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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 11 Firms, 60 Lawyers, $4.46B

June 4, 2019 Claire Poole

So, who performs better with their portfolio companies, publicly traded private equity firms or non-publicly traded ones?

According to a recent analysis by PitchBook, public PE firms outperformed their private peers when using internal rates of return but show only borderline outperformance when using public market equivalents, or PME’s. And in terms of total value to paid-in growth, or TVPI, private firms are marginally superior over public ones.

However, the pressures of being a public company with outside investors don’t seem to affect fund performance negatively, according to PitchBook analysts. And relative performance is consistent before and after these firms list publicly, the firm found.

Public PE firms PitchBook used in the study included Apollo Global Management, the Blackstone Group, the Carlyle Group and KKR. The private ones were Advent International, Bain Capital, TPG Capital and Warburg Pincus. 

David Bonderman, the billionaire founder and chairman of Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based TPG, floated the idea of an IPO back in 2014. But the firm ended up scrapping it in 2017, mostly because its co-CEOs Jim Coulter and Jim Winkelried (who joined from Goldman Sachs in 2015) weren’t impressed by the middling stock performance of their publicly traded competitors.

Back in Texas, dealmaking among Texas lawyers hit a post-Memorial Day lull, with only 10 deals announced amounting to $4.46 billion versus 17 transactions worth $4.36 billion the previous week and 11 deals valued at $4.89 billion at the same time last year.

For all of May, 2019 proved to better on a volume basis than 2018, with 76 deals valued at $44.69 billion versus only 46 transactions worth $45.59 billion the previous year. More deals valued at less money? That would be a switch from recent trends. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the year plays out.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

Eleven firms and 60 Texas lawyers were involved in last week’s deal action. There were eight M&A/private equity/venture capital deals worth $4.14 billion versus only two capital markets transactions valued at $315 million.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Skadden aids Devon on $2.8B asset sale to Canadian Natural

Devon Energy said May 29 it agreed to sell its Canadian assets to Canadian Natural Resources for C$3.8 billion in cash ($2.8 billion).

Devon’s lead outside counsel was Bennett Jones in Calgary. But the company had support from Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom Houston partner Frank Bayouth, the company’s “go-to M&A lawyer,”’ Devon general counsel Lyndon Taylor told The Texas Lawbook.

Cassels Brock represented Canadian Natural. 

Before joining Devon in 2005 as general counsel, Taylor practiced at Skadden for almost 20 years, including 12 years as partner in the Houston office where he worked with Bayouth. The University of Oklahoma law graduate started his legal career at Watson & McKenzie in Oklahoma City.

Bayouth previously advised Devon on its acquisition of Eagle Ford properties from GeoSouthern Energy for $6 billion.

Devon sold some of its Canadian conventional assets to Canadian Natural back in 2014 for $3.125 billion.

Latham advises Venture Global on Stonepeak’s $1.3B LNG deal

Venture Global LNG Inc. and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners announced that Stonepeak will invest $1.3 billion in Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, bringing committed capital to fund the construction of the facility and others to $2.2 billion.

Calcasieu Pass is expected to have a capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum. Venture Global also is developing the 20 MTPA Plaquemines LNG and the 20 MTPA Delta LNG facilities, which are both south of New Orleans on the Mississippi River.

Latham & Watkins advised Venture Global with Houston and New York partner Charlie Carpenter leading the corporate team. Houston associate Jim Cole pitched in on tax matters.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counseled Stonepeak with attorneys out of its New York office. Morgan Stanley was Venture Global’s financial advisor.

As part of the investment, Stonepeak managing director James Wyper will join Calcasieu Pass’ board.

Venture Global Co-CEO Mike Sabel said in a statement that Stonepeak brings LNG knowledge and a track record of investing in infrastructure projects throughout North America. 

Co-CEO Bob Pender said that Calcasieu Pass is already significantly advanced in site construction and module manufacturing thanks to the $855 million previously raised to date. 

Jack Howell led the investment from Stonepeak, an infrastructure-focused private equity firm with more than $15 billion of assets under management and offices in New York, Houston and Austin.

The facility, which is expected to begin construction in the third quarter, aims to provide LNG to such customers as Shell, BP, Edison SpA, Galp, Repsol and PGNiG starting in 2022.

While second-wave LNG export projects like Calcasieu Pass continue to progress ahead of an expected surge in global demand, the near-term outlook for the LNG market remains weak as the remaining summer contracts are struggling for price support, Energy Aspects told industry publication Natural Gas Intelligence.

Riviera Resources Sells Michigan Properties for $44.5M

Riviera Resources Inc. agreed to sell its interest in some Michigan oil and gas properties to an undisclosed buyer for $44.5 million.

