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Anna Butler

Anna Butler is the corporate transactions reporter for The Texas Lawbook, covering mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. Anna is the former managing editor of the Dallas Business Journal, where she led day-to-day newsroom operations, audience engagement strategies and paid subscription growth. A seventh-generation Texan, Anna grew up in central Austin. She studied History, Latin and Art History at Wake Forest University in North Carolina before graduating from the French Culinary Institute in New York. She lives in Lakewood with her beagle.

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 13 Firms, 143 Lawyers, $3.99B

The first half comparison between 2020 and 2021 isn’t pretty (if you’re 2020). Efforts to bolster corporate practices in the past year are on-display in The Texas Lawbook‘s first swipe at the exclusive data provided by Mergermarket. And reported M&A and capital markets activity cooled slightly during the holiday week in this week’s Roundup.

July 14, 2021 Anna Butler

The Buzzword in Oil and Gas? ‘Scale’

Transaction volume in oil and gas is expected to continue at a consistent clip through the rest of the year. The Texas Lawbook has more on the outlook in the space – with Skadden partner Eric Otness of Houston adding perspective to the midyear update.

July 12, 2021 Anna Butler

CDT Roundup: 24 Deals, 13 Firms, 94 Lawyers, $7.49B

The adoption and development of battery storage systems could mean big things for the energy transition and middle-market private equity firms are taking note. Kirkland’s Shubi Arora touches on the potential of backing the technology in this week’s edition of the Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup.

July 8, 2021 Anna Butler

Latham Snags Ravi Purohit

Latham & Watkins is bringing in Ravi Purohit, a corporate attorney with deep in-house and investor experience, as the firm looks to further build out its infrastructure offerings. Purohit, along with Tim Fenn and Justin Stolte, spoke with The Texas Lawbook about the move.

July 7, 2021 Anna Butler

White & Case, Kirkland Advise on Celanese’s Planned Buy of ExxonMobil Unit

The Dallas-based chemical and specialty materials company is turning to a well-regarded ExxonMobil business to push forward its efforts tied to the red-hot future mobility, medical and sustainability spaces.

June 30, 2021 Anna Butler

CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 7 Firms, 85 Lawyers, $4.99B

Capital spending, oil and gas production and costs are front of mind for energy executives as uncertainty continues to slip away for firms. And in this week’s Corporate Deal Tracker roundup, a handful of Texas-based brands made big moves.

June 29, 2021 Anna Butler

Simpson Thacher, Kirkland Counsel in Blackstone’s Backing of Fort Worth’s Simpli.fi

Blackstone is joining GTCR in backing a Fort Worth company in its next phase of growth. Simpson Thacher and Kirkland provided counsel on the investment.

June 28, 2021 Anna Butler

Irving Subprime Auto-loan Firm Gets New Owner

Private equity continues to circle subprime loans and distressed debt opportunities as an investor group led by Warburg Pincus buys out Blackstone funds in Irving’s Exeter Finance.

June 28, 2021 Anna Butler

5 Questions With Hunton AK’s Courtney Cochran Butler: An ESG Overview and Its Relationship to Issuers

Anticipation around forthcoming ESG regulation has left issuers, banks and investors in limbo. Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Courtney Cochran Butler breaks down what’s front of mind for issuers awaiting guidance and further considerations in this interview with The Texas Lawbook.

June 24, 2021 Anna Butler

CDT Roundup: 28 Deals, 8 Firms, 228 Lawyers, $16.8B

Texas private equity is heading further upstream with its capital as buyout shops look to dodge swollen valuations. And last week, a flood of securities transactions led the Corporate Deal Tracker.

June 22, 2021 Anna Butler

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GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Willkie Adds Blake Winburne to its Houston Office - Winburne was global head of the energy and infrastructure group at Orrick where he worked for more than nine years. He has been named co-chair of Willkie's energy and infrastructure practice.
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  • Veteran Houston Partner Jumps from Latham to Simpson
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