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CDT ANNUAL DATA SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Jan. 7 (5 p.m.)
Firms and lawyers who wish to be considered for the year-end CDT leaderboard rankings for M&A and CapM must submit their deals for the fourth quarter by Jan. 7, 2026, at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Christi Trammell at christi.trammell@texaslawbook.net.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
DEC. 21, 2025
DEAL COUNT
1,208
DEAL VALUE
$943.6B
DEC. 21, 2024
DEAL COUNT
1,438
DEAL VALUE
$820.6B

Harbour Energy buys LLOG Exploration for $3.2B

Harbour Energy said Monday that it agreed to acquire Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration Co. for $3.2 billion, including $2.7 billion cash and $500 million of common stock, giving the U.K. oil company its first deepwater presence in the U.S. Bracewell advised Harbour with a team led by partners in London, Houston and Washington, D.C.

Jason Philyaw

Fifteen Deals, $10 Billion and a Few Accounting Quirks

For the week ended Dec. 13, the CDT Roundup saw 15 deals reported with a total value of just under $10 billion. At this time last year, we saw 15 transactions come across our desks with an aggregate value of $5.3 billion.

In M&A, this edition of CDT Roundup includes a handful of energy-related deals with a shuffling of midstream assets, Texas solar projects selling minority stakes and some offshore rigs trading hands.

And on the CapM side: a SPAC IPO, a nearly $1 billion private placement, a stock buy-back and a post-merger holiday cleanup on the Constellation-Calpine aisle.

Jason Philyaw

JAPEX Acquires DJ Basin Assets for $1.3B

Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised JAPEX and Kirkland & Ellis advised Verdad Resources Intermediate Holdings on the deal, which includes more than 100,000 acres of tight oil assets in Colorado and Wyoming.

Allen Pusey

Energy Lenders Fall Back in Credit Survey

Energy-lending banks are projecting 2026 average oil prices of $55.44 per barrel, a $1.50/BBL decline from projections six months ago, according to the latest Energy Bank Price Deck Survey from Haynes Boone released Dec. 17.

Allen Pusey

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ACC-DFW 2025 M&A Transaction of the Year Finalists Announced

The Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have announced that the corporate legal departments at Celanese and Comerica are the two finalists for the 2025 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards for M&A Transaction of the Year. 

The DFW Corporate Counsel Awards honor in-house lawyers for their extraordinary legal and business successes during the past year.

Mark Curriden

Dallas Fed Survey Reveals Anxiety in Manufacturing, Services and Retail

The latest tranche of Texas Business Outlook Surveys from the Dallas Fed was released and the outlook self-described — at least among the Texas manufacturing, services and retail sectors surveyed — is not one of unbridled optimism. Kevin Henderson, a founding partner of SMB Law, says, "We still see a ton of M&A activity in the SBA space, but when talking to current business owners, things are definitely not as rosy as they have been in the past in terms of excitement on outlook. People are nervous about tariffs and overall economic impact and how it will affect their businesses."

Allen Pusey

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