream announced Dec. 7 that it had completed a sale of 3CM East Texas — its East Texas gathering, processing and fractionalization business — to J. Global Midstream. Terms were not disclosed.

3CM East Texas consists of a 710-mile oil and gas gathering system, a 23-mile inbound liquids pipeline and a 12-mile outbound liquids pipeline, 3 cryogenic gas processing plants with fractionalization capacity of 11,300 bbd, about 4,000 bbd of trucking capacity, and a rail system that connects to Union Pacific.

Third Coast was advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher with corporate team led by Houston partner Gerry Spedale. Houston partner James Chenoweth advised on taxes and Houston associate Rex Jordan assisted. The team included lawyers from the firm’s Orange County, Century City and Washington D.C. offices. Simmons Energy served as financial advisors.

Baker Botts advised J. Global.

Matt Rowland, president and CEO of Houston-based Third Coast Midstream said the divestiture is part of the company’s efforts to focus on its holdings and operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Third Coast owns or owns interest in 1,800 miles of interstate pipelines, a gas processing plant and a semi-submersible production system for crude oil and natural gas.

Locke Lord Advises as Race Rock Acquires Structural & Steel Products

Houston PE investor Race Rock announced December 4 that it is acquiring Structural & Steel Products from Highland Capital Management. Terms were not disclosed.

Based in Fort Worth, Structural & Steel is a leading provider of infrastructure products — light poles, towers, light rail tracking, guardrails, etc. — for transmission services and transportation. The company was founded in 1969.

Patriot Capital and Highland purchased Structural & Steel in 2017. Highland is based in Dallas, Patriot Capital in Baltimore.

Locke Lord advised Race Rock with a team led from Houston by Bill Swanstrom and Rachel Fitzgerald. Additional assistance was provided by Eric Larson, DeLaina Mulcahy, Laura Ferguson, Jerry Higdon, Jeff McPhaul, Brandon Renken, Buddy Sanders, Freddy Feldman, Evan Blankenau, Jackie Coleman, Stuart Lawson, Matt McKenna, Michelle Sloan and Case Towslee (all of Houston), Marisa Murillo and Mike Wilson (both of Chicago), and Mark Backofen (Dallas).

Race Rock said in a release that deal is being funded through a combination of debt, financed for the most part by Woodforest National Bank, and equity investment from Race Rock.

Race Rock was founded in 2008 by Donald Young, a Harvard-educated executive and former chair and chief executive of Hoover Ferguson, a provider of industrial tanks and storage.

Race Rock focuses on middle market investments in a variety of industrial concerns and real estate.

V&E Counsels TPG SPAC on EVBox Group Acquisition

In what amounts to an international SPAC transaction, TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp. announced December 4 that it is merging with EVBox Group, a provider of networked charging stations for electric vehicles.

The deal is valued at $969 million, it’s enterprise and included a combination of cash and equity. Assuming no redemptions by TPG Pace stockholders, EVBox is expected to have approximately $425 million in cash, and a total pro-forma equity value of approximately $1.394 billion.

EVBox Group is the branding for EV Charged, a subsidiary of the multinational utility company ENGIE S.A., headquartered in France.

TPG Pace Beneficial, the special purpose acquisition company, was advised by Vinson & Elkins with a team led from Houston by corporate partners Keith Fullenweider and Sarah Morgan in Houston and Paul Dunbar in London. They were assisted by senior associates Robert Hughes and Jackson O’Maley, as well as associates David Lassetter, Billy Vranish, Lawrence Nelson and Brandon Brunet. Also advising were partners John Lynch and Lina Dimachkieh and associate Curt Wimberly, all of Houston.

Partner David D’Alessandro and senior associate Melissa Spohn advised from Dallas on compensation and benefits; Counsel Martin Luff on cross-border HR issues from London and Houston;  litigation counsel Sarah Mitchell pitched in from Dallas and IP partner Devika Kornbacher, senior associate Ben Cukerbaum and associate Sean Belding from Houston and Austinand partner Randy Jurgensmeyer, senior associate Jared Knight and associate Joe O’Connell advised on finance and real estate from Dallas.

Nomura Greentech acted as financial advisor to ENGIE. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, Barclays Capital Inc. and TPG Capital BD acted as capital markets advisors and PIPE placement agents to TPG Pace.

Linklaters acted as the legal advisor to ENGIE.

The transaction is expected to provide EVBox with significant growth capital to expand its reach globally, with focus on Europe and North America.

EVBox offers a network of more than 190,000 charge ports and its site hosts a possibility to open their charging infrastructure to more than 2 million drivers. EVBox is active in all market segments, with customers varying from residential to workplace to retail to fleets and automakers.

