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CDT SNAPSHOT
37.8%
In 2025, deal count for billion-dollar-plus deals increased by 37.8 percent versus 2024, and the aggregate valuations as a result soared between 2024 and 2025 by 41.7 percent.
CDT DATABASE YEAR-TO-DATE TRANSACTION TOTALS
FEB. 1, 2026
DEAL COUNT
44
DEAL VALUE
$22.4B
FEB. 1, 2025
DEAL COUNT
169
DEAL VALUE
$150.7B

Brittany Scheier – Dealmaker, Stroke Survivor and ‘A Real Woman’

Brittany Scheier was weeks away from graduating from UT Law and starting a career in Big Law three years ago when she suffered two severe strokes, causing brutal pain, a 30% loss of vision and paralysis on her right side. Quit? Scheier worked on last month's Noble Corp.'s acquisition of Pacific Drilling and five other M&A deals valued $1 billion or more. The story of what happened between March 4, 2018 and today is extraordinary. The American Heart Association thinks so, too.

Mark Curriden

The (Approximate) Weeklong Whirlwind Behind Pioneer’s Plan to Purchase DoublePoint Energy

A publicly traded company, some of the most in-demand assets in the Permian Basin, and a little more than a week to move from an indication of interest to a purchase agreement: Those are just some of the variables in Pioneer's $6.4 billion plans to purchase DoublePoint Energy. Gibson Dunn's Mike Darden, who advised Pioneer, detailed the timeline and more in an interview with The Texas Lawbook.

Anna Butler

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CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 4 Firms, 102 Lawyers, $2.1B

An informal survey of Texas dealmakers has revealed lots of optimism about the next 12 months. And they mostly depend on a single factor: dry powder. There is lots of it. Record amounts of it: VC money. PE money. Family money. All dressed up and looking for places to go. That combined with potential policy changes in Washington. CDT Roundup has that and last week's transactions.

Anna Butler & Allen Pusey

CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 9 Firms, 109 Lawyers, $3.2B

Sidley and Mergermarket have released the results of a survey testing the optimism of 150 executives from the PE and corporate dealmaking worlds. Considering the survey questions were answered in November, the optimism meter was running at low RPMs. Still, there are some interesting contrasts. Those and a review of the week's deals by the CDT Roundup's new addition, Anna Butler.

Allen Pusey & Christi Trammell

Texas Lawbook Expands M&A Coverage with New Deal Writer

The Texas Lawbook is pleased to announce that Anna Butler, former director of operations for Patterson Thoma Family Office and former Dallas Business Journal managing editor, has joined our news team to lead our corporate transactions coverage. As this article states, Anna will take The Lawbook's deal coverage to the next level.

Mark Curriden

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