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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

CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 280 Lawyers, $16.4B

Oxy's back. With its $12 billion acquisition of CrownRock last week, Occidental Petroleum not only joined other energy giants in the great consolidation of Texas oil production, but in the process seems to have shaken off the burden of its nearly disastrous $57 billion absorption of Anadarko Petroleum in 2018. Still, some observers think some of the same risks of overcommitment — not to mention regulatory concerns — are lurking in even this more modest deal. The CDT Roundup looks at those concerns, as well as the other deals reported from Texas by 280 lawyers.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 26 Deals, 17 Firms, 244 Lawyers, $14.6B

It's not that unusual, particularly in these days of energy consolidation, to have three billion-dollar deals. But this week saw three billion-dollar deals in three completely different business sectors: pharma, airlines and clean energy. The Roundup takes a look at the whys behind those deals, along with a huge menu of 26 deals, including 10 capital markets transactions (one of which was a very rare IPO and none of which involved Shohei Ohtani). And, of course, the names of the 244 lawyers who worked on them.

Claire Poole

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CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 9 Firms, 57 Lawyers, $6.7B

Last week's announcement of a new joint venture between Sentinel Midstream and ExxonMobil connecting Louisiana pipelines marked more than another O&G consolidation. It was another deal to be tallied in what has been a remarkable year for Willkie Farr & Gallagher's Houston partner, Archie Fallon. As we head into the final month of 2023, the CDT Roundup looks at his major deals on the year, along with those of the 57 mostly Texas lawyers who reported transactions for the week following the Thanksgiving holiday.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 9 Deals, 9 Firms, 131 Lawyers, $4.8B

BlackRock is a dirty name, at least among some Texas legislators, for its vigorous investments in energy transition. But it is also the world's largest asset manager with $9.42 trillion under management. This week's CDT Roundup looks at BlackRock and the law firms whose Texas offices often count BlackRock as a client. That, along with the Texas lawyers and firms behind the nine deals reported during the holiday-shortened week.

Claire Poole

M&A/CapM Partner Leaves Sidley for Locke Lord

Houston deal lawyer Jon Daly has counseled a range of clients so far this year, including Intrepid Partners, Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp. and Sunoco on M&A and Western Midstream Partners and JP Morgan on capital markets.

Claire Poole

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