The company’s cash on hand will include a portion of the TPG Pace’s fully committed Private Investment in Public Equity (“PIPE”) of $225 million, $100 million from TPG Pace’s Forward Purchase Agreements and $350 million of cash held in TPG Pace’s trust account. ENGIE will retain a more than 40 percent ownership stake in EVBox and expects to continue as a key partner of the company following the transaction.

TPG Pace has sponsored five SPACs. In its IPO in October, TPG Pace Beneficial raised $350 million. Also in October, another of its SPACs, TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, raised $450 million in an IPO and another $150 million of forward purchase agreements and is currently hunting for a technology target.

Michael MacDougall, president of TPG Pace, said, “We’ve been closely following this sector and have come to appreciate that charging solutions in Europe are several years ahead of the U.S. and poised to experience explosive growth from the green initiatives of governments, major corporations, automotive OEMs and consumers, alike. EVBox has an enviable position as a clear leader across Europe with the best charging station offering and a clearly differentiated cloud-based software solution that will be an even more important factor in the next stage of this critical market’s evolution.”

Latham, Akin Gump Advise as Innoviz Technologies Merges with SPAC

Innoviz Technologies, an Israel-based company that specializes in LiDAR-based sensors and perception software, announced Dec. 11 that it has agreed to merge with Collective Growth Corporation in a SPAC transaction valued at $1.4 billion.

Collective Growth is a blank check company organized by venture capitalist Bruce Linton and is co-sponsored by Perception Capital Partners and Antara Capital. The combined company will go forward as Innoviz Technologies Ltd.

The new company — which had already partnered with Magna International — expects to offer lower cost sensors for use in enhanced safety features for automobiles as well as autonomous vehicles. The company has also established relationships with Tier 1 auto suppliers, such as HARMAN, Aptiv and HiRain.

The transaction is expected to provide up to $350 million in gross proceeds combining of Collective Growth’s $150 million of cash held in trust. Another $200 million will be provided from a fully committed PIPE priced at $10.00 per share, including strategic investments from Magna International, co-sponsor Antara Capital, Phoenix Insurance and other institutional investors.

Latham & Watkins advised Innoviz Technologies in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Houston partner Ryan Maierson and London partner Joshua Kiernan, with Houston associates Ryan Lynch, Erin Lee, and Katie Walker. The team also included Houston partner Joel Mack along with Latham lawyers from its New York, Washington, D.C., London and Los Angeles offices.

Goldman Sachs is serving exclusive financial advisor and placement agent and Meitar | Law Offices is also advising Innoviz.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field is advising Antara Capital and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath is counseling Perception Capital.

Nechama Brin and Michael Yifrah are serving as financial advisors to Perception Capital. Graubard Miller and Goldfarb Seligman & Co. are legal advisors to Collective Growth, and Cantor Fitzgerald is its financial and capital markets advisor.

Founded in 2016 and based in Tel Aviv, the company has focused on the development of hardware and software utilizing solid-state LiDAR and AI for automotive grade sensors for mass production.

The company’s general counsel since 2018 is Dana Ofer-Nutkevitch. After receiving her LLM from Tel Aviv University in 2007, she specialized in startups at Yigal Arnon & Co and complex transactions at Hewlett Packard before joining Innoviz.

Willkie Advises Tenet on $1.1B Acquisition of SurgCenter Development

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced Dec. 10 that it will acquire up to 45 ambulatory surgery centers from rival SurgCenter Development for $1.1 billion in cash and the assumption of $18 million in debt.

Under the terms of the deal, Tenet will build majority stakes in the centers by acquiring interests held by both SurgCenter and physician partners. The transaction gives Tenet access to SurgCenter’s musculoskeletal surgery platform, making it the leading provider of musculoskeletal surgeries “across the care continuum”.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised Tenet on the acquisition with a team mostly based in New York, though co-lead Jessica Sheridan splits her time between there and Houston. 

SurgCenter general counsel Ian Friedman advised the Towson, Md.-based company on the transaction, and no outside counsel was involved. Friedman was previously an associate at Baltimore firm Ober Kaler (now Baker Donelson).

The centers will be operated by Tenet’s United Surgical Partners International subsidiary which, pending the deal, will have in its surgical portfolio as many as 310 ambulatory facilities, including 24 hospitals, in 33 states. USPI’s ownership interest will be up to 60% in each center, with the remainder owned by physician partners.

“It will expand USPI’s established footprint in high-growth states, while amplifying scale in existing and/or new markets,” the company said in a release.

Tenet also said it had already completed the acquisition of a majority of the 45 centers and expects to complete the purchase of the remaining centers by the end of this year. The targeted centers are located in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.

It is not the first time Tenet and SurgCenter have made a deal: The USPI subsidiary acquired its first ambulatory surgical centers from SurgCenter in 2005.

“The portfolio will be an excellent complement to our national footprint of ambulatory surgical facilities, and we expect a seamless integration,” USPI chief executive Brett Brodnax said.

