Attorneys at the Texas offices of Jones Day, Orrick, Shearman and Gibson Dunn help paper up big transactions for Britain’s BBA Aviation, France’s Veolia and a JV between Colombia’s Ecopetrol and Oxy.
CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 13 Firms, 76 Lawyers, $7.3B
Will the deal machine keep churning? With worries over the U.S. economy and trade tensions, some aren’t so sure. But PwC thinks M&A will remain active, with technology dominant. Claire Poole explores the firm’s analysis plus provides highlights of the deal week that was among Texas lawyers.
Darwin Bruce Sees Gold in Small-to-Middle Market M&A
Darwin Bruce, former long-time GC for T.D. Jakes, is pioneering a new initiative designed to significantly improve M&A and CapM opportunities for small and middle market business community in Texas. The lower middle market is woefully underserved, even though those are the businesses driving the economy, but Bruce says he plans to fix that.
DBJ: Merger Agreement Terminated between CEC Entertainment, Leo Holdings
CEC Entertainment, owner of Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza and part of Queso Holdings Inc., announced that its merger agreement with Leo Holdings Corp. (NYSE: LHC) has been
HuntonAK, V&E advise on Osaka’s $610M Sabine Oil purchase
Osaka’s purchase of Houston-based Sabine will give it the target’s entire natural gas position in East Texas and make it the first Japanese acquirer of a U.S. shale gas developer. Claire Poole has the details.
Evercore Back as the Top-Ranked Dealmaker for Texas Companies in H1
Financial advisor Evercore edged out Jefferies in Texas M&A dealmaking for the first half of 2019, according to the latest stats from Mergermarket. Claire Poole has the rest of the first half results, including the value rankings.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 125 Lawyers, $11.8B
Energy M&A isn’t the only market that’s gone torpid. According to Drillinginfo, public equity and debt offerings raised only $16.9 billion in the second quarter, down more than a third from this time last year. Claire Poole has the numbers underlying those numbers, along with a slightly more optimistic CDT Roundup of Texas activity.
Kirkland Leads Texas M&A H1 Rankings…By Far
M&A activity involving Texas companies may have declined during the first six months of 2019, but the slump has not impacted the corporate transactional machine that is Kirkland & Ellis. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive Mergermarket data ranking the top 30 law firms representing Texas businesses in dealmaking.
Mergermarket: Texas M&A Plummeted in H1 2019
If you’ve been paying attention to M&A numbers in recent weeks, you already know this: compared to last year, the first half of 2019 has been lackluster. Deal count is down. Deal values are down. “Exceedingly cautious,” is the way one lawyer describes the market. Claire Poole bears the bad news from our exclusive Mergermarket data.
CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 7 Firms, 46 Lawyers, $775.5M
Deal activity involving Texas lawyers continued to be weak this past week – and way weaker than this time last year, which doesn’t portend a great second half of the year. Claire Poole has the numbers.
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