Weil, V&E Advise on WPX’s $2.5B Purchase of EnCap-backed Felix
Analysts say the deal is attractive for WPX compared with other recent transactions in the consolidating oil patch and may lead to asset sales to help with financing.
Locke Lord, Jones Day Aid on Asbury Auto’s $1B Purchase of Park Place Dealerships
The deal increases the buyer's presence in Dallas, which is considered one of the country’s most desirable luxury car markets, with Texas becoming 36% of its sales.
Elite National Corporate Firms Dominate Big Dollar M&A in Texas
There have been 11,013 M&A transactions in Texas during the past 13 years with a combined value of $3.4 trillion. Mergermarket and The Texas Lawbook examined which law firms did most of the biggest deals. Only five of the top 30 firms are based in Texas. Four of the top 10 firms do not have an office in the state.
CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 11 Firms, 55 Lawyers, $10.4B
Energy service and equipment deals are sagging, much like the rest of the sector, with strategic companies the most active acquirers and private equity buyers remaining focused on transactions with diversified exposure across the value chain. Claire Poole explores that plus the continued slide in deal activity by Texas lawyers.
Texas Capital, Independent Go with Non-Texas Lawyers as Primary Counsel on $5.5B Merger
Texas Capital GC Kelly Rentzel chose Sullivan & Cromwell to lead its side of the transaction, while Independent GC Mark Haynie selected Wachtell Lipton. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Texas PE Deals are Down and O&G is the Culprit
Private equity investment is down this year in Texas, and oil and gas have been particularly affected, according to exclusive data provided to The Texas Lawbook by Mergermarket. How low? Claire Poole has an analysis.
Thirteen Years of Texas M&A: Three Law Firms, 2,000 Deals, $2 Trillion
Lawyers at Kirkland, Latham and V&E say they see each other across the table in the biggest M&A deals in the Lone Star State. New Mergermarket data shows the dominance of the trio of law firms in Texas dealmaking is far from a new trend. The numbers are staggering. To be sure, other corporate law firms operating in Texas have done their fair share of dealmaking. The Texas Lawbook looks back at more than a dozen years of M&A and the law firms doing the work.
