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Allen Pusey

Allen Pusey is a senior editor and writer at The Texas Lawbook.

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Allen Pusey

Prominent legal and investigative journalist Allen Pusey is a senior editor and writer at The Texas Lawbook.

Prior to joining The Lawbook, Pusey was the editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, which is the nation’s largest circulation legal publication. Before his decade with the Journal, Pusey spent 26 years as a reporter and editor at The Dallas Morning News, where he was a special projects editor and covered the Supreme Court of the United States.

A former director at the Center for Public Integrity, Pusey brings extraordinary experience and knowledge of the legal industry to The Texas Lawbook. Our readers are now the beneficiaries of his amazing talent as a writer and editor.

You can reach Allen at allen.pusey@texaslawbook.net or 202.669.4398.

DigitalBridge, Crestview to Take Colorado Broadband Company Private for $1.5B

Simpson Thacher, Wachtell and Davis Polk advised the parties on the transaction which takes private the regional internet, cable and telecommunications provider.

August 12, 2025 Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: Data Centers Continue to Dominate as $16B Week Defies Oil’s Downshift

The week ending Aug. 9 was a strong one by any measure: 19 deals for $16 billion. It follows 17 deals at $19 billion the week prior and compares very favorably with 20 deals for $12 billion this time last year. There were, of course, a healthy number involving data centers or data center infrastructure. Those will be moving the dial for a while. But the word that best describes the week is "wrinkled." Because there were lots of wrinkles. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

August 10, 2025 Allen Pusey

Western Midstream to Acquire Aris Water Solutions for $1.5B

Vinson & Elkins and Gibson Dunn advised on the deal, which extends Western Midstream's reach for critical water resources into Eastern New Mexico.

August 7, 2025 Allen Pusey

Oxy, ConocoPhillips Announce Profits, Deals and Debt Reduction

Two major energy companies announced earnings Wednesday and both revealed upstream deal activity valued at more than $2 billion. ConocoPhillips announced a $1.3 billion sale of assets in the Anadarko Basin, which was advised by Haynes Boone.

August 7, 2025 Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: AI’s Energy Appetite Continues to Fuel Tech, O&G Deals

The week ending Aug. 2 saw 17 transactions reporting values of $19 billion. You can compare that to last week's 15 deals for $3 billion or the 26 deals for $16 billion we reported this time last year. The news this week is the same news last week: It's all about AI infrastructure. The good news is that even those deals cut a healthy swath across emerging data-related business sectors. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

August 3, 2025 Allen Pusey

ECP, KKR Announce $4B Data Campus in Texas

Marking their first investment in a $50 billion joint venture campaign announced last year, Energy Capital Partners and KKR said Friday they are investing $4 billion into the development of a data center campus in Bosque County, about 75 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Kirkland & Ellis advised on the JV.

August 1, 2025 Allen Pusey

MPLX Acquires Sour Gas Operator from Five Point for $2.375B

MPLX said Friday it has agreed to pay $2.375 billion in cash to Houston-based Five Point Infrastructure for Northwind Delaware Holdings, a New Mexico sour gas gathering, treatment and processing service operating in the Permian Basin. Latham & Watkins advised Five Points on the transaction.

August 1, 2025 Allen Pusey

Quanta Services Acquires Dynamic Systems for $1.35B

Seeking to expand its presence in the surge of data center development, Quanta Services, a Houston-based platform for industrial energy and power services, announced Thursday the completion of its acquisition of mechanical and plumbing specialists Dynamics Services for $1.35 billion. King & Spalding advised on the deal.

August 1, 2025 Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: Watt a Week as Deals Spark Up Power and Security

The week ending July 26 saw 15 transactions for just over $3 billion, which doesn't sound like much. The volume is akin to the week before, in which 14 deals were reported for $6 billion. But both pale against the 19 transactions for $16.4 billion reported last year. The plain truth is that transactions in M&A dwindled in Q2 and have stayed dwindled in the first few weeks of Q3. But take heart; Q2 was the weakest quarter in Texas M&A deals last year and the year before. But there was plenty of diversity in the mix.

July 27, 2025 Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: Tech Titans, Crypto Surges and Old School Deals Meet Bold Moves

The week ending July 18 saw 14 deals for $6 billion dollars. The week prior saw 15 deals for $13 billion and there were 15 deals for $16 billion reported during the same week last year. But consider the actual deals and you begin to sense a difference: a $25 billion data center deal that probably will be but really isn't yet; a flurry of placements aimed at flipping the switch on crypto assets; an IPO for a Japanese AI-driven HR platform whose goal is to be a lawyer.

July 21, 2025 Allen Pusey

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