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Baytex says the transaction nearly doubles both its EBITDA and free cash flow, allowing an immediate step-up in direct shareholder returns, including the introduction of a dividend and increased share buybacks. The Lawbook has the names of the lawyers involved.
Haynes and Boone advised the Oklahoma company and Holland & Knight assisted the British chemical multinational, which marks its entrance as operator into the U.S. onshore oil and gas market.
Debbie Bartlett discusses challenges facing future GCs, advice for young lawyers seeking to go in-house, the changing relationships between in-house counsel and outside lawyers and law firm rate increases.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in ERCOT v. Just Energy Texas, L.P. is notable in its own right for addressing critical issues regarding who has authority to regulate a state’s electric utilities. But the case is even more interesting when considered in the broader mosaic of recent decisions by courts dealing with how and when state regulatory power may be circumscribed by federal bankruptcy courts.
For Premium Subscribers In this Q&A with McAfee CLO Sarah Decker, she dishes on what she seeks in hiring outside counsel, $2,000 hourly rates, the role of GCs in promoting
At best, 2022 was a mixed year for upstream M&A across the U.S., according to Enverus Intelligence Research. The numbers looked big, $58 billion across 160 deals. But the reality is that they were down, particularly in deal count, even when compared to pre-pandemic averages. The CDT Roundup takes a look at a few companies whose deals defined and, in some ways, defied the market, as well as the law firms that are advising them. Of course, there is the usual roundup of last week's transactions.
For Premium Subscribers In this Q&A HF Sinclair GC Vaishali Bhatia discusses how she selects outside counsel, her thoughts on $2,000 hourly rates and diversity, and advice to young lawyers.
For Mentorship Month, Greenberg Traurig attorneys Lindsey Groos, who is a mid-level associate, and Lou Ann Brunenn, a shareholder, share perspectives from both sides of the mentee-mentor relationship.
For Premium Subscribers Tuesday Morning GC Jennyfer Gray shares about what she seeks in hiring outside counsel, diversity and pro bono. Texas Lawbook: What do you look for in hiring
As winners of the 2022 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for Pro Bono and Public Service, Mark Berg and Barry Thomas have more in common than the fact that they are high-ranking colleagues at Pioneer Natural Resources: They are both committed to leveraging their time and talents for the betterment of others. Pro Bono Writer Natalie Posgate had the opportunity to chat with Berg and Thomas both about their pro bono projects and about ways that readers of The Texas Lawbook can help.
For Premium Subscribers Black Mountain Sand GC Kelli Roach dishes on being a solo GC, her best day on the job, how she hires outside counsel, mentoring and her hero
The new year has arrived with an uptick in O&G deals, typified by this week's sale by Chesapeake of Eagle Ford assets. This week's CDT Roundup takes a look at that deal and discusses the near-term market for similar transactions with one of the lawyers who advised Chesapeake. And as always, there's the CDT review of the week's transactions and the lawyers who advised on them.
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