CDT Roundup: 6 Deals, 5 Firms, 37 Lawyers, $3.6B
Maybe misery doesn't always love company. But every once in a while it does enjoy taking inventory. Allen Pusey, standing in for Claire Poole, explains in this week's roundup.
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Maybe misery doesn't always love company. But every once in a while it does enjoy taking inventory. Allen Pusey, standing in for Claire Poole, explains in this week's roundup.
As oil prices teased $40bbl last week, the market revealed the wary side of itself. But Texas dealmaking for the first week in June matched last year's numbers, even if they involved some unexpected players.
In weeks when good news looks good by simply not being apocalyptic — slower coronavirus death rates, modest reopening of public spaces, oil prices above zero — you're just going to have to lower your standards. Keep that in mind when you're hunting for good news in this week's CDT Roundup.
Word this week that a $5.5 billion bank merger was scrubbed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic may only be the beginning of the bad news from the Corporate Deal Tracker. 'Buckle up' is the lesson gleaned from this week's belated report. Be sure to see a note about that and the absence — for the moment — of our friend and colleague, Claire Poole.
Willkie Farr announced Tuesday that it has added two experienced corporate M&A lawyers – former McGuire Woods partner Jay Hughes and former Grizzly Energy General Counsel Jonathan Curth – to its Houston office.
Baker Botts represented Energy Spectrum Partners in its VIII fund, which will continue to invest primarily in midstream assets in the energy sector.
The Dallas Business Journal's Rebecca Ayers talked with Foley partner Chris Converse and other dealmakers about the challenges and opportunities facing private equity.
Most alternative investors are sticking to their long-term plans despite the coronavirus, although they differ on when business will return to normal, while deal flow involving Texas lawyers continues to trend upward.
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