Jackson Walker Closes Texan’s Nine-Figure Colorado Ranch Purchase

JW partner Alfie Meyerson cannot identify the buyer or the exact amount of the deal, but the Cielo Vista Ranch in Colorado was listed at $105 million, making it almost certainly the biggest ranch sale in the U.S. so far this year. The property covers 83,000 acres and features the 14,053-foot Culebra Peak, the highest privately-owned summit in the world. “It’s like buying your own national park,” Meyerson told The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview.

September 5, 2017 Claire Poole

M&A Round Up: Trio of Deals Keeps Lawyers Busy in the Waning Days of Summer

The end of August found oil and gas lawyers busy cranking out deals before the Labor Day weekend — and the unexpected wrath of Hurricane Harvey. This week's dealmaking includes: Baker Botts, V&E Counsel on Forum-Global Tubing Hookup; and V&E Counseling NCS Multistage on Spectrum Tracer Acquisition.

September 2, 2017 Claire Poole

Neither Hurricane Harvey nor Record Flooding Stopped Kirkland, Sidley and Baker Botts from Completing Zenith Deal

Lots of M&A dealmakers boast about deals being turbulent, but the lawyers at Kirkland, Sidley and Baker Botts in Houston can now talk about negotiating, papering and announcing a deal in the midst of a category 4 hurricane and record flooding. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

August 30, 2017 Claire Poole

Eight Deals, Three Offerings, $13 billion, Nine Law Firms – A Week of Deals

The middle of August is usually a dry period for deals, but several transactions across the energy spectrum kept Texas lawyers occupied the past week. Eight M&A transactions valued at a combined $11.4 billion and three securities offering at $1.8 billion. The Texas Lawbook has complete details.

August 23, 2017 Claire Poole

Securities Offering Count by Lead Lawyer (Issuer’s Counsel Underwriters’ Initial Purchasers’ Counsel) – Q1-Q4 2016

August 22, 2017 Mark Curriden

Securities Offering Count by Value Range: 2016 vs. 2015

August 22, 2017 Mark Curriden

2016 Securities Offering Count by Quarter

August 22, 2017 Mark Curriden

Kirkland and Jones Day Advise in Newest EFH-Oncor Deal

Law firms have generated hundreds of millions of dollars from the EFH bankruptcy and the billable hours continued to mount over the weekend. EFH GC Andy Wright and the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis are leading the bankrupt energy company's sale to Sempra Energy for $9.45 billion in cash plus assumption of billions in debt. Jones Day is advising Oncor. White & Case represents Sempra. The Texas Lawbook has full details.

August 21, 2017 Mark Curriden

$3.8B Energy Merger = Lots of Texas Lawyers & Financial Advisers Billing Hours

More than 50 lawyers from five different law firms – Bracewell, Haynes and Boone, Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins – are representing clients in the $3.8 billion merger this week of Silver Run Acquisitions II with Alta Mesa Holdings and Kingfisher Midstream. The financial advisers include Barclays, Tudor, Pickering, Holt, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

August 17, 2017 Mark Curriden

Transocean Turns to King & Spalding for $3.4B Acquisition

Transocean GC Brady Long selected King & Spalding as the company’s lead U.S. legal adviser on its $3.4 billion purchase of Norway's Songa Offshore announced Tuesday – a deal characterized as the biggest offshore drilling sector merger since oil prices collapsed in 2014.

August 16, 2017 Claire Poole

HayBoo Leads $820M Dickies Deal

Fort Worth-based Williamson-Dickie turned to its long-time outside counsel Haynes and Boone to advise the family-owned workwear maker in its $820 million sale to branded lifestyle apparel manufacturer VF Corporation of North Carolina.

August 16, 2017 Mark Curriden

Oilfield Services Continue to Consolidate with Nabors Acquisition

The consolidation oilfield services continues with Nabors Industries acquisition of Tesco Corp. Norton Rose Fulbright helped make it happen. Details in The Texas Lawbook.

August 14, 2017 Claire Poole