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There were 10 transactions reported to the CDT Roundup last week. Three of them were automotive. In itself it doesn't really mean anything. But a closer look continues to suggest that Texas dealmaking is locked into a future that runs the full swath of modern life. Allen Pusey and Caroline Evans report.
Lawyers almost never get to enjoy the fruits of their labors after successfully representing a client. Not true for Barron Wallace. He's driven on highways and crossed bridges, sat in sports stadiums and waited in comfort at airports that are the results of his legal handiwork. Wallace, a public finance partner at Bracewell in Houston, has led more than 300 muni-bond projects valued at $37.26 billion during the past eight years. And he is far from finished.
If you were wondering where the energy deals went, don't worry. Of the 15 deals last week 11 of them were in the energy space. Yes, they included some alt deals, but there were a few familiar names as well. They're in the CDT Roundup.
While conference calls, electronic data rooms and the electronic exchange of documents have been the ordinary course of business for some time, Bell Nunnally partner J. Jeffrey Cash says the coronavirus pandemic has had one big change on mergers and acquisitions: everything is taking longer. He explains the impact that is having on the M&A practice in this article.
You know you've been through a tough year when Thanksgiving signals the beginning of its end. But a look at Texas transactions over the two weeks that included the holiday offers a glimpse of The Future. And it doesn't look so bad. The CDT Roundup explains.
The Texas Lawbook, which is entering its 10th year of operation as an online newspaper for business law and business lawyers in Texas, is pleased to announce that veteran energy reporter Caroline Evans is joining the legal publication as a writer in Houston.
A former writer and editor with two energy industry trade publications, Caroline will cover corporate transactions – M&A activity, CapM, corporate finance and some regulatory matters – for The Lawbook, which now has 13,000 paid subscribers, including more than 2,800 corporate in-house counsel. Here is a Q&A with The Lawbook's newest writer.In an interview with the Dallas Business Journal, Topgolf CEO Dolf Berle also gave the skinny on the company's plans for global expansion and his transition out of the CEO role in 2021.
In 2020, and for the first time in more than two decades, there were no FIDs made in LNG projects in the US. Blame that on the pandemic. But not to worry, there are enough projects on the boards to make LNG increasingly relevant, even under a Biden administration. The CDT Roundup explains.
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