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Deals involving hundreds of millions and billions of dollars are, by their nature, complicated. But over the past two years, publicly reported deals, even as described in their regulatory releases, have grown more intricate and detailed. The reasons vary from deal to deal, but complexity has become a near constant.
The Corporate Deal Tracker enters a new era today with news, analysis and data that the M&A community has never seen and that has been years in the planning.
The Texas Lawbook launched the Corporate Deal Tracker in 2015 as a simple database that identified transactions — mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and capital markets — handled by lawyers in Texas.
A decade later, The Lawbook is relaunching an expanded and enhanced version of the signature product. And the lawyers — the dealmakers themselves — remain the primary focus with the CDT.
Another week means another bank consolidation in Texas. Huntington Bancshares said Monday that it is acquiring Cadence Bank in a stock swap valued at about $7.4 billion. Cadence — with dual headquarters in Houston and Tupelo, Miss. — has more than 390 locations across Texas and the South.
Wachtell and Sullivan & Cromwell advised on the deal. Cadence's Houston-based chief legal officer is Shanna Kuzdzal, who replaced the bank's longtime in-house leader Chuck Pignuolo in 2023 when he retired.
The Japanese power company was advised by Baker Botts on the deal with Williams Companies and GEP Haynesville II, its JV with GeoSouthern Energy. The acquisition builds on JERA's existing longterm contracts with Gulf Coast LNG exporters.
Texas lawyers from Jones Day and Gibson Dunn advised the parties in CenterPoint's sale of a local distribution network that consumes 60 billion cf of natural gas each year.
Erin Hopkins, a veteran energy transactions partner at Baker Botts, is moving to the Houston office of Paul Hastings, his new law firm announced Tuesday. Hopkins brings with him 15 years of experience in energy and renewables transactions.
Texas has made bold moves in its efforts to attract corporations by implementing one of the most sweeping sets of reforms to its corporate law. The Texas Business Organizations Code positions the Lone Star State as an increasingly attractive option for the state of incorporation. This article highlights the key points that corporate lawyers need to know about recent changes to the TBOC.
Commercial Metals Co. said Thursday that it agreed to acquire Foley Products Co. for $1.84 billion in cash. Based outside Atlanta, Foley provides precast concrete and pipe products primarily in the Southeast, operating 18 facilities in nine states. The company’s products are used in drainage, water management, dry utility, and road construction across residential, non-residential and infrastructure sectors.
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