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.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals; 8 Firms; 84 Lawyers; $1.8B
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.
SEC Proposes Sweeping Rules Applicable to SPAC IPOs and De-SPAC Transactions
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.
CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 8 Firms, 65 Lawyers, $3.2B
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.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 9 Firms, 106 Lawyers, $2.3B
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.
Michael Piazza, Advisor for the Oaks, Jumps to Gibson Dunn
For the second time in less than a week, a top corporate partner in Willkie Farr’s Houston office is joining a competitor.
