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Tulsa-based WPX Energy turned to a team of Dallas attorneys from Weil, Gotshal & Manges to advise on its $2.35 billion acquisition of Oklahoma City-based RKI Exploration & Production, announced earlier this week.
Kruse, a SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, is the first Winstaed attorney to receive the award. She was honored at the Houston Young Lawyers Association’s Law Day Luncheon on May 4.
Kruse, a SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, is the first Winstaed attorney to receive the award. She was honored at the Houston Young Lawyers Association’s Law Day Luncheon on May 4.
Wallace, who was part of the 23-lawyer team to jump to Holland & Knight and establish its Dallas outpost, counsels financial institutions in transactions.
Wallace, who was part of the 23-lawyer team to jump to Holland & Knight and establish its Dallas outpost, counsels financial institutions in transactions.
Noel received the Outstanding Leadership Award by the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas and Currie received the Instructor of the Year Award for Income Tax by the Institute for Professionals in Taxation.
Ohio-based MPLX and its sponsor, Marathon Petroleum Corporation announced Monday their plans to purchase Denver-based master limited partnership, MarkWest Energy Partners. The companies say the transaction, which is valued at $20 billion and includes about $4 billion of debt, will create the fourth-largest MLP based on a market capitalization of $21 billion.
Ohio-based MPLX and its sponsor, Marathon Petroleum Corporation announced Monday their plans to purchase Denver-based master limited partnership, MarkWest Energy Partners. The companies say the transaction, which is valued at $20 billion and includes about $4 billion of debt, will create the fourth-largest MLP based on a market capitalization of $21 billion.
In the past week, the two Houston-based law firms have been involved in oil and gas deals that combined are worth more than $1 billion.
Corporate mergers and acquisitions involving Texas-based companies plummeted 28 percent during the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2014. Texas businesses participated in 357 mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures with a total deal value of $123.3 billion in 2015, compared to 498 such deals valued at $158 billion last year, reports Mergermarket, which produced the data exclusively for The Texas Lawbook. “Deal-making across nearly all business sectors – health care, technology, industrial, manufacturing and even restaurants – is strong and active,” said Rick Lacher, managing director of the Dallas office of investment bank Houlihan Lokey. “Everybody in our office is busy – not hair-on-fire busy like last year but very active.”
Corporate mergers and acquisitions involving Texas-based companies plummeted 28 percent during the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2014. Texas businesses participated in 357 mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures with a total deal value of $123.3 billion in 2015, compared to 498 such deals valued at $158 billion last year, reports Mergermarket, which produced the data exclusively for The Texas Lawbook. “Deal-making across nearly all business sectors – health care, technology, industrial, manufacturing and even restaurants – is strong and active,” said Rick Lacher, managing director of the Dallas office of investment bank Houlihan Lokey. “Everybody in our office is busy – not hair-on-fire busy like last year but very active.”
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