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Mike McGill co-founded MHT Partners in Dallas in the first half of 2001. The timing wasn't great. But McGill and MHT have endured, and Claire Poole talked to him about the growing influence of PE, what it takes to survive and what to expect after 2019.
The U.S. is awash with private equity money at a time when deal activity is low, according to reports. Claire Poole explores that phenomenon plus the continuing slide in dealmaking activity involving Texas lawyers.
Assets acquired through M&A are making up a bigger chunk of oil and gas companies’ inventories at a time when industry dealmaking has slowed down. Claire Poole discusses that paradox plus the dealmaking week that was (or wasn’t) by Texas lawyers.
Debbie Yee has worked on large infrastructure transactions, including many for pipeline giant Energy Transfer.
The target said it had settled an insurance claim for its Buchanan, New York, plant, which experienced an equipment malfunction, and continues to be encouraged by strengthening demand in the new home construction market.
Corporate executives and advisors are less bullish about the outlook for U.S. M&A citing economic, trade and political uncertainties, according to a recent survey. Claire Poole also reports on a blockbuster week for the Corporate Deal Tracker.
Capital markets continue to be challenging for oil and gas explorers, leading credit facilities to become an important liquidity source. Claire Poole reports on that as well as a down week for deal activity involving Texas lawyers.
Despite a global dealmaking slowdown in Q3, one data firm expects North American M&A to still surpass $2 trillion this year. Claire Poole reports on that plus the deals for the week that was.
Other bulge-bracket banks also ranked highly, showing that those with heft and a record of leadership are winning deal business despite the slowdown in activity in Texas.
Private equity activity has slowed down this year while M&A involving Texas lawyers did the same this past week. Consolidation continued in the Permian Basin, private equity-backed midstream developers found exits and a big oil company divested a big asset while another expanded in a new growth area.
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