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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: 22 Deals, 17 Firms, 184 Lawyers, $6.6B

Sometimes the biggest deal of the week tells us something beyond just its value. Last week, the last full week before Thanksgiving, the deal with the largest reported value involved healthcare. And according to the consulting firm Kaufman Hall, the $2.4 billion sale of three hospitals by Texas healthcare giant Tenet Healthcare is part of a resurgence of M&A in the medical space. This week's CDT Roundup focuses on that uptick, as well as the usual roll call of Texas firms and lawyers who reported deals as the holiday season approaches.

Claire Poole

UPDATE – CDT M&A Lead Law Firms: Kirkland, Latham, V&E, Sidley, Gibson Dunn (As of Oct. 31)

The Texas Lawbook's exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker lists the law firms whose Texas lawyers were lead counsel in M&A transactions for the buyers, sellers and targets between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31 this year. Sixteen of them led 10 deals or more, six were lead counsel on 25 or more transactions, two firms led 50 or more deals and one firm’s Texas lawyers have been lead counsel on more than 100 M&A transactions during the first 10 months of 2023.

Mark Curriden & Christi Trammell

CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 13 Firms, 179 Lawyers, $9.8B

A recent Mergermarket survey of top global private equity executives yielded few surprises concerning the once and future deal environment. The survey, conducted on behalf of Dechert, revealed that more than a quarter of respondents cited interest rates as the most important factor in determining deal development in the next 12 months. Among the few surprises, however, was the overwhelming and newly found attraction to take-private deals. The Roundup looks at the data, as well as the firms and lawyers behind 15 Texas-related transactions reported last week.

Claire Poole

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CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 14 Firms, 193 Lawyers, $20.6B

For the first time in a while, energy didn't dominate the week for value. Still, energy deals dominated the deal count among the 12 M&A transactions reported. This comes as the Haynes Boone financing survey shows increasing interest in financing new upstream E&P. Claire Poole's CDT Roundup has more, along with the names and firms of the 186 lawyers who worked on last week's transactions.

Claire Poole

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