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CDT SNAPSHOT
11.7%
Nationwide, middle-market revenue rose 11.7 percent year-over-year in 2025, with 85 percent of companies growing and 53 percent achieving 10 percent-plus growth, according to an Ohio State University report.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
MAR. 15, 2026
DEAL COUNT
88
DEAL VALUE
$409.6B
MAR. 15, 2025
DEAL COUNT
369
DEAL VALUE
$245.3B

CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 9 Firms, 103 Lawyers, $10.3B

As we approach the end of 2024, it's crucial to ensure that your submissions to the Corporate Deal Tracker are fully credited. The Texas Lawbook’s M&A team is committed to identifying all relevant submissions for deals involving Texas-based lawyers, and we want to make sure that no qualified deal from your firm goes unaccounted for. That and more, including last week's deals, in this edition of the CDT Roundup.

Allen Pusey

Arizona Case Heightens ESOP Oversight Responsibilities of Company Directors

A recent decision in Arizona federal court shows that the directors of ESOP companies need to recognize that their interests and fiduciary duties are not always aligned with those of the ESOP investment banker (who is providing them guidance), the ESOP trustee and the ESOP advisors. This article highlights the key takeaways from a closely-watched case by the industry, Su v. Bensen.

John Kober

CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 15 Firms, 153 Lawyers, $4.6B

For some, it may be too soon to talk about it, but business leaders are already weighing in on how their industries might be impacted by the election results. In one of the first survey’s we’ve seen, Endeavor Business Intelligence deployed a short questionnaire to U.S. business leaders on their perceptions of the upcoming change in administrations. There were 160 respondents, not bad for a one-week project; and the answers proved more complex than one might expect. That and the usual review of last week's reported transactions.

Allen Pusey

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Blackstone Buys Into JV with EQT for $3.5B

Kirkland & Ellis and Milbank are advising the two of the joint venture, which will involve three midstream assets in the Appalachian Basin including the Hammerhead Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline systems.

Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 11 Firms, 245 Lawyers, $11.5B

Methane emissions are a sticky business in Texas, especially in the Permian where the colorless, odorless substance is simply a by-product of exploration and production for oil and gas on a massive scale. An $88 million satellite set into orbit in March, however, has begun to visualize and quantify the problem. The picture isn't pretty. But situation is complicated, as the CDT Roundup reports this week — along with its usual survey of transactions.

Allen Pusey

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