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Private equity investment is down this year in Texas, and oil and gas have been particularly affected, according to exclusive data provided to The Texas Lawbook by Mergermarket. How low? Claire Poole has an analysis.
The CDT Roundup saw 11 deals reported for the week ended April 4 with a total valuation of nearly $33 billion. The prior week had 13 deals reported with a total value of $10.7 billion, while a year ago at this time there were 19 deals valued at $27.76 billion.
The bulk of the week’s value derives from a $29.1 billion megamerger between two food distribution giants, Sysco and Jetro Restaurant Depot.
But the most interesting may be the much smaller acquisition — finally — of The Container Store by Beyond, Inc., better known by its pre-bankruptcy moniker Bed Bath & Beyond.
That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.
Lawyers at Kirkland, Latham and V&E say they see each other across the table in the biggest M&A deals in the Lone Star State. New Mergermarket data shows the dominance of the trio of law firms in Texas dealmaking is far from a new trend. The numbers are staggering. To be sure, other corporate law firms operating in Texas have done their fair share of dealmaking. The Texas Lawbook looks back at more than a dozen years of M&A and the law firms doing the work.
M&A picked up globally in November, pushing yearly totals close to last year’s, and one forecaster expects more good times ahead. Claire Poole reports on that plus dealmaking among Texas lawyers.
Kirkland & Ellis is having back-to-back record years for representing businesses and private equity firms doing deals in Texas. Three law firms – Kirkland, V&E and Latham & Watkins – hold the top 18 spots for having advised the most buyers, sellers and investment banks in M&A transactions in a single year. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Mike McGill co-founded MHT Partners in Dallas in the first half of 2001. The timing wasn't great. But McGill and MHT have endured, and Claire Poole talked to him about the growing influence of PE, what it takes to survive and what to expect after 2019.
The U.S. is awash with private equity money at a time when deal activity is low, according to reports. Claire Poole explores that phenomenon plus the continuing slide in dealmaking activity involving Texas lawyers.
Assets acquired through M&A are making up a bigger chunk of oil and gas companies’ inventories at a time when industry dealmaking has slowed down. Claire Poole discusses that paradox plus the dealmaking week that was (or wasn’t) by Texas lawyers.
Debbie Yee has worked on large infrastructure transactions, including many for pipeline giant Energy Transfer.
The target said it had settled an insurance claim for its Buchanan, New York, plant, which experienced an equipment malfunction, and continues to be encouraged by strengthening demand in the new home construction market.
Corporate executives and advisors are less bullish about the outlook for U.S. M&A citing economic, trade and political uncertainties, according to a recent survey. Claire Poole also reports on a blockbuster week for the Corporate Deal Tracker.
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