Phillips 66 Acquires Full Ownership of WRB Refining for $1.4B
The deal, advised by Sidley Austin and Bracewell, gives Phillips 66 full control of refineries in Illinois and Texas.
EchoStar Sells Spectrum Licenses to SpaceX for $13B
White & Case and Gibson Dunn advised on the megadeal which will enhance the ability of SpaceX to expand its Starlink "Direct to Cell" service.
Plains All American to Acquire 55% of EPIC Pipeline for $1.57B
Latham, V&E and Akin advised on the deal which will see Diamondback and Kinetik Energy exit their ownership stake in the strategic 800-mile crude oil pipeline.
CDT Roundup: Big Start, Quiet Finish For Deal Week Going into Holiday
The week ending Aug. 30 saw 10 deals with a reported value of $6.6 billion. That's a significant drop from the prior week's 23 deals for $15.2 billion. We could write that off as a holiday week problem, but last year at this time, we saw 13 deals for $20.6 billion. The week began strong enough with the announcement of a $3.1 billion acquisition in the Permian and AT&T's $23 billion licensing agreement with EchoStar, but M&A simply dwindled over the rest of the week. That and more in this week's CDT Roundup.
AT&T to Acquire EchoStar Wireless Licenses for $23B
The deal helps resolve regulatory pressures on EchoStar to use or lose federal licensing in the mid-band and low-band spectrum. The deal was handled in-house for AT&T with help from Sullivan & Cromwell and Arnold & Porter.
Crescent Energy to Acquire Permian Rival Vital Energy for $3.1B
V&E, Kirkland and Gibson Dunn were among the advisors on the deal which secures a spot for Crescent among the top ten independent oil and gas producers in the region.
CDT Roundup: Data Centers, AI Hunters and HVAC Companies Fuel PE Activity
The week ending Aug. 23 saw 23 deals for just over $15.2 billion. The deals included three transactions — in media, oil and gas and electrical services — which together accounted for $13.6 billion, amounting to 90 percent of the total. But the week saw a slurry of PE transactions, most of them in the electrical, HVAC or data services sectors and they involved a broad variety of interesting businesses. That and more in this week's CDT Roundup.
Blackstone to Buy Irving Electrical Services Company for $1.6B
The deal for Shermco, advised by Vinson & Elkins and Kirkland & Ellis, is the latest in a slew of electric power, HVAC and water services acquisitions aimed at data center infrastructure support.
Nexstar to Buy TEGNA Local Broadcast Properties for $6.2B
Publicly traded Nexstar Media Group, the nation's largest owner of local television broadcast stations in the U.S., announced Tuesday that it is acquiring TEGNA Inc. and its 65 local stations in 51 markets, including 15 stations in 12 markets in Texas. Kirkland & Ellis, Wiley Rein, Morrison Foerster, Wachtell and Covington & Burling advised on the deal. (Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
CDT Roundup: Last Week’s Deal Flow was More Mirage Than Momentum
The week ending August 16 saw 13 deals for $26 billion. At first blush that meshes nicely with the week prior, which saw 19 deals valued at $16 billion. But don't be deceived. Of those 19 deals in the prior week, 15 of the volume (and $11 million of their value) were for M&A or fundings. Last week saw only seven M&A/Fundings valued in total at just over $3 billion. And the big deal of the week was a capital markets filing: a $20 billion upgrade in a previously announced At-The-Market issue for a crypto miner. That's a questionable week masking as a blockbuster. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.