Prosperity Life Buys Moody Family’s National Western for $1.9B
Sidley counseled National Western, the second time in the last three years that the firm has assisted with sale of a publicly traded insurance company associated with the Moody family.
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Sidley counseled National Western, the second time in the last three years that the firm has assisted with sale of a publicly traded insurance company associated with the Moody family.

Only three Texas lawyers so far in 2023 worked on M&A deals with a combined deal value of $25 billion or more, according to The Texas Lawbook’s exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker. See their numbers and those of more than 300 Texas lawyers here.
Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list is designed to grow as new deals are reported. So if
Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based firm-lead lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list, available to PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is searchable, and is designed to grow

The Corporate Deal Tracker’s Texas lawyer rankings for M&A dealmaking in 2023 ranked by deal count from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31 shows that only two lawyers have been involved in at least 10 mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures so far this year, but 23 have worked on five or more transactions during the first eight months of the year.
After a daylong evidentiary hearing, U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer said the radio station’s owners failed to show they would suffer irreparable harm if the new podcast by Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp continues until December, when a civil trial is scheduled to determine whether the two violated their noncompete agreements with KTCK "The Ticket."
Akin represented the buyer and Kirkland the sellers in something of a strategic departure for Viper.
The heat is on in Texas, in more ways than one. It's no secret that record summer temperatures have tested the durability of the state's electric grid; but lesser known is its growing dependence on alternative energy transmissions to meet this year's extraordinary demand. Wind and solar, however, are only as dependable as the ability to store the energy they produce, and the CDT Roundup this week looks at the growing number of deals involving utility-scale battery storage sector which have, if you'll pardon the expression, become very hot.
Kirkland counseled the buyer and V&E advised the seller in what's being billed as creating a $14 billion oil and gas explorer and producer in the Delaware Basin.
Below is a list of qualified capital markets transactions reported to The Texas Lawbook during 2023. The list is organic, designed to grow as deals are reported. So if you have deals
Below is a list of qualified capital markets transactions reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. The list, for PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is organic and searchable. It is designed to grow as deals
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