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CDT SNAPSHOT
$250.5B
Gibson Dunn's Robert Little is in the top five for deal count (5) and leads in deal value ($250.5 billion), according to transactions reported to the Corporate Deal Tracker as of April 26.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
JUN. 7, 2026
DEAL COUNT
485
DEAL VALUE
$635.6B
JUN. 7, 2025
DEAL COUNT
792
DEAL VALUE
$630.4B

CDT Roundup: 9 Deals, 9 Firms, 62 Lawyers, $2.3B

Sure, oil and gas transactions are still a big deal in the Texas deal markets. But starting just a few years ago, other business sectors are beginning to make their presence felt in the Lone Star State. Peruse the deals in this week's CDT Roundup and note the rising role of technology. The Lawbook's Claire Poole has a few observations on the trend, along with the names of last week's dealmakers.

Claire Poole

Staying Busy: Baker Botts, Five Other Firms Top H1 CapM Rankings

During a down year for the capital markets practice in Texas, a handful of law firms stayed busy. None were busier than the lawyers at Baker Botts. Latham, V&E, Gibson Dunn, Hunton AK and Bracewell also had impressive showings for the first six months of 2022, according to The Texas Lawbook’s exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker, which tracks securities offerings handled by lawyers in Texas.

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Allen Pusey & Mark Curriden

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 10 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $30.9B

In a market when billion-dollar deals seem as elusive as $3 gasoline, a $30 billion deal would seem a game-changer. There was such a deal this week, but not in the way you might expect. The CDT Roundup explains, along with the usual list of Texas lawyers who made things happen.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 8 Firms, 152 Lawyers, $2B

If you need some perspective on the wild swings in the oil and gas industry over the past few years, look no further than Plano-based Denbury Resources. Denbury, which sought bankruptcy protection just a few years ago, is suddenly looking prosperous enough to be scouting for a viable suitor, according to Bloomberg. Claire Poole reports on the Denbury rebound, as well as a slate of a dozen deals reported to the Roundup last week.

Claire Poole

Elite Law Firms Dominate Corp. Deal Tracker Law Firm M&A Rankings

Forty-four corporate law firms with offices in Texas reported that their lawyers in Texas played a substantive role in representing buyers, sellers, targets, conflicts committees, financial institutions and other third parties in various kinds of transactions in which assets were bought, sold or merged. A handful of elite law firms – Sidley, Kirkland, V&E, Latham, Gibson Dunn, to name a few – topped The Texas Lawbook’s exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker law firm rankings for the first half of 2022. Several Texas-headquartered corporate firms also experienced a strong six months, including Haynes and Boone, Baker Botts, Akin Gump and Locke Lord. Four law firms had Texas lawyers who worked on nearly three-quarters of all the transactions that had deal values of $500 million or more.

Allen Pusey & Mark Curriden

Texas Lawyers to Feast on New Energy Law

Energy transition attorneys are gearing up for an uptick innovation investment and M&A activity expected to be spurred by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA, signed yesterday by President Biden, contains $369 billion of climate and clean energy provisions, as well as $60 billion for environmental justice initiatives and provides incentives for substantial investments in rural communities. Significant to the Texas economy, the new law significantly rewrites the tax incentives for renewable energy and climate change mitigation under the federal tax code.

Nushin Huq

CDT Roundup: 18 Deals, 11 Firms, 242 Lawyers, $8B

In the first half of 2022, capital markets transactions reported by Texas lawyers were noticeable in their absence; but apparently, no more. What began as a summer in languish has heated up over the past few weeks. The Texas numbers mirror the broader market, according to a report by Enverus last week. The CDT Roundup has its own observations, as well as the usual listing of the recent deals Texas lawyers have been working on.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 24 Deals, 12 Firms, 240 Lawyers, $7.9B

Last week's 24 deals were plentiful and diverse: software for company benchmarking, energy distribution in Brazil, a Turkish mobile provider, recycled aggregates, carbon capture, aerial firefighting and even an upstream deal or two. But eyes are still on SPAC deals, which are facing some investor headwinds, and there were a few of them as well. The CDT Roundup explains and, as usual, names lots of names.

Claire Poole

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