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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.
Just weeks after hiring Bruce Herzog, Latham has announced the addition of Scott Miller.
An animated bouncing ball may be needed to follow the transactions market these days. M&A for the first quarter is down worldwide 23 percent by volume over last year, while deals over $10 billion are up twice that. More on those trends in the weekly CDT Roundup, along with a relatively slim roster of Texas dealmakers reporting last week.
The much-anticipated proposed rules cover a wide range of topics and are likely to have substantive impacts on SPACs, SPAC sponsors, underwriters, private companies seeking to go public via a de-SPAC transaction, institutional and retail SPAC investors.
Following a seeming renaissance in 2021, IPO activity seems to have slowed thus far in 2022, according to several indicators. Still, Texas dealmakers say they expect the IPO markets to stay healthy — particularly in the energy industry. The CDT Roundup has some numbers, as well as last week's deals and the names of lawyers behind them.
In a week of relatively weak M&A traffic, the increased prominence of healthcare deals is, once again, front and center. The deals these days are not just for healthcare technologies or hospital real estate — the M&A market for professional care itself is becoming abundantly clear. That, and the week's dealmakers in the CDT Roundup.
For the second time in less than a week, a top corporate partner in Willkie Farr’s Houston office is joining a competitor.
The Texas Lawbook asked a half dozen lawyers how the Fed's move to raise interest rates Wednesday will impact M&A and the capital markets in Texas.
Something paradoxical happened to Texas energy deals in 2020 and 2021: They increased their share of the overall M&A market. This comes after a pandemic and a couple of notable energy disasters. But numbers aren't always exactly what they seem. The CDT Roundup explores the anomaly along with the weekly roll call of Texas transactions.
Capital markets deals in Texas were up — way up. The value of those deals were down — way down. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, say our lawyer/dealmakers. Reduced capital budgets, acquisitions made with a clearer sense of purpose and a broader base of issuers created a market in which IPOs made their comeback — and SPACs made their presence felt.
With clients Tailwater Capital and Montage cranking up deals already this year, 2022 has started with a bang for Kirkland & Ellis partner Kevin Crews. Crews shared with The Roundup some of his early observations on the broader range of deals he's seeing in the new year, as well as his views on the surprising and continuing rebound for IPOs. That, and our weekly rundown of deals handled by Texas lawyers in the CDT Roundup.
The former Baker Botts senior partner, who recently guided Dallas-based Zix through its $860 million sale, said it was the "right opportunity at the right time."
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