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Caroline Evans

Another Fertitta SPAC Deal; This One for $875M

The SPAC market’s hot streak continues with a multibillion-dollar deal involving a blank-check firm helmed by Houston hospitality mogul and NBA team owner Tilman Fertitta. White & Case and Ropes & Gray are advising.

January 26, 2021 Caroline Evans

Latham Advises on Two $1B+ SPAC Deals

The two deals, part of a huge spate of SPACs advised by Latham involve business software and solar fintech. Caroline Evans has the names of the lawyers involved.

January 25, 2021 Caroline Evans

V&E, Latham, Mayer Advise on $2.6 Billion EV Charging SPAC Merger

EVgo, a Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging outfit that opened its first-ever station in Texas in 2011, is set to go public through a merger with New York-listed blank-check firm Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition. Proceeds from the deal will fund the company’s ambitious expansion plans.

January 22, 2021 Caroline Evans

Texas M&A: A Bottom-Heavy Market…For Now

When you’re looking at Mergermarket stats on deals by Texas companies or Corporate Deal Tracker stats on deals handled by Texas lawyers, 2020 looks pretty much the same: more than two-thirds of last year’s deals were worth less than $500 million.

Caroline Evans explains the significance of that fact.

January 21, 2021 Caroline Evans

CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 13 Firms, 132 Lawyers, $6.8B

So, we have a new president, one who has telegraphed his intentions regarding hydrocarbons. Decarbonization is going to be a big deal. The Keystone XL pipeline apparently isn’t. Not only does it mark a break with the past, it may mark the point at which we recognized that lots of energy dollars had already moved on. In the CDT Roundup Caroline Evans explains.

January 20, 2021 Caroline Evans

Blackstone Deal Reunites Former Colleagues

The recent Blackstone investment in Dallas-based software provider ISN was satisfying to Bell Nunnally partner Larry Shosid. But maybe the most personally satisfying aspect of the deal was a chance to work with a former colleague: ISN general counsel Jim Skochdopole. Caroline Evans has the details.

January 14, 2021 Caroline Evans

CDT Roundup: 22 Deals, 14 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $6.8B

No getting around it: The nation remains on guard, with the potential for disturbances at all 50 statehouses this weekend. It is a time, says Caroline Evans, for personal reflection, even as the corporate world has already moved to act. Last week’s deals and more in the CDT Roundup.

January 14, 2021 Caroline Evans

Two New Fortress Deals for $2.1B Are Part of LNG Gas-To-Power Play

In addition to its $2.2 billion purchase of Hygo Energy Transition, New Fortress will also take over Golar’s master limited partnership Golar LNG Partners in a cash deal with an enterprise value of $1.9 billion and an equity value of $251 million. Caroline Evans names the lawyers examines the strategy behind the two deals.

January 13, 2021 Caroline Evans

Latham, Kirkland Advise on $1.6 Billion Electric Vehicle ArcLight SPAC Deal

Proterra, a California-based EV manufacturing company, announced Tuesday that it is going public through a merger with an Arclight SPAC. Lots of Texas lawyers were involved. Caroline Evans has all the details and all the names.

January 13, 2021 Caroline Evans

2020: Worst Year for Texas M&A Since 2011

What started out as a good year became a bad year but became a good year again. Mergermarket has the numbers, The Lawbook’s Caroline Evans has the details.

January 12, 2021 Caroline Evans

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Firms in the News

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Akin Gump
Alston & Bird
Antero
Arclight
Baker Botts
Bakkt
Benchmark 
Bracewell
CAI Software
Charles Schwab
Cottonwood 
CRIS
Daikan
Desktop Metal
DIRTT
Element Markets
Eversheds Sutherland
EVgo
FBFK
Foley
Gibson Dunn
Golar LNG
Haynes and Boone
Hunton AK
Hygo Energy
InterContinental Exchange
Jackson Walker
Jones Day
Kirkland
Latham
Locke Lord
Marathon Oil
Mayer Brown
McDermott
New Fortress
Norton Rose Fulbright
ORIX Capital Partners
Petco
Pioneer Natural Resources
Porter Hedges
Proterra
Radley
Rise Fund
Shearman & Sterling
Sheppard Mullin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Specialty Welding
Switchback II
Thompson Coburn
Thompson Coe
Thompson & Knight
TPG
US Attorney's Office EDTX
V&E
Victory Park Capital
White & Case
Winstead

Lawyers in the News

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Doug Bacon
Jimmy Blacklock
Jane Bland
Denis Braham
Thomas Brandt
Heather L. Brown
Brett Busby
Stefani Carter
George Christian
Kevin Chumney
Lauren Corbeil
Steve Cox
Wade Crosnoe
Kevin Crews
Amy Curtis
Tess Dennis
Nick Dhesi
Sarah Dunn
Richard Frye
John Furlow
Michael Gibson
John Goodgame
Lisa Hearn
Robert Hughes
John Jackson
Monte James
Bryan Jones
Robert Kimball
Paul Knowlton
Dilen Kumar
Ramey Layne
Jessica Lewis
Doug Lionberger
Brice Lipman
Matt Lyons
Ryan Maierson
John McGowan
Morgan McPheeters
Matt Nadworny
David Oelman
Eric Otness
Joe Perillo
Aiesha Redmond
Alex Rose
Jeff Schlegel
Gregg Schmitt
Shamoil Shipchandler
Gerson Smoger
Lande Spottswood
David Staas
David Stone
Ram Sunkara
Rosalyn Tippett
Natalie Vesti
Mackenzie Wallace 
Kimberly Warnica
Donald Wilcox
Nicole Williams
Nathan Wolcott
Abbey Zuech

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