DBJ: Dallas Firm Closes $969M Fund
Baker Botts represented Energy Spectrum Partners in its VIII fund, which will continue to invest primarily in midstream assets in the energy sector.
DBJ: As Dealmaking Stalls, Distress Could Create Opportunities for the Bold in DFW PE
The Dallas Business Journal's Rebecca Ayers talked with Foley partner Chris Converse and other dealmakers about the challenges and opportunities facing private equity.
CDT Roundup: 18 Deals, 16 Firms, 124 Lawyers, $5.63B
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.
CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 10 Firms, 90 Lawyers, $10.4B
The capital markets continued to provide more solid companies with the cash they need to keep going through the coronavirus pandemic.
Southwest Airlines Raises Another $6B
Three large capital markets transactions – plus last week’s $3.2 billion in funding from the federal government – bring the Dallas airline’s total cash haul to more than $9 billion.
Law Firms’ M&A Deal Work Declines Significantly
Twelve of the top 15 corporate M&A law firms operating in Texas did fewer deals during Q1 2020 than they did a year ago, according to new Mergermarket data. But the Corporate Deal Tracker shows the decline in deal activity for Texas lawyers started dropping a year ago. The Texas Lawbook has an in-depth look at the M&A deal work being done by lawyers in Texas.
CDT Roundup: 8 Deals, 9 Firms, 36 Lawyers, $3.4B
The impact of the coronavirus on pending transactions may be overstated, according to one law firm, while new deals involving Texas lawyers slumped last week. Claire Poole reports.
Texas Lawyers’ Capital Markets Deals Down Nearly 25% in 2019
Blame the oil and gas industry, which even before the market collapse had difficulty attracting funding given its out-of-favor status on Wall Street.
