Kirkland, V&E, Shearman, Sidley, Latham Lead CDT Q1-Q3 M&A Dealmaking

In the first three quarters of 2021, there were well more than 600 M&A transactions involving Texas corporate lawyers — most of them led by Texas corporate lawyers. In the latest rankings from the Lawbook's Corporate Deal Tracker database, the top 10 Texas-based offices and Texas-based firms gobbled up more than two-thirds of the transactions reported to The Lawbook. At the top, as they have been for nearly a decade, are Kirkland & Ellis and Vinson & Elkins. But there are also a few surprising new names on the list. The Lawbook has them all.

November 11, 2021 Allen Pusey & Mark Curriden

CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 12 Firms, 157 Lawyers, $8.3B

More than a few recent deals are highlighting two things: the return of $80 oil and the importance of the Haynesville natural gas play. The Lawbook's Claire Poole takes a look at why the East Texas/northern Louisiana play is so hot of late. And, as always, there's our regular review of last week's M&A and CapM transactions.

November 9, 2021 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

Q&A with Katten Dealmaker Wade Glover

The Texas Lawbook visited with Glover about what kinds of deals he is seeing in the middle market, how his practice has evolved since making partner and the future of rep and warranty insurance.

November 5, 2021 Brooks Igo

Two Billion-Dollar-Plus Deals in the Oil Patch

Two big deals in the oil patch may signify that the recent bump in oil prices is being taken seriously by both sellers and buyers. Pioneer Natural Resources announced a $3.25 billion sale of assets in the Delaware Basin to Continental Resources. Elsewhere Southwestern Energy agreed to buy GEP Haynesville from Blackstone for $1.85 billion. Claire Poole has the details and the names of the lawyers involved.

November 4, 2021 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 15 Firms, 218 Lawyers, $10.4B

ESG is gaining the same kind of investment cachet that socially responsible investing did in the 60s. And according to the data firm Preqin, that cachet has reached a noticeable level of demand from investors — to the tune of $3.1 trillion in capital assets managed by firms committed to ESG investing. More on that and last week's Texas transactions in the CDT Roundup.

November 2, 2021 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 15 Firms, 222 Lawyers, $18.7B

With oil prices up 40% since spring, it's not surprising that there is modest optimism among O&G industry watchers that producers will see increases in borrowing strength in both the credit and exchange markets. The 14th edition of Haynes and Boone's Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey predicts as much, but with some surprising differences between producers and bankers. The CDT Roundup has those details, as well as last week's deals.

October 26, 2021 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

Crestwood Buys Oasis Midstream in $1.8B Deal

Baker Botts led the deal for Crestwood while V&E represented Oasis. Claire Poole has the nuts and bolts of the deal and names of the lawyers involved.

October 26, 2021 Claire Poole

Dealogic: Kirkland, V&E, Gibson, Weil Led Hot Q3 Texas M&A

Editor's Note: Multiple law firms contacted The Texas Lawbook this week stating that the Dealogic data provided to The Lawbook under-reported the number of transactions they worked on during the third quarter of 2021. We have forwarded those concerns to Dealogic, which has promised to provide updated data. As soon as The Lawbook receives the data, we will publish it immediately. The Lawbook apologizes for any confusion.

In a quarter that saw more mergers and acquisitions than any three-month period in the past seven years, five law firms represented clients in 10 or more M&A transactions in which the buyers, sellers or targets were headquartered in Texas, according to Dealogic, an independent research firm that provides M&A data on Texas-based companies exclusively to The Texas Lawbook. Guess who is No. 1 ... again...

October 25, 2021 Mark Curriden