Casey’s to Acquire CEFCO Convenience Stores in $1.45B Deal
The all-cash transaction adds 148 stores in Texas and another 50 across Mississippi, Florida and Alabama. Paul Weiss, Cleary Gottlieb and Fort Worth's Bourland, Wall & Wenzel advised.
Simpson Thacher’s Houston Office Advised on KKR/T-Mobile Metronet Deal
Corporate partners Breen Haire and Shamus Crosby advised on the creation of a joint venture with T-Mobile to secure Metronet, along with its two million broadband customers across 17 states.
Helmerich & Payne Buys KCA Deutag for $1.97B
A mostly Houston team from Kirkland & Ellis advised Tulsa-based buyer and A&O Shearman assisted the Scottish target, which would establish H&P as a global leader in onshore drilling.
The First Half of 2024: The Role of Billion-Dollar Deals
Nothing says Texas M&A better than a billion-dollar deal. And in the first half of 2024, there were plenty of them.
Recidivist Acquiror IDEX Buys Mott for $1B
Sidley, led out of Dallas, advised the publicly traded IDEX. Cooley assisted the employee-owned Mott, which fits the buyer's "sweet spot" of highly engineered, configurable mission-critical components.
CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 14 Firms, 184 Lawyers, $16B
The CDT Roundup occasionally spotlights a lawyer whose pops up in connection with one of our larger deals. Mitch Tiras has popped up lots of times over the years, this last week in connection with the $1.54 billion Quanta Services acquisition of Cupertino Electric. We take a quick look at his recent work, along with the usual list of deals reported last week and the lawyers behind them.
Woodside Purchases Tellurian for $1.2B
A mostly Texas team from Akin Gump advised Tellurian while Norton Rose Fulbright advised Woodside, which the Australian company claims positions it to be a global LNG powerhouse.
Clearwater Paper Sells Tissue Business to Sofidel America
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman advised Spokane-based Clearwater on the deal, which included lawyers from Austin. Sofidel, a major provider of tissue products in Europe and eight states in the U.S., says it plans to continue its expansion in North American markets.