Claire Poole

Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round Up: Midstream M&A, IPO’s Highlight Week, Along With Chevron, Nabors Deals

Fresh off the $2.2 billion acquisition of the Houston Rockets, Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta has done another deal and a $1.4 billion securities offering. The Landry's/Golden Nugget transaction was one of several deals that kept Texas corporate lawyers busy last week. AKK, Baker Botts, DLA Piper, HayBoo, Jones Day, Latham, Locke Lord and V&E were among the firms leading the transactions.

September 18, 2017 Claire Poole

M&A Round Up: AKK, V&E Find Plenty of Deal Work

The week after Labor Day signified the return to work for a lot of Texas deal lawyers, despite the residual damage in Houston from Hurricane Harvey. Herewith are some highlights of recent deals that portend a busy fall, at least in the energy sector.

September 12, 2017 Claire Poole

Jackson Walker Closes Texan’s Nine-Figure Colorado Ranch Purchase

JW partner Alfie Meyerson cannot identify the buyer or the exact amount of the deal, but the Cielo Vista Ranch in Colorado was listed at $105 million, making it almost certainly the biggest ranch sale in the U.S. so far this year. The property covers 83,000 acres and features the 14,053-foot Culebra Peak, the highest privately-owned summit in the world. “It’s like buying your own national park,” Meyerson told The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview.

September 5, 2017 Claire Poole

M&A Round Up: Trio of Deals Keeps Lawyers Busy in the Waning Days of Summer

The end of August found oil and gas lawyers busy cranking out deals before the Labor Day weekend — and the unexpected wrath of Hurricane Harvey. This week's dealmaking includes: Baker Botts, V&E Counsel on Forum-Global Tubing Hookup; and V&E Counseling NCS Multistage on Spectrum Tracer Acquisition.

September 2, 2017 Claire Poole

Neither Hurricane Harvey nor Record Flooding Stopped Kirkland, Sidley and Baker Botts from Completing Zenith Deal

Lots of M&A dealmakers boast about deals being turbulent, but the lawyers at Kirkland, Sidley and Baker Botts in Houston can now talk about negotiating, papering and announcing a deal in the midst of a category 4 hurricane and record flooding. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

August 30, 2017 Claire Poole

Eight Deals, Three Offerings, $13 billion, Nine Law Firms – A Week of Deals

The middle of August is usually a dry period for deals, but several transactions across the energy spectrum kept Texas lawyers occupied the past week. Eight M&A transactions valued at a combined $11.4 billion and three securities offering at $1.8 billion. The Texas Lawbook has complete details.

August 23, 2017 Claire Poole

Transocean Turns to King & Spalding for $3.4B Acquisition

Transocean GC Brady Long selected King & Spalding as the company’s lead U.S. legal adviser on its $3.4 billion purchase of Norway's Songa Offshore announced Tuesday – a deal characterized as the biggest offshore drilling sector merger since oil prices collapsed in 2014.

August 16, 2017 Claire Poole

Oilfield Services Continue to Consolidate with Nabors Acquisition

The consolidation oilfield services continues with Nabors Industries acquisition of Tesco Corp. Norton Rose Fulbright helped make it happen. Details in The Texas Lawbook.

August 14, 2017 Claire Poole

AK, Bracewell, Gibson Dunn and V&E Lead Week of M&A and Capital Markets

Midstream and infrastructure oil and gas deals stood out among the transactions of note this week. Lawyers from Andrews Kurth, Gibson, Dunn, Bracewell and Vinson and Elkins were in the thick of things. See who they are and what they did The Texas Lawyer.

August 14, 2017 Claire Poole

IPOs pick up steam with $454 million Venator Materials NYSE offering

Vinson & Elkins lawyers were behind an IPO involving one of the nation's key producers of paint pigments. The $454 million deal placed shares of Venator Materials on the New York Stock Exchange. The proceeds will be used pay down debt by Venator's parent company, Huntsman Corp. Details on all the lawyers involved in The Texas Lawbook.

August 7, 2017 Claire Poole