Texas lawyers toiled over the Labor Day weekend, as two oil and gas-related deals worth more than $4.5 billion were announced Tuesday.
CDT Weekly Roundup: 11 Firms, 53 Lawyers, 10 Transactions Worth $12.4B
A big time acquisition in oil and gas and a sizable semiconductor manufacturing transaction highlighted another respectable week across business sectors for Texas lawyers, who logged 10 transactions valued at $12.4 billion. Eleven firms and 53 attorneys were involved.
Diamondback Energy To Acquire Energen Corp. for $9.2B
In a much-speculated-about move – pushed along by activist investors – Midland-based Diamondback Energy Inc. said after the markets closed Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire Energen Corp. for $9.2 billion in stock and assumed debt.
CDT Weekly Roundup: 12 Firms, 132 Lawyers, 12 Transactions Worth $19.9B
It was all energy this week, except for a single financial services-related deal involving an affiliate of billionaire David Bonderman’s private equity firm TPG.
H1 2018: Goldman, JP Morgan Sitting Atop Financial Advisor Tables
Investment banking stalwarts Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan were the top financial advisors on deals involving Texas companies in the first half, according to Mergermarket data provided exclusively to The Texas Lawbook.