Riviera expects the transaction to close in the second quarter, bringing in net proceeds of $41 million. 

Holly Anderson became general counsel of Riviera in August 2018 after almost nine years at Linn Energy, including as assistant general counsel. Before that the University of Houston-trained lawyer was an associate at Thompson & Knight.

Locke Lord aids Naturally Slim on Riverside investment

The Riverside Co. acquired Dallas health platform Naturally Slim for an undisclosed sum.

Locke Lord aided Naturally Slim. The team was led by partners Whit Roberts and Chrissy Williford Metcalf and included partners Will Becker (tax), Van Jolas (HSR), Geoff Polma (state tax), Phil Bush (employee fenefits) and   Jennifer Rangel (healthcare). 

Others included senior counsel Robin Shaughnessy (labor and employment) and associates Nathan Crow, Wade Gibson and Joe Carmical (corporate M&A) and  Stephanie McDermott (tax).

Hitchcock Evert’s Lisa Evert and Anne Turner also advised the company. John Bonnet of Stewart & Bonnet represented Marcia Upson, Naturally Slim’s founder. Jones Day counseled Riverside with attorneys outside of Texas.

Naturally Slim is focused on helping participants reduce Metabolic Syndrome, lose weight and lead healthier lives. It claims to have helped hundreds of employers and plan sponsors impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of employees and members nationwide. 

Working on the deal from Riverside were managing partner Suzy Kriscunas, partners Steve Burns and Hunter Peterson, operating partner Steve Stubitz, vice president Fei Ren, senior associate Daniel Grinnan, senior associate Dom Zingarelli, associate Cord Walker and operating finance executive Rob Carraway. 

Partner Anne Hayes helped secure financing for the deal and Jeremy Holland sourced the deal. 

Riverside said it’s invested in more than 30 healthcare companies since 1988 and built a team of experts who understand how to grow healthcare companies. It invests in businesses valued at up to $400 million. 

Weaver merges with HSSK

National certified public accounting firm Weaver said June 1 that it will merge with dispute, litigation and valuation firm HSSK for undisclosed terms.

The move will expand the firm’s ability to provide forensic accounting, investigation, litigation support and valuation services to clients. 

Weaver general counsel Frank McElroy led the transaction in-house. HSSK used Porter Hedges partner Michael Larkin and associate Joe Laurel in Houston.

Three partners – Jared Jordan, Curt Germany and Mike Hill – and more than 20 other professionals from HSSK will join Weaver as part of its financial advisory services practice.

Forty-year-old HSSK professionals have provided valuation, litigation consulting and financial restructuring services to the corporate, legal and professional communities. 

David Rook, COO of Weaver’s assurance and advisory services unit, said in a statement that the firms’ combined forensics, litigation and valuation practice will be one of the largest in Texas. Weaver CEO’s is John Mackel.

Eagle Materials plans to separate businesses

Bowing to pressure from activist investor Sachem Head Capital Management, Dallas-based Eagle Materials Inc. said last week that its board approved a plan to separate its heavy materials and light materials businesses into two publicly traded entities.

Goldman Sachs & Co. is Eagle’s financial advisor while Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is its legal advisor.

The company’s chief legal officer is James Graass, who joined Eagle (formerly Centex Construction Products) in 2000 as executive VP and general counsel. In 2001, he took on more responsibilities as secretary of the company.

Graass previously spent nine years with the Centex Corp., including as associate general counsel. Before Centex, the Vanderbilt-trained lawyer was an associate in the corporate and securities section at Hughes & Luce in Dallas.

Sachem, which built up a 9% stake, urged the company to separate its cement and wallboard businesses and nominated two candidates to the company’s board.

Eagle’s heavy materials business will operate as a cement company and the light materials business will continue to make gypsum wallboard and recycled paperboard. 

Eagle said it’s also looking to sell its oil and gas proppants business and would continue to evaluate any opportunity to create value that may arise before the separation’s completion.

Sachem managing partner Scott Ferguson said in a statement that the Eagle board is taking significant steps to unlock the company’s inherent value and that the firm would withdraw its director nominations and support the board’s recommendations at Eagle’s annual meeting.

The spin-off to Eagle shareholders is expected to be completed in the first half of next year if it receives final approval by Eagle’s board, a favorable opinion with respect to the tax-free nature of the transaction and effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Eagle said at any time and for any reason until the proposed transaction is complete, it may abandon the separation or modify or change its terms.

Eagle chairman Mike Nicolais said in a statement that the two businesses historically provided the company with balance and financial strength, but the board recognized that its industry-leading performance wasn’t adequately reflected in its market value.

“The Eagle board and management team believe this separation will provide each of the businesses with the financial flexibility to pursue its own growth strategies and operating priorities and will develop the appropriate capital structure and allocation priorities to generate long-term growth for all shareholders,” he said.

