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The Keane Group and C&J Energy announced a merger this week, creating a new pressure pumping giant worth an estimated $1.8 billion in enterprise value. Two national law firms leaned heavily on their Texas-based lawyers to pull off the deal and Claire Poole has the names.
Have we entered a time of the dying deal? Claire Poole examines this question in her weekly Corporate Deal Tracker roundup.
The natural gas producer's acquisition of Denham Capital-backed Covey Park makes it the leader in the Haynesville Shale. Plus, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones increases his investment in Comstock to $1.1 billion in the deal. Claire Poole has the details.
In 1995, the Atlanta firm King & Spalding was asked by one of its major clients to open a Texas office. Oil was trading at $17 per barrel and natural gas below $2 Mcf. Still, Houston was on the rise and so K&S took the plunge. More than two decades later, its quiet, steady success has become the template for other national firms looking for a piece of the Lone Star State. Claire Poole tells their story.
Does the pressure of being a publicly traded PE firm affect its performance when compared to its private PE counterparts? Not so much, according to a recent PitchBook analysis. Claire Poole has the comparison, along with her weekly roundup of Texas deals.
In a $4.3 billion deal with Infrastructure Investments Fund, publicly-traded utility El Paso Electric Co. announced Monday that it has agreed to be taken private. Claire Poole has deal specifics and the potential implications for the City of El Paso.
Private equity exits in oil and gas are notoriously difficult and these days few and far between. As a result, some PEs are finding creative ways to transition. The Lawbook's Claire Poole explains in her weekly roundup of Texas deal activity.
NASCAR Holdings will assume control of four new speedways, including the iconic ovals at Daytona and Talladega, after International Speedway Corp. accepted a $2 billion purchase offer. Claire Poole has the names of the Texas-based Baker Botts crew that helped push the deal to the finish line.
Mid-year predictions/reflections are already beginning to appear and Claire Poole has been absorbing them all. She shares the latest observations from GlobalData, Pitchbook and Intralinks with her weekly roundup of Texas dealmaking.
Lawyers rocked out the White Oak Music Hall Thursday night in the first-ever "Law Rocks Houston" charity event. The event raised an estimated $24,000 and Claire Poole was in the house.
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