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Spring-based Southwestern Energy Co. plans to acquire the third-largest natural gas producer in the country that comes with an impressive roster of financial backers. Texas lawyers from Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Akin Gump also played a role.
Institutional investors are favoring private placements and direct lending transactions over public securities. That's according to a new report on capital debt markets, which has been broken down in the latest Corporate Deal Tracker, along with details on $53.2 billion in deals tied to Texas-based counsel.
Strategic combinations continue to be the theme of energy M&A in 2021 as Cabot and Cimarex announce plans to combine in an all-stock "merger of equals."
There's renewed vigor behind the Baby Boomer exit thanks to option value, pandemic fatigue and the looming threats of shifting capital gains and QBI treatments. The Texas Lawbook has that take on the sell-side environment and more in this week's Corporate Deal Tracker installment.
Vista Equity is looking to roll up three of its portfolio companies based in North Texas as Solera Holdings looks to acquire Omnitracs and DealerSocket.
The holding late last year in In re Nine West LBO Securities Litigation set the business bar abuzz. In this article, Crain Caton & James shareholder Adrienne Bond provides key takeaways from a case perceived as a groundbreaker in fiduciary duty case law.
A handful of Dallas-based Weil lawyers aided in the proposed $2.5 billion sale of Core-Mark, a large convenience store distributor headquartered in Westlake, Texas.
The shifting of risk from one party to another is an important aspect of any merger and acquisition transaction. Jackson Walker attorneys Byron Egan and Zachary Ward look to Texas law for guidance in writing effective indemnification provisions, waivers and releases.
AT&T's Troy Hatch, Michael Pratt, Terry Velesiotis, Brandon Satterwhite and David McAtee led the Dallas company's internal team in a $43 billion transaction that would see WarnerMedia combine with Discovery Inc. for an all-new, standalone entertainment entity.
In this article, Hunton AK partner Daryl Robertson reviews three bills drafted by the Committees of the State Bar of Texas Business Law Section that have been passed by the Texas Legislature.
Shearman & Sterling advised the Irving-based company that has now raised roughly $1.3 billion in outside financing since 2018, the Dallas Business Journal reports.
SPACs are finding their targets faster, according to a new PitchBook analysis. But that could slow again. The CDT Roundup explains all that along with its usual review of last week's transactions.
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