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CDT ANNUAL DATA SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Jan. 7 (5 p.m.)
Firms and lawyers who wish to be considered for the year-end CDT leaderboard rankings for M&A and CapM must submit their deals for the fourth quarter by Jan. 7, 2026, at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Christi Trammell at christi.trammell@texaslawbook.net.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
DEC. 7, 2025
DEAL COUNT
1,113
DEAL VALUE
$880.8B
DEC. 7, 2024
DEAL COUNT
1,390
DEAL VALUE
$793.9B

CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 12 Firms, 228 Lawyers, $11.9B

Dealmaking is hard enough in the simplest of times. Try putting one together when you're in the process of changing firms. Angela Olivarez did exactly that, pulling off a complex technology deal while switching from Willkie to O'Melveny. Read what she tells the CDT Roundup about the experience, along with the usual list of last week's Texas-made deals.

Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 12 Firms, 123 Lawyers, $7.6B

With oil and gas prices high, older established fields are seeing a renaissance. That may explain recent deals involving North Dakota's Williston Basin. This week's CDT Roundup looks at what makes the Williston attractive, along with the firms and lawyers involved in deals there and elsewhere.

Claire Poole

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CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 10 Firms, 127 Lawyers, $2.9B

There have been a few big energy deals this year, but none quite as big as one that closed last week. The merger between Woodside Petroleum and BHP was announced last August. But that was long before the Ukraine war and $120 oil. Vinson & Elkins partner Kaam Sahely was in the thick of it all that time. He shed some light on what it took to get the deal done. That, and the weekly roll call of Texas dealmakers are in the CDT Roundup.

Allen Pusey

Q&A with Katten’s Michael Chiusano

The Dallas litigator visited with The Texas Lawbook about his path to becoming a lawyer, how the Great Recession led to his move to Dallas and how his practice has evolved over the last decade.

Brooks Igo

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