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Corporate Lawyers Lateral = Billions of Dollars of Legal Work on the Move

When star Houston corporate lawyer Sean Wheeler moved his law practice to Kirkland & Ellis last week, he likely took his book of business with him. During the past 18 months, Wheeler led or co-led 29 M&A and capital markets deals worth a combined $14.3 billion.
A Texas Lawbook investigative report found that at least 84 prominent dealmaking lawyers in Texas jumped to new law firms since Jan. 1, 2017. Those lawyers handled hundreds of deals valued at nearly $200 billion, according to the Corporate Deal Tracker. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details.

CDT Weekly Roundup: 14 Deals Worth $5.37B at a Time of $1.09T in Private Equity Money Out There Looking for a Home

There’s a whole lot of private equity money out there. At the end of June, according to data from Preqin, alternative investment firms worldwide had $1.8 trillion in “dry powder.” All that available cash has slowed down capital raisings in the first half of this year. But investment activity continues, a chunk of it creating work for transactional lawyers in

CDT Weekly Roundup: 16 Deals Worth $11.2B At A Busy Time For IPOs

There are lots of reasons, but IPO’s are starting to pop up again in Texas dealmaking. A California oil and gas explorer and producer recently filed for an IPO in which Texas lawyers are involved. And last week a big Texas computer maker announced a deal that will take it public again – and make its billionaire CEO even richer. Claire Poole has all details on those deals and more in The Texas Lawbook.

CDT Weekly Roundup: 13 Deals Worth $7B In A Brisk World M&A Market

For the first half of the year, more than $2.35 trillion in M&A transactions have been reported globally – a record pace – thanks to economic growth, low interest rates, technology shifts and the Trump-driven tax cuts, according to analysts. And Texas attorneys benefitted last week to the tune of 13 deals worth $7 billion. Claire Poole has the particulars in her weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup.

Corporate Deal Tracker Weekly Roundup: 13 Firms, 97 Texas Lawyers, 15 Deals, $8.8B

As summer began, deal-making activity among Texas lawyers began to slack, at least in terms of total values, with $8.8 billion worth of transactions last week versus $14.2 billion the previous week. However, there were 15 deals — two more than the prior week – and 97 lawyers involved, versus 80 the previous week. Thirteen firms were represented versus 14 in the prior period.

Corporate Deal Tracker Weekly Roundup: 14 Firms, 80 Texas Lawyers, 13 Deals, $14.2B

(June 18) – Merger and acquisition, capital market and venture capital activity picked up this past week, reaching 13 transactions worth $14.2 billion versus eight deals valued at $6.3 billion the previous week. Fourteen law firms and 80 lawyers were involved in the deals, versus eight firms and 96 Texas lawyers the prior week. Claire Poole parses who did what in her weekly roundup in The Texas Lawbook.

Sam Oh: Finding Value In The Small And Complicated

A lot of private equity capital has been raised to invest in the oil and gas sector – $70 billion last year, eight-fold over 2012 – but the challenge is finding where the value is, says Sam Oh, founder of Houston-based Mountain Capital. He explained his view to a gathering of the Independent Petroleum Association of America Wednesday in Houston. Claire Poole and The Texas Lawbook were there.

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