Texas Capital GC Kelly Rentzel chose Sullivan & Cromwell to lead its side of the transaction, while Independent GC Mark Haynie selected Wachtell Lipton. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Texas PE Deals are Down and O&G is the Culprit
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.
Texas Private Equity M&A: 2007-19 By Sector
Thirteen Years of Texas M&A: Three Law Firms, 2,000 Deals, $2 Trillion
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.
CDT Roundup: 14 Deals, 12 Firms, 129 Lawyers, $2.45B
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.
Mergermarket: Kirkland Sets Texas M&A Record for Second Straight Year
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.
Q&A in the PE Space: Mike McGill of MHT Partners
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.
CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 11 Firms, 42 Lawyers, $2B
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.
CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 13 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $3.82B
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.
Updated: Kirkland Poaches Prolific Deal Lawyer from Latham
Debbie Yee has worked on large infrastructure transactions, including many for pipeline giant Energy Transfer.