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Anticipation around forthcoming ESG regulation has left issuers, banks and investors in limbo. Hunton Andrews Kurth's Courtney Cochran Butler breaks down what's front of mind for issuers awaiting guidance and further considerations in this interview with The Texas Lawbook.
Texas private equity is heading further upstream with its capital as buyout shops look to dodge swollen valuations. And last week, a flood of securities transactions led the Corporate Deal Tracker.
A Texas-based Baker Botts team counseled Houston's Westlake Chemical Corp. as the publicly traded company looks to bolster its reach in housing-related building products that could help it capitalize on hearty residential construction demand. Alston & Bird's Darren Hauck led the effort for Boral.
A whopping 204 lawyers based in Texas had a hand in last week's deals covered in the latest Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup. The Texas Lawbook has the details on those 26 transactions – and a brief look at the state of venture capital.
Weil, Kirkland, Dechert and Block & McNeill are playing a role in the combination of two powerhouse logistics providers.
Private equity firms are looking more and more to ESG pushes as a means of value creation – and value protection. The Corporate Deal Tracker explores some ESG trends, in addition to breaking down last week's transactions totaling more than $15.5 billion.
Texas-based counsel from Gibson Dunn and V&E advised the two oil and gas companies as they look to combine into a new publicly traded entity.
The Texas supplier to the commercial real estate and construction industries will change hands for nearly $1.3 billion with New York-based outside counsel leading much of the transaction.
Much like M&A in the latter half of 2020, the U.S. secondary market saw active investors keen to get creative with existing funds – and the space should continue to see increased activity as venture capital, private credit and real estate transactions nip at the heels of private equity. Closer to home, 145 Texas-based lawyers from 11 firms took part in 35 deals in this week's Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup.
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."
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