Texas lawyers from three firms advise on $1.4B Eclipse-Blue Ridge merger
Consolidation continues in the oil and gas industry, but this time it isn’t in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico.
Behind Blue Eyes – An Adult Time Out from Law
I am now convinced that every lawyer should take a pause in one’s career to see where one has come from and what the future holds unless a course correction is taken.
Plains All American, Magellan sell half of BridgeTex to Omers for $1.438B
Texas lawyers from two firms won the work on the $1.438 billion sale of a half-stake in the BridgeTex Pipeline Co. by Plains All American Pipeline and Magellan Midstream Partners to an affiliate of Canadian pension fund manager Omers.
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.
Energy Deals on the Upswing, with Three Transactions Worth $7.3B Announced involving Eight Texas Law Firms
Three deals totaling $7.3 billion announced within 24 hours of each other show that dealmaking is picking up in the oil and gas sector. Two involved midstream assets and the other involved oil and gas properties in the Midland Basin of West Texas.
Sean Wheeler Q&A : Why He Moved, What He Wants To Do, Where He Sees The Market
In his first in-depth interview since the move, Wheeler talks about why he joined Kirkland, what he aims to accomplish and how he sees the M&A and capital markets landscapes shaking out for the energy industry.
CDT Weekly Roundup: 11 Firms, 106 Lawyers, 16 Transactions Worth 2018 Record-Setting $68.6B
The deal spigot was full-blast this past week, with 16 transactions announced worth $68.6 billion – a weekly record for the year. Eleven law firms and 106 lawyers in Texas were involved.
V&E, Gibson Dunn aid on First Reserve’s Deep Gulf Energy sale to Kosmos for $1.225B
Private equity firm First Reserve said Monday it agreed to sell Deep Gulf Energy Cos. to publicly traded Kosmos Energy for $1.225 billion, signifying the buyer’s entry into the Gulf of Mexico. Claire Poole has the rundown.
Texas IPO Activity 2017-18: The Return of Oilfield Services and the Rise of the SPAC
By Ramey Layne of Vinson & Elkins (Aug. 6) – In 2017 and the first half of 2018, 32 IPOs of Texas headquartered companies were completed, raising approximately $9.7 billion
