Two segments of the mergers and acquisitions game that don’t get a lot of press are the middle market and venture capital. In her weekly roundup of transactions by Texas lawyers, The Lawbook’s Claire Poole shares evidence that both categories are alive and well.
V&E, Bracewell, Baker Botts Assist on Anadarko’s Western Gas Transactions
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. announced Thursday that it agreed to sell almost all of its remaining midstream assets to affiliate Western Gas Partners for $4.015 billion, and three Texas law firms were involved. Claire Poole has the names and details.
Mergermarket: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Lead Financial Advisors in Texas M&A
The Texas Lawbook has exclusive top 30 rankings of financial advisors in mergers and acquisitions involving Texas-based companies. Mergermarket data shows that 15 investment banks worked on 10 deals or more.
V&E, Latham Aid on Vantage’s $1.65B purchase of QEP’s Williston Properties
Vinson & Elkins and Latham & Watkins advised on Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp.’s $1.65 billion purchase of oil and gas properties in North Dakota’s and Montana’s Williston Basin from a unit of QEP Resources Inc. Claire Poole has the details.
CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 13 Law Firms, 183 Texas Lawyers, $17.3B
Observers have long said that the oil and gas industry needs to consolidate, given the number of players and investors’ push for companies to generate free-cash flow and higher dividends and stock buybacks. This week they got their wish with three different $1 billion-plus deals. Claire Poole has the details of those deals, and more.
McGuireWoods Independent Sponsor Conference: Several Factors Drive Explosive Growth
As the independent sponsor model continues to expand in popularity, private equity leaders and investment professionals need to find ways to differentiate themselves. More than 600 independent sponsors and capital providers came together last month to share insights on industry trends and best practices for structuring and executing transactions.
Kirkland Advises Newfield on $7.7B Purchase by Canada’s Encana
Encana’s $7.7 billion purchase of Newfield Exploration is the third billion-dollar-plus merger between publicly traded oil and gas producers announced this week. Kirkland advised The Woodlands-based Newfield. Claire Poole talked with Kirkland partner Sean Wheeler about the deal.
Chesapeake Energy Buys WildHorse Resource Development in $4B Deal
In a second merger this week between publicly traded oil and gas producers, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Tuesday that it had agreed to buy WildHorse Resource Development of Houston for nearly $4 billion in cash, stock and debt. Claire Poole has the names of Texas lawyers involved in the deal.
V&E, Skadden and Gibson Dunn Assist on Denbury’s $1.7B Penn Virginia Purchase
Texas lawyers from three different firms had a hand in Denbury Resources’ $1.7 billion purchase of Penn Virginia Corp., the first of what’s expected to be a wave of mergers between publicly traded oil and gas producers. Claire Poole has the details in The Texas Lawbook.
CDT Roundup: 14 Deals, 18 Law Firms, 134 Texas Lawyers, $14.4B
The stocks of oil and gas exploration and production companies have been selling off recently, with one index down by around 18 percent so far this month. That’s led some industry observers to believe that mergers could begin to accelerate. And in Texas, there was a slight uptick in activity last week. The Lawbook’s Claire Poole has it covered.
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