Andrew Van Noord is the first real estate capital markets attorney in the one-year-old Dallas office and is bringing along an associate.
Texas Lawyers Behind Three Billion-Dollar-Plus Deals
Attorneys at the Texas offices of Jones Day, Orrick, Shearman and Gibson Dunn help paper up big transactions for Britain’s BBA Aviation, France’s Veolia and a JV between Colombia’s Ecopetrol and Oxy.
CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 13 Firms, 76 Lawyers, $7.3B
Will the deal machine keep churning? With worries over the U.S. economy and trade tensions, some aren’t so sure. But PwC thinks M&A will remain active, with technology dominant. Claire Poole explores the firm’s analysis plus provides highlights of the deal week that was among Texas lawyers.
HuntonAK, V&E advise on Osaka’s $610M Sabine Oil purchase
Osaka’s purchase of Houston-based Sabine will give it the target’s entire natural gas position in East Texas and make it the first Japanese acquirer of a U.S. shale gas developer. Claire Poole has the details.
Evercore Back as the Top-Ranked Dealmaker for Texas Companies in H1
Financial advisor Evercore edged out Jefferies in Texas M&A dealmaking for the first half of 2019, according to the latest stats from Mergermarket. Claire Poole has the rest of the first half results, including the value rankings.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 125 Lawyers, $11.8B
Energy M&A isn’t the only market that’s gone torpid. According to Drillinginfo, public equity and debt offerings raised only $16.9 billion in the second quarter, down more than a third from this time last year. Claire Poole has the numbers underlying those numbers, along with a slightly more optimistic CDT Roundup of Texas activity.
Mergermarket: Texas M&A Plummeted in H1 2019
If you’ve been paying attention to M&A numbers in recent weeks, you already know this: compared to last year, the first half of 2019 has been lackluster. Deal count is down. Deal values are down. “Exceedingly cautious,” is the way one lawyer describes the market. Claire Poole bears the bad news from our exclusive Mergermarket data.
CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 7 Firms, 46 Lawyers, $775.5M
Deal activity involving Texas lawyers continued to be weak this past week – and way weaker than this time last year, which doesn’t portend a great second half of the year. Claire Poole has the numbers.
Callon-Carrizo: It’s All About Relationships
Baker Botts had done work for Carrizo Oil & Gas for 22 years. Kirkland had been developing a relationship with Callon Petroleum management for the last several years. In the end, the two law firms helped put together a combination of the two companies that one analyst says will join an elite group that can achieve double-digit production growth while generating meaningful free cash flow.
Kirkland, Baker Botts Aid on $3.2B Callon-Carrizo Hookup
Callon’s purchase of Carrizo is the latest in a wave of consolidation among oil and gas producers operating in the Permian Basin. But one analyst thinks there could be some investor pushback as many viewed Callon as more of a seller than a buyer.