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Partner Ryan Maierson and his team aided Shell Midstream’s conflicts committee on eliminating incentive distribution rights and general partner interests and acquiring assets from sponsor Royal Dutch Shell, the second such transaction he’s worked on in a 24-hour period.
The actions include acquiring affiliate EQM Midstream, which is part of a continuing trend of companies and sponsors simplifying or eliminating their master limited partnerships.
Healthcare M&A may be down but transactions are growing larger while deal activity in cybersecurity is rising despite a fall in technology deals overall. That plus last week’s dealmaking by Texas lawyers, including a big cybersecurity divestiture by Dell.
Jefferies was at the top of the list for deal count followed by Houlihan Lokey and Goldman, according to Mergermarket data provided exclusively to The Texas Lawbook.
Oil and gas M&A may be moribund but deals in the digital oilfield are on the rise. Claire Poole covers that plus paltry transactional activity by Texas lawyers leading up to Presidents Day weekend.
The lateral follows the firm’s recruitment of Rob Fowler from Baker Botts earlier this year as part of efforts to build an executive compensation team in Texas.
Private equity continues to be the king of capital, with fundraising surpassing $500 billion again last year and assets under management crossing the $4 trillion mark. But 2020 may be tricky to navigate given challenging dealmaking, among other things. Claire Poole has that plus last week’s transactions among Texas lawyers.
Justin Stolte said he went back to the firm where he worked as an associate to take advantage of its reach across all forms of energy, including renewables.
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