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CDT SNAPSHOT
11.7%
Nationwide, middle-market revenue rose 11.7 percent year-over-year in 2025, with 85 percent of companies growing and 53 percent achieving 10 percent-plus growth, according to an Ohio State University report.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
MAR. 22, 2026
DEAL COUNT
94
DEAL VALUE
$415.5B
MAR. 22, 2025
DEAL COUNT
408
DEAL VALUE
$269.4B

CDT Roundup: 14 Deals, 12 Firms, 88 Lawyers, $10.1B

Houston-based NRG Energy made news last week with their $5.2 billion acquisition Vivint Smart Home Inc. The deal included the assumption of $2.4 billion in debt, and was immediately unpopular with the market, but the company says the deal's expansion of its retail utility product line is worth the price. The CDT Roundup has the lawyers behind that deal, as well as 13 others and a bonus Q&A with Latham partner Ravi Purohit, who has reported several high-profile deals in recent weeks.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 26 Deals, 11 Firms, 172 Lawyers, $12.7B

There's no surprise in the fact that global PE deals are down. With inflation, market volatility and geopolitical concerns, investors have become increasingly cautious and borrowers increasingly concerned, according to a new Mergermarket report. But there are also indications that some underlying changes are taking place in the PE pipeline. This week's CDT Roundup has more on the Mergermarket survey, as well as the usual roster of lawyers who reported deals last week.

Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 8 Deals, 5 Firms, 74 Lawyers, $2.3B

You may remember traditional IPOs — those initial public offerings popular before the market eruption of SPACs. Are they making a comeback? Maybe. A $2 billion IPO announced this week by BKV Corp. may hold a clue to the future. But in any case, BKV's recent acquisition tear makes it worth watching. The CDT Roundup has more on that BKV deal, as well as the names of Texas lawyers who announced deals during a holiday-shortened week.

Claire Poole

Texas M&A Law Firm Rankings Q1-Q3

The Texas lawyers at 12 corporate law firms were involved as lead counsel in 20 or more M&A deals during the first nine months of 2022. Four firms were lead legal advisors in more than 60 deals. One firm saw its attorneys in Austin, Dallas and Houston hit triple digits in deal count for lead legal advisors during the first three quarters of 2022.

The Texas Lawbook has released its exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker M&A law firm rankings for Jan. 1 through Sept. 30. The mission is to document transactional work done by lawyers in the Lone Star state.

Allen Pusey & Mark Curriden

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CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 15 Firms, 212 Lawyers, $2.9B

As financing costs continue to endure at higher levels, no region seems to have been spared a drop in deal value — even when deals continue at an active pace. A recent Mergermarket report notes that even in the southern U.S., often a statistical outlier, the value of mergers and acquisitions are depressed as smaller deals in sectors like technology and communications gain in number. The CDT Roundup has more on the Mergermarket report, naming a few of the big deals that led the quarter — along with a cavalcade of Texas lawyers who reported their involvement in 21 transactions last week.

Claire Poole

GOP Missive to ESG Practitioners: Real Threat or Political Theater?

Whatever its purpose or intent, a letter from five GOP senators to 51 lawyers involved in ESG transactions at their firms was mystifying to those who would talk about it. Sent five days in advance of the recent mid-term elections, the threatening tone of the letters was in keeping with a series of attempts to curb, through their lawyers, corporate support for environmental mandates, energy transition investments and changes in corporate governance — despite increasingly vocal and influential investor demand.

Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 9 Firms, 81 Lawyers, $14.8B

So much attention has been given to energy and energy transition that it would be easy to overlook other business sectors that make up the Texas M&A market. Take the healthcare sector, for instance. Healthcare has become a new favorite among PE investors, according to PitchBook. This week's Roundup looks at a few of the reasons for that, as well as healthcare stats for Texas. All that, and the usual roster of lawyers involved in last week's Texas-related transactions.

Claire Poole

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