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As businesses small and large angle for growth in the post-pandemic future, decision makers are eyeing the best means to raise capital, rebound to pre-Covid levels and stave off worries of a 2021 recession, according to Truist. In this week's CDT, more than 120 lawyers took part in 21 deals.
Only five of the Mergermarket top 50 law firms representing Texas businesses in M&A during Q1 2021 are headquartered in Texas. Two dozen firms increased their count, a dozen saw declines in their M&A activity. And what the hell is up with Ropes & Gray?
CenterPoint Energy plans to shed LDC assets and $425 million in unrecovered storm-related natural gas costs with its latest transaction.
Private equity exits have been morphing in recent years, according to PitchBook. As sponsor-to-sponsor exits lagged, slack was gobbled up by corporate acquisitions and public listings; or rather, public listings by way of corporate acquisitions by SPACs. Texas, however, might just be bucking the national trend to some extent. The CDT Roundup explains, along with its usual review of last week's transactions.
These are the top non-confidential M&A deals for the first quarter of 2021 as provided by Mergermarket.
The deal count may have fallen between Q1 2020 and 2021, but values are climbing. Here's a look at the latest quarter's transaction sizes from Mergermarket.
Texas E&P and oilfield services executives see activity rising as cautious optimism returns. That's according to the Dallas Fed's quarterly energy survey. The Texas Lawbook dives into the report, in addition to the latest transactions, in this week's Corporate Deal Tracker.
The latest Mergermarket data provided exclusively to The Texas Lawbook reveals dealmaking in the Lone Star State is in-sync with broader global and U.S. M&A trends.
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