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CDT SNAPSHOT
1,713
The Corporate Deal Tracker tallied a record 1,713 transactions with a combined value of $1.20 trillion in 2025. But even those eye-popping numbers were eclipsed last week when Gibson Dunn’s Rob Little co-led a SpaceX–xAI deal pegged at a staggering $1.25 trillion in enterprise value.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
FEB. 8, 2026
DEAL COUNT
52
DEAL VALUE
$338.9B
FEB. 8, 2025
DEAL COUNT
187
DEAL VALUE
$150.7B

Sidley Signs O&G Leader from Akin

Stephen M. Boone, Jr. brings “strong industry knowledge and significant corporate experience in the upstream and midstream sectors” to Sidley. In January, Boone helped guide Talos Energy in its $1.29 billion acquisition of QuarterNorth.

Brooks Igo

Gray Reed Gets Corporate Partner Michael Overstreet

Michael Overstreet, who practiced for the last eight years at Chamberlain Hrdlicka, said the “stars aligned” for a move to Gray Reed. The lawyer and CPA has worked on three deals recently that are indicative of a trend he is seeing in his practice.

Brooks Igo

CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 11 Firms, 173 Lawyers, $5.5B

While the oil and gas business remains the endoskeleton of the Texas economy, oil and gas are currently living divergent performance experiences. Oil is experiencing boom times; natural gas, not so much. In such a market the semi-annual Haynes Boone borrowing base and price deck surveys can offer a valuable lenders'-eye view of the immediate future. The CDT Roundup mines the latest data, along with the usual survey of last week's Texas-related deals.

Claire Poole

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CDT Roundup: 22 Deals, 14 Firms, 227 Lawyers, $14.9B

The $6.2 billion take-private sale of Minnesota utility Allete to a joint venture of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners would be noteworthy if just for the price tag alone. But a closer look reveals a common bond among the lawyers involved that graduates from noteworthy to extraordinary. The Roundup's Claire Poole takes that closer look, along with her usual list of Texas-related transactions reported last week.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 9 Firms, 87 Lawyers, $3.1B

If you happen upon a bank transaction in Texas (or even if it's not in Texas) there are a couple of lawyers you figure know something about it: Sandy Brown at Alston & Bird in Dallas and Chet Fenimore at Fenimore Kay Harrison in Austin. So, when Texas Dow Employees Credit Union announced its purchase of Sabine State Bank, The Roundup turned to them. Turns out, one of them was involved. CDT notes on that involvement, as well as the work of 87 lawyers who advised on deals last week.

Claire Poole

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