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Corporate partners Breen Haire and Shamus Crosby advised on the creation of a joint venture with T-Mobile to secure Metronet, along with its two million broadband customers across 17 states.
Nothing says Texas M&A better than a billion-dollar deal. And in the first half of 2024, there were plenty of them.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman advised Spokane-based Clearwater on the deal, which included lawyers from Austin. Sofidel, a major provider of tissue products in Europe and eight states in the U.S., says it plans to continue its expansion in North American markets.
The deal follows Blackstone's purchase last month of Phillips 66's interest in REX, and further consolidates Blackstone control of more than 7,000 miles of midwest oil and gas pipeline.
Kirkland & Ellis and Vinson & Elkins advised on the upstream/midstream deal which includes more than 300,000 acres and a 950-mile gathering system. It marks the third major upstream transaction by Houston-based EnCap Investments in the past month.
The firm announced that East Berhane is becoming a new finance partner in Dallas and Benjamin Heriaud a capital markets partner in New York.
Berg, a former partner at King & Spalding in Houston, advises owners and developers in the construction of large-scale energy construction projects, whether on-shore, off-shore or renewable.
Bracewell and Vinson & Elkins advised Phillips 66 and Tallgrass, respectively, on the deal which advances the P66's determination to divest itself of $3 billion in non-core assets. On the buyer side, Tallgrass now holds total equity ownership in one of the largest natural gas pipelines in the U.S.
The two sides were counseled by Baker Botts and Vinson & Elkins, much as they were in a similar transaction in 2023. The bolt-on transaction includes an interest in Piñon Midstream, a pipeline and gas treatment operation that expands Matador's operational footprint in New Mexico and West Texas.
Foster, whose practice includes nearly three decades of experience in the energy and infrastructure spaces, vaults to Willkie after more than three years at Sidley Austin.
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