Eagle said both companies will remain in Dallas and that the management teams and boards for both companies will be named in the months leading up to the separation. The company has 75 facilities across the U.S. 

Winstead aids Crescent on San Antonio Westin acquisition

Fort Worth-based Crescent Real Estate said May 28 that it bought the Westin Riverwalk hotel in San Antonio, a move that represents its entry into the Alamo City market.

The company used GP Invitation Fund II to make the acquisition.

Crescent’s in-house counsel included senior VP and general counsel Andrew Lombardi and VP and senior counsel Noelle Garsek, who joined in April from Winstead’s Fort Worth office.

Winstead was Crescent’s outside counsel. A Crescent spokesman said the company prefers not to identify individuals working as outside counsel. 

The 473-room hotel sits on almost an acre along the river bend section of the Riverwalk in the heart of the downtown area at the intersection of Market Street and Navarro Street. 

The hotel is a short walk from the Alamo and Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and close to the office towers in San Antonio’s central business district. It’s part of the Marriott Rewards system and includes 65 suites and 26,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 5,900-square-foot ballroom. 

Crescent hired HEI Hotels & Resorts, which manages 20 other Westin brand hotels, to be its manager.

“This investment is a rare opportunity to purchase a best-in-market, recently renovated hotel with many remaining growth opportunities,” Crescent Co-CEO Jason Anderson said in a statement.

The hotel underwent a comprehensive renovation completed at the end of the first quarter. Crescent plans to upgrade the hotel’s elevators, corridors and bathrooms.

Founded by chairman John C. Goff, Crescent Real Estate has assets under management, development and investment capacity of more than $10 billion. Its portfolio includes the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas.

V&E advises SCF/Frontier on Permian Enterprises purchase

Vinson & Elkins said it advised SCF Partners and its portfolio company, Frontier Tubular Solutions, on Frontier’s acquisition of Permian Enterprises, an Odessa, Texas-based tubular goods service provider.

Partner Brittany Sakowitz led the corporate V&E team with assistance from associates Sara Bloom and Charlie Fitzpatrick. 

Also advising were partner Randy Jurgensmeyer and associates Courtney Hammond and Ken Adler on real estate; partner Lina Dimachkieh, senior associate Julia Pashin and associate Neil Clausen on tax; and partner Tim Johnston, counsel Farah Paliwala and associate Brittany Simington on finance.

Others were partner Stephen Jacobson and associates Gina Hancock and Carolyn Exnicios on executive compensation/benefits; partner Sean Becker and senior associate Christie Alcalá on labor/employment; senior associate Matt Dobbins and associate Austin Pierce on environmental; and senior associate Sean Hill on intellectual property.

Permian Enterprise’s counsel was P.A. Lyon and Lori Ruiz from Atkins, Hollmann, Jones, Peacock, Lewis & Lyon Inc. in Odessa.

Founded in 1948 and led by Don Wood, Permian Enterprises offers internal plastic coatings, cement and fiberglass linings, external coatings and linings and non-destructive inspection services to the oil and gas industry throughout Texas and New Mexico. 

Houston-based Frontier said Permian Enterprises diversifies its service offerings and expands its geographical footprint with a full-service facility in the Permian. 

Frontier is led by CEO John Schissler. David Baldwin is co-president of SCF, which is headquartered in Houston with offices in Aberdeen, Singapore and Calgary. 

SCF has completed 400 energy services investments and helped build 17 public companies in its 30-year history. Its current investments include Nine Energy Service, Select Energy Services, Forum Energy Technologies, NESR, Centurion Group, Variperm, Frontier Tubular Solutions, MPC Kinetic, BCCK and Hi-Tech Industrial Services.

CAPITAL MARKETS

HuntonAK counsels Sabra Health on $300M debt offering

Hunton Andrews Kurth said May 31 that it advised Sabra Health Care LP, Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. and Sabra Capital Corp. on a $300 million public debt offering of senior notes.

Partner Mark Arnold led the offering with help from associate Chase Hudson, both of Houston.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore represented the underwriters. The offering closed May 28.

HuntonAK advises Tectonic on $15M preferred stock offering

Hunton Andrews Kurth also said May 31 that it advised Tectonic Financial Inc. on a preferred stock offering worth $15 million.

Partner Beth Whitaker led the deal team, which included partner Jeff Blair, associate Emily Cabrera, partner Anthony Eppert, counsel Carleton Goss, associate Nate Jones, partner Taylor Landry, associate Marysia Laskowski, associate Lauren Titolo and partner Peter Weinstock. 

All of the attorneys are in Hunton AK’s Dallas office except for Cabrera, who is in The Woodlands, and Eppert and Landry, who are in Houston.

