Orrick Nabs Willkie PE Partner
Willkie's Houston office loses another private equity partner as Orrick snaps up David Aaronson. Aaronson often worked with Mike Piazza, who left Willkie earlier this year for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 12 Firms, 108 Lawyers, $10.5B
While recent commodity prices might suggest a favorable climate for M&A energy transactions, they aren't really happening. O&G deals were down in value by 41 percent during the first quarter of 2022. Deals worth $1 billion or more were down nearly 60 percent, according to GlobalData. The CDT Roundup spells out details, along with names of the lawyers behind last week's transactions.
Willkie Reinforces Houston PE Depth
On a day the firm also saw a partner leave for Gibson Dunn, Willkie added a Houston partner who has served as general counsel for two different private equity firms.
Gibson Dunn Adds Another PE Partner from Willkie
After only 16 months at Willkie, Jesse Myers has moved to Gibson Dunn. He joins former Willkie colleague, Michael De Voe Piazza, who made the move to Gibson in March. He also joins a cadre of transactional partners who have left Willkie in the past several months. Claire Poole has the details.
CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 16 Firms, 157 Lawyers, $2.3B
A Haynes and Boone survey on oil and gas borrowing bases is reflecting a new confidence in the industry's immediate future. The result is unsurprising, given the steady rise in prices since their nadir in April 2020. Perhaps more surprising is the increasing adoption and disclosure of ESG policies at O&G firms, the basis for a second Haynes and Boone survey. The CDT Roundup discusses both, along with the weekly roll call of lawyers involved in last week's deals.
Two Energy Deal Lawyers Boomerang to Norton Rose Fulbright
The firm has brought back two former Fulbright lawyers from Baker Botts and Winston & Strawn.
O’Melveny Launches in Houston
The firm has recruited three partners from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to officially open its third Texas outpost.
CDT Roundup: 10 Deals; 12 Firms; 59 Lawyers; $2.24B
There is a bevy of reasons that carve-outs have become scarce of late — pandemic, inflation, war, etc. But the underlying reasons for carve-outs remain, even if the market is momentarily sparse. The CDT Roundup explores last week's deals, which include a carve-out, as well as a few of the obstacles that put the wider market on pause.
Capital Markets Pro Michelle Earley Moves to O’Melveny
With the move, Michelle Earley is rejoining former Locke Lord colleagues who joined O'Melveny in January. Earley was on the executive committee and was a diversity and inclusion leader at Locke Lord.
CDT Roundup: 11 Deals; 7 Firms; 156 Lawyers; $6.6B
Upstream deals have flourished in the first quarter of 2022, according to data from Enverus. Compared to the same stretch in 2021 they've more than tripled in value. And there are more deals out there, just waiting for commodity prices to stabilize. More on that possibility, along with last week's transactions, in the CDT Roundup.
CDT Roundup: 17 Deals; 14 Firms; 184 Lawyers; $4.4B
Sarah McLean has been busy, to say the least. The Shearman & Sterling partner has advised on at least four energy transactions so far this year. Find out about what McLean thinks about the current climate for private equity and see who is leading the week's deals on the Corporate Deal Tracker.
Latham Picks Up Another Willkie Dealmaker in Houston
Just weeks after hiring Bruce Herzog, Latham has announced the addition of Scott Miller.
