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Baker Botts Adds Dario Mendoza to Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits Team in Dallas

Dario Mendoza has joined Baker Botts in Dallas as a partner in the firm’s executive compensation and employee benefits practice after more than 15 years at Vinson & Elkins across town.

Baker Botts said Mendoza advises companies, private equity firms, boards, compensation committees and executive teams on compensation and benefits. His work spans tax, securities law, corporate governance and disclosure considerations associated with these arrangements.

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Kirkland, Sidley, Simpson Thacher Advise on VoltaGrid, Blackstone, Halliburton Deal

Blackstone and Halliburton agreed to invest $1 billion in VoltaGrid, a Houston company that provides power generation, portable power, CNG fuel supply, infrastructure and energy management services. VoltaGrid also is acquiring Propell Energy Technology, a Granbury manufacturer of oilfield and well-servicing equipment.

Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin are advising VoltaGrid, while Simpson Thacher is advising Blackstone.

Jason Philyaw

CDT Roundup: Lone Star Deal Machine Keeps 200+ Lawyers Busy for the Week

For the week ended May 9, the CDT Roundup is reporting 21 deals valued at nearly $11.3 billion. And that doesn't include a $3.25 billion notes offering that closed three weeks ago nor the $56 billion unsolicitied offer for eBay by $11 billion-market-cap GameStop scooped by The Wall Street Journal last week.

White & Case is advising Grapevine-based GameStop, with a team led from New York. GameStop's general counsel is Mark Robinson, who received the 2023 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for General Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

Jason Philyaw

Troutman Houston Partners Led National Team in Western Midstream $1.6B Brazos Delaware Deal

Western Midstream Partners has acquired Brazos Delaware II, a Fort Worth-based private gathering and processing platform in the Delaware Basin in West Texas, for about $1.6 billion in cash and stock. Western Midstream, which is based in The Woodlands, said it will pay about $800 million in cash and issue about $800 million in common units at the close of the deal that is expected by June 30.

Christopher B. Dial is Western Midstream’s general counsel, and Troutman Pepper Locke advised the company with a national team led by Houston Partners Jon Daly and Jennie Simmons. Vinson & Elkins served as outside legal advisor to Brazos.

Jason Philyaw

A&O Shearman Adds Another Partner in Houston

W. Andrew Lanius is joining A&O Shearman in its energy, natural resources and infrastructure practice in Houston and will serve as the head of U.S. energy and infrastructure finance. He comes to A&O from Simpson Thacher & Barlett where he was a partner in that firm's banking and credit practice.

Jason Philyaw

CDT Roundup: Utilities, Pipelines and Oil Take Center Stage

For the week ended May 2, the CDT Roundup reported on 13 deals valued at nearly $37.9 billion. The prior week had 11 deals reported with a total value of about $19.7 billion, while a year ago at this time, the Roundup reported on 11 deals valued about $4.3 billion.

On the M&A side, the week proved to be all about power and energy and data centers. That and more in this week's CDT Roundup.

Jason Philyaw

Baker Botts Advises ARC Resources in Shell Deal

British oil and gas giant Shell announced Monday an agreement to acquire ARC Resources, a Canadian energy company focused on the Montney shale basin in British Columbia and Alberta, in a deal with a total enterprise value of about $16.4 billion.   

Baker Botts is acting as U.S. regulatory counsel to Calgary-based ARC Resources. Travis Torrence is head of legal for Shell USA.

Jason Philyaw

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