Norton Rose Fulbright counseled the underwriter Sandler O’Neill & Partners, including Dallas partner Mike Keeley. The offering closed May 14.

UPDATES/OTHER

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners closed its $3.6 billion purchase of Oryx Midstream Services. And Sidley Austin – which counseled Stonepeak on the transaction (along with Hunton Andrews Kurth) – said it assisted with the debt financing as well.

The Sidley team was led by partners Herschel Hamner in Houston and Banks Bruce in Dallas. They were assisted by associates Sean Damm in Dallas and Andy Chen, Angela Daniel and Tiffany Van in Houston.

The funding included a $1.5 billion senior secured Term Loan B facility and a separate senior secured revolving credit facility. Barclays led the arranger group, which included Goldman Sachs, RBC Capital Markets and Jefferies.

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Houston-based Occidental Petroleum didn’t have a great week in relation to its pending $57 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum.

First, an Algerian oil minister said the government would block the sale of Oxy’s assets in the country to Total as part of a $8.8 billion divestiture, which includes assets in Ghana, Mozambique and South Africa (government officials later backpedaled, saying the country would seek a “good compromise” without elaborating). Analysts were worried about the effect on Oxy’s stock but didn’t think it would delay its closing of the Anadarko acquisition.

Then, activist investor Carl Icahn filed suit against Occidental in Delaware Chancery Court for records related to its Chevron-topping Anadarko purchase, including the $10 billion preferred stock sale to Berkshire Hathaway to help finance the deal, the sale of Anadarko’s African assets and whether Oxy’s board had considered selling the company rather than pursuing the Anadarko deal.

The suit called the transaction a “bet-the-company” deal that was “fundamentally misguided and hugely overpriced” and would drive up the company’s debt.

“A board of directors giving priority to stockholder value would not have approved the company’s very high topping bid for Anadarko because most of that price will be paid for with debt (and debt-like preferred stock), thus putting the company at risk in case oil prices fall in the near to intermediate future,” the complaint said.

Icahn, whose three affiliates have amassed more than $1.6 billion in Oxy stock, thinks the company should have put itself up for sale. He also threatened to force a special shareholder meeting to elect a new slate of directors “to ensure that Occidental is being run in the interests of its stockholders going forward.”

Oxy put out a statement saying that it would respond to the suit “in due course” and defended the deal.

“Our acquisition of Anadarko will create a global energy leader with a highly complementary asset portfolio and a unique opportunity to deliver compelling value and returns to the shareholders of both companies, including significant cost and capital allocation synergies and near-term cash flow accretion,” the company statement said. “We look forward to completing the transaction in the coming months.”

Occidental assistant general counsel Brad Pollack didn’t immediately respond to a request for its outside counsel on the suit. But Icahn’s lawyer, Steve Jenkins of Ashby & Geddes in Wilmington, told The Texas Lawbook that he understands that Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York – the company’s legal advisor on the deal – will be representing Oxy.  

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King & Spalding said it advised Houston-based NextDecade Corp. on two major contracts with Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals for the engineering, procurement, and construction, or EPC, of its Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville.

Partners Scott Greer and Rob Garner worked on the contracts along with associate Silvia Martin. They were assisted by an associate in the firm’s Atlanta office.

The contracts are for the first phase of the project, including three liquefaction trains, two 180,000 cubic meter storage tanks and two marine berths totaling $9.565 billion. 

The contracts also provide options to build an additional 180,000 cubic meter storage tank and LNG truck loading facilities. Each liquefaction train is expected to produce up to 5.87 million tons per annum of LNG, which would generate an EPC cost of $543 per ton for the first three trains.

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Caving in to shareholder pressure, Scotland’s FirstGroup said Thursday that it’s seeking a buyer for Dallas-based bus operator Greyhound along with spinning off its U.K. bus service business. FirstGroup bought Greyhound from Laidlaw International in 2007 for $3.6 billion, including debt. Could Apollo Global Management and CVC Capital Partners – which have expressed interest in buying all of FirstGroup – emerge as potential bidders?

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Bloomberg reported that NGP Energy Capital is considering a sale process for Oilfield Water Logistics, a Dallas water gathering and transport company that could fetch at least $600 million. NGP general counsel Jeff Zlotky wouldn’t comment. 

Oil industry-related water services assets have been hot in the marketplace. In May, NGL Energy Partners combined the assets of Mesquite Disposals Unlimited with NGL’s water solutions business for $890 million; Five Point Energy sold a minority equity stake in WaterBridge Resources to Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, implying a $2.8 billion enterprise value for WaterBridge; and Blue Sage Capital sold Cobalt Environmental Solutions to Oklahoma water infrastructure and logistics provider Bison for undisclosed terms.

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