CDT Roundup: 20 Deals, 18 Firms, 196 Lawyers, $3.3B

While the economy is encountering stress in some areas, some firms are reporting high levels of activity for their Texas corporate lawyers during the first months of 2023. One of them is Dykema, and the Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup this week peeks at what their five Texas locations have been up to. Of course, it wouldn't be a roundup without rounding up the names of lawyers and firms that reported 20 deals worth $3.3 billion last week. There was even an IPO sighting — and a standard IPO at that.

May 9, 2023 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 23 Deals, 18 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $3.7B

If oil and gas producers (and their lenders, and their investors) seem ill-at-ease these days, it's not imaginary. Haynes Boone's Spring 2023 survey of the O&G deal community suggests they are pessimistic about the near-term availability of capital and are looking at a variety of sources to maintain growth and profitability — sources that increasingly include their own cash flow. This week's CDT Roundup has the specifics of the survey, which included 96 top executives from the industry and the banks that lend to them. And, as usual, there are the names of the Texas firms and lawyers behind the 23 deals reported last week.

May 3, 2023 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 14 Firms, 104 Lawyers, $5.6B

This being Year Three of the Covid 19 pandemic, technically speaking/writing, it may come as no surprise that healthcare deals are becoming a thing, even in Texas. The Corporate Deal Tracker counted 55 Texas-related healthcare deals in 2022, up from just 10 the year previous. This week's CDT Roundup looks at the kinds of deals that are leading the recent rise in healthcare transactions — including a recent $2.1 billion transaction — along with the usual roll call of the firms and lawyers who reported in last week.

April 25, 2023 Claire Poole

Q&A with Willkie’s Tan Lu

The Lawbook caught up with Lu about his move to Willkie from V&E earlier this year, the emerging trends he is paying attention to and the "fuel that keeps [his] fire burning" as a deal lawyer.

April 21, 2023 Brooks Igo

Time for Action: Add These Items to Your Commercial Lease in 2023

All too often commercial tenants accept their lease agreements freely and without any objections. However, a one-time review of the lease can lead to years of savings.

April 18, 2023 Richard Lebos

CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 9 Firms, 59 Lawyers, $24B

Like "energy transition" before it, the word "infrastructure" has worked its way into dealmaking vocabulary as a significant buzzword. But buzzwords can buzz with real money behind them as a new McKinsey report suggests. Funds earmarked for infrastructure and natural resources investment hit $158 billion last year and such assets under management last year were up more than 14 percent over 2021, according to the report. Claire Poole takes a look at the short- and long-term for infrastructure dealmaking, and it's more complicated than it seems. But at least one infrastructure deal among the dozen transactions reported to the CDT Roundup last week shows that the numbers can be really, really big.

April 18, 2023 Claire Poole

Omar Samji Departs Shearman for Weil

Omar Samji's departure follows the recent high-profile exits of Hugh Tucker and Jeremy Kennedy who left Shearman for Haynes and Boone. Samji plans to tool his energy practice towards the rapidly-evolving transitional sectors, like decarbonization, that are gaining significant ground within the traditional oil & gas industry.

April 17, 2023 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

Katten’s Mark Solomon Reflects on Dallas Office’s Successes/Challenges at Five-Year Mark

In an in-depth Q&A with The Lawbook, Mark Solomon shares a few of the office's major successes, identifies significant challenges facing the firm, surveys the lay of the land for deal activity and shares his favorite features of the new digs at PwC Tower. Plus, a windup about those damn Yankees as baseball returns.

April 12, 2023 Brooks Igo

Brookfield Buys Freight Provider Triton for $13B

The infrastructure giant, advised in part by Skadden's Houston office, bets big on the continued strength of shipping at a time of supply shortages.

April 12, 2023 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 9 Firms, 173 Lawyers, $8.95B

Since the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, many eyes have been on the start-ups that became its raison d'etre. Unfortunately, those eyes have also been on wallets and purse strings, as a new Crunchbase study shows. Venture capital investments for Q1 2023 are down over the same period last year. Moreover, they've been trending down for each quarter since last year. The CDT Roundup takes a look at the numbers, as well as the M&A and CapM deals reported last week. There's some good news in there — somewhere. You just have to look hard for it.

April 11, 2023 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

Using ESOP, Family Foundation and Family Ownership to Successfully Transition a Family-Owned Business

There are more than 20 million family-owned businesses in the U.S. Very few family businesses successfully transition from one generation to the next. This article compares the "old technique" to the "new technique" of transitioning a family business.

April 11, 2023 John A. Kober

Middle-Market M&A Opportunities Abound in Texas Despite Broader Market Uncertainty

A Katten report shows that private equity dealmakers are split on the 2023 M&A outlook but see promise in technology and other sectors.

April 4, 2023 J. David Washburn