Texas Lawyers at Shearman Aid J.F. Lehman on $1.2B Purchase of Heritage-Crystal Clean
The firm's Dermarkar previously advised the private equity firm on deals, including during his tenure at Jones Day.
Corporate Deal Tracker: 2023 M&A Transactions
Below is a list of qualified M&A transactions reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. The list is organic, designed to grow as needed. So if you have deals that qualify or
Houston Chronicle: Texas Senate Sets Rules for Paxton Impeachment Trial
The order was part of a package of nearly three dozen rules the chamber laid out for the proceeding after hours of closed-door discussions. Under the agreed framework, the now-suspended attorney general will be required to appear in person when the trial begins on Sept. 5.
Blackstone Picks Up Interest in Indiana Electric Utility from NiSource for $2.15B
If FERC clears the transaction, NIPSCO will remain a part of NiSource, which will keep an 80.1 percent stake and continue operating the company. The terms of the deal implies a NIPSCO equity value of $10.8 billion. Latham advised Blackstone and McGuireWoods advised NiSource on the deal. Claire Poole has the details.
Civitas Enters Permian by Acquiring Assets from NGP-backed Hibernia, Tap Rock for $4.7B
Kirkland advised the publicly traded buyer, whose management has spoken about wanting to diversify its assets, and Baker Botts and V&E assisted the sellers, which were said to have wanted to shed their assets.
Corporate Deal Tracker: 2023 M&A Transactions (Premium Searchable Master List)
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P.S. — SMU Law’s Rising Scholars, New HISD Leadership
In this week’s edition of P.S., a Houston litigator joins the board of managers of the Houston Independent School District and Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law and its DEI office wrap up a weeklong program that exposes high school students to the law school experience.
CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 12 Firms, 138 Lawyers, $6.1B
PureWest was sold last week for $1.84 billion to an unusual consortium of family offices and financial institutions. But you knew that because we wrote about the 67 lawyers at four different firms that worked on it. But PureWest has an interesting history that winds from Wyoming to Appalachia through a couple of bankruptcies and a couple of different names. The CDT Roundup recounts that history, along with a list of the lawyers and firms who reported their deals last week.
PureWest Energy Closes Merger with Family Offices, Financial Institutions for $1.84B
Members of buying consortium included A.G. Hill Partners, Cain Capital, Eaglebine Capital Partners, Fortress Investment Group, HF Capital, Petro-Hunt and Wincoram Asset Management.
Texas’s Top Bar Scorers Share Tips and Inspiration
The top three scorers of the February Texas bar exam include an associate at a Dallas litigation boutique, an incoming corporate associate at Holland & Knight and a mother of six who felt compelled to help with unaccompanied minor cases at the immigration nonprofit she volunteers with.
Q&A: Joe Davidson, GC Rice Management Co.
For 28 years, Joe Davidson has worked as an in-house lawyer at Rice University and is GC of Rice Management Company, the entity that includes Rice’s $7.8 billion endowment, which
Citing Years of Foot-Dragging by BMW and Local Counsel, Dallas Judge Orders Trial ASAP in ‘Lemon’ Lawsuit
After hitting BMW North America and Hedrick Kring Bailey with $773K in sanctions for ‘frivolous and groundless’ efforts to delay discovery in a woman’s suit over the sale of a defective used BMW, Judge Eric V. Moyé informed the automaker the case will go to trial June 6.