Tenet’s reach is already extensive. The company operates 65 hospitals and more than 500 other healthcare facilities across the US and has more than 100,000 employees. Its board of directors include former Nebraska Senator and onetime presidential candidate J. Robert Kerrey and retired general Lloyd C. Austin, who was recently tapped by President-Elect Joe Biden to serve as the U.S.’ next Defense Secretary. 

Also serving on the Tenet board are former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas chief executive Richard Fisher and Southwest Airlines chief financial officer Tammy Romo.

NRF Advises Waddell & Reed in Acquisition by Macquarie Group

Wealth managers Waddell & Reed Financial announced December 2 that the company had agreed to merge with Macquarie Asset Management for $1.7 billion.

Under the agreement Macquarie Asset Management, a division of Macquarie Group — the Australian global investment bank — would acquire all the outstanding stock of Waddell & Reed for $25 per share.

Upon completion of this transaction, Macquarie has agreed to sell Waddell & Reed’s wealth management platform to LPL Financial Holdings Inc., a retail investment advisory firm, for $300 million and form a long term partnership the Boston-based retail investment advisory firm.

Norton Rose Fulbright advised Waddell & Reed with a team co-led from Texas by partners Glen Hettinger (Dallas) and Daryl Lansdale (San Antonio). The NRF M&A team also included David Barrett (New York), Evan Hardee (Dallas), Madison Keeble (Austin), Roy Goldman (New York), David Hagen (Dallas), Ben Montanez (San Antonio), Gary McDaniel (San Antonio), Ryan Waggoner (New York), Chris Cash (New York), Leslie Teng (New York) and Nathan Ford (New York).

Additional legal support was provided by Alex Clark (Dallas) for benefits, Todd Schroeder (Dallas) for tax, Amanda Wait (Washington, DC) and Andy Eklund (Washington, DC) for antitrust/HSR, Stefan Reisinger (Washington, DC) for CFIUS, Josh Agrons (Houston) and Ryan Searfoorce (Houston) for finance, Steven Howard (New York) for regulatory, Glen Barrentine (Denver) for FINRA/regulatory, Carolyn Webb (Houston) for employment, Daniel Prati (Houston) for IP and Steve Nelson (New York) for real estate.

Based in Overland Park, Kansas, Waddell & Reed has been providing wealth management services since 1937.

Philip J. Sanders, the company’s CEO, said the company sought to offer a broader set of services.

“Over the past few years, we have been focused on leveraging our strong heritage as the foundation for transforming our firm into a more diversified and growth-oriented financial services enterprise. The long-term partnership between Macquarie and LPL as part of this transaction accelerates that transformation and ultimately will benefit our clients and independent financial advisors while delivering significant value to our stockholders.”

CAPITAL MARKETS

Baker Botts Advises NRG Energy on $3.83B in Debt Offerings

Firming up financing for its $3.6 billion purchase of Direct Energy earlier this year, NRG Energy announced the completion of debt issues of nearly $4 billion, including $900 million in bonds linked to sustainability.

Baker Botts advised NRG in each of the offerings with a team led by Dallas partner Preston Bernhisel and a team heavily laden with Texas-based lawyers.

The corporate side included senior associate Jennifer Wu in Austin and Dallas associates Jacqueline Scioli and Derek Gabriel. On finance were New York partner Martin Toulouse and Houston partner Rachael Lichman, special counsel Tim Coxon in New York along with associates Grace Matthews in Austin, Janice Han in New York and Rachel Collier in Houston.

On tax issues were partner Jon Nelsen in Austin, partner Michael Bresson in Houston with associates Jacob Walley and Evan Skeen. The tax team also included special counsel Matt Donnelly and senior counsel Peter Farrell in Washington, D.C. and special counsel Robert Langley in New York.

Partners Robin Melman and Terence Rozier-Byrd advised on employee benefits and other issues from New York

The sale included: $500 million of 2.000% senior secured first lien notes due 2025; $900 million of 2.450% senior secured first lien notes due 2027; $500 million of its 3.375% senior unsecured notes due 2029; and $1,030 million in 3.625% senior unsecured notes due 2031.

The $900 million in senior secured notes were what the company called a “landmark issuance” — a sustainability-linked bond issue that is the first issued by any company outside Europe. The so-called Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) links attractive financing terms to the realization of NRG’s previously announced goals to achieve a 50% reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2025, and net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, from the current 2014 baseline.

The issue also included another $900 million in pre-capitalized trust securities issued by Alexander Funding Trust. The P-caps provide liquidity for trade collateral for NRG to use in its energy trades. Proceeds from the issue are held in U.S. Treasury securities against NRG’s obligations.

NRG intends to use the net proceeds from the offerings, together with cash on hand, to fund the purchase price of the previously announced acquisition of Direct Energy Centrica plc, as well as corporate expenses associated with the issues.

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