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Sircar visited with The Texas Lawbook about what she learned as assistant general counsel of privacy at AIG, how she has used her privacy and cybersecurity expertise for a pro bono client and the key developments in her practice that businesses should be paying attention to.
Energy deals are holding their own these days, even if other sectors seem to be slacking. The third quarter topped $16 billion for upstream M&A nationwide, making it the best quarter of the year in that category, according to Enverus. Claire Poole provides some perspective for that market, along with deals for the week in all sectors.
The deal represents the largest renewables transaction of the year in an increasingly competitive transitional environment. Kirkland & Ellis and Jones Day advised Archaea and its management team on the deal. TLB has names.
Q3 M&A was a middling experience for dealmakers — in almost every respect. There were highlights, but not enough of them. Allen Pusey has the numbers. The good news: it could have been worse. In fact, it has been.
The deal, valued at $4.3 billion, represents a 6 percent premium over the original offer reported in June. Closing is expected by the end of the fourth quarter and The Lawbook has the names of Texas lawyers involved.
With the deal for cash and stock, Midland-based Diamondback expects to increase productive assets by 68,000 acres and 17 million barrels per day in their "backyard." The Lawbook has details, including the firms and many of the lawyers involved.
This week's CDT Roundup looks at Rob Little whose twin contributions to this week's deal lineup point up his steady stream of work with CenterOak Partners. They also lend themselves to the diversity of this week's lineup: which includes sectors as varied as biopharmaceuticals and upstream O&G to funeral homes and satellites. Claire Poole has Little's deals along with the usual roll call of lawyers involved in all of last week's action.
With almost two dozen truly diverse deals reported, it could have been difficult to pluck up a narrative thread for the week. But among them were three EV deals — that's right, three — whose transactional histories seemed worth a closer look. The CDT Roundup has that, along with its usual parade of Texas lawyers who counseled on all those deals.
Few lawyers are busier these days than Sameer Mohan at Morgan Lewis. With a couple of deals announced last week, the sheer breadth of his practice is worth pondering. Claire Poole takes a look at a sample of his recent transactions, as part of the usual CDT Roundup of Texas lawyers who announced their own deals last week.
The cash-and-stock deal doubles the Talos presence in the Gulf of Mexico, adding 40% in production and substantial deepwater infrastructure in its current operational areas. Vinson & Elkins was involved, along with Gibson Dunn. The Lawbook has the names of the lawyers who advised.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Devika Kornbacher last month when she left V&E after 15 years to join Clifford Chance as co-chair of the firm's global technology group. In this interview, she talks about her upbringing, her time in the ministry and engineering, what inspired her to be a lawyer, what her mentor taught her and what she plans to accomplish at her new firm.
A whopping 320 lawyers worked on deals reported during the last week. Among them was Justin Stolte who, along with other Latham lawyers has been on a roll of late. The CDT Roundup features a couple of his recent deals, along with a cinematic sweep of lawyers who advised during what turned out to be a very busy week.
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