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CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 12 Law Firms, 50 Lawyers, $529.08M

January 7, 2019 Claire Poole

The midstream energy sector has been on a rollercoaster ride for some time now, rocked by wild changes in commodity prices (even though a lot of the entities have fee-based contracts), an on-again-off-again relationship with the capital markets and investors and regulatory and tax changes that have made conditions for midstream master limited partnerships difficult.V

On the second day of the new year, Morgan Stanley analyst Tom Abrams released a report offering up his “10 wildcards” for the sector for 2019 that could surprise midstream investors, including several M&A possibilities that could create some work for transaction lawyers in Texas.

The first is “take-private” transactions, in which a private equity firm buys a publicly traded midstream entity using high equity yields for financing. While Adams doesn’t have knowledge of any planned transactions, he said SemGroup Corp., Buckeye Partners and Tallgrass Energy each have higher than average equity yields and past involvement with private equity – as well as assets that could be sold to further assist with financing.

His second wildcard is that another dropdown sponsor recants the MLP strategy and buys in its sponsored vehicle. He notes that BP Midstream Partners, Shell Midstream Partners and Sunoco are three remaining MLPs with general partner sponsors, incentive distribution rights and high yields that can act “as headwinds.”

Abrams also thinks there could be some M&A activity around small- and medium-sized MLPs. He said value-oriented private equity firms could start accumulating some of the 40 to 50 smaller MLPs for their cash flows even though the operations lack a platform for growth. “There is value in run-off cash flows, but not to every buyer,” he said.

Similarly, Abrams thinks some smaller MLPs could merge unit-for-unit to save on cash distribution outlays while focusing spending and strengthening geographic positions. “This path is chosen over cutting distributions and going it alone,” he said.

The analyst also thinks there could be two to three midstream initial public offerings of structurally simpler entities (C-corps, no IDRs, low debt) promising high growth over the next few years, noting last year’s IPO of Altus Midstream.

C-corp conversions by any of the large players – e.g., Enterprise Products Partners, Energy Transfer, Plains All American Pipeline or Magellan Midstream Partners, who have found the move “wanting,” Adams said – would simplify the sector further. Such conversions would also introduce a broader investor base – “albeit at the expense of eventual taxation,” he said – but could cause investor headwind for other large MLPs.

Finally, mergers of equals could also appear, in which a strong large cap entity merges with a peer to dominate the map, Adams said. “It is very likely no one wants to sell, but there is industrial logic to the asset combinations of a number of pairings amongst the larger midstream firms,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Texas this past week, M&A and capital markets work was pretty sparse given the approach of the New Year’s holiday.

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
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

There were 10 deals valued at $529.08 million, down from the 17 deals worth $2.57 billion for the week ending Dec. 22 (there were no deals to speak of for the week ending Dec. 29).

While the number of deals was flat compared with the same period last year, the value was down 79 percent from $2.5 billion. Nothing like a sliding stock market and 40 percent lower oil prices to sap confidence for deal-making.

The activity – which saw an absence of capital markets deals – involved 50 Texas lawyers at 12 law firms. The industries included energy, technology, industrial, health care and services.

M&A, PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS

Jones Day, Orrick aid on ArcLight’s $332M purchase from Sempra

ArcLight Capital Partners said Jan. 2 it agreed to acquire Sempra Energy’s non-utility U.S. natural gas storage facilities for $332 million in cash.

Jones Day partner Jeffrey Schlegel and associate Alexandra Wilde in Houston represented Sempra.

Orrick advised ArcLight, including partners Blake H. Winburne and Bradford Gathright (M&A and financing) and Darrell Thomas (real estate) and associates Adam Kowis and Mason Harry.

Wells Fargo Securities represented Sempra.

The sale includes Sempra’s Mississippi Hub natural gas storage business in Simpson County, Mississippi, and the Bay Gas natural gas storage business in Southwest Alabama.

The facilities will become part of the Enstor natural gas storage platform, which ArcLight acquired from Avangrid last year for an undisclosed sum.

Joseph Householder, president and COO of San Diego-based Sempra, said in a statement that the sale is an important component to achieving the company’s portfolio-optimization goals announced in June of last year.

“Completing this sale, along with the recently announced sale of our non-utility U.S. solar assets, enables us to reallocate capital to further strengthen our balance sheet and support Sempra Energy’s future growth opportunities,” he said.

The non-utility solar assets were sold to Consolidated Edison Inc. in September for $1.54 billion in cash. Sempra is currently marketing its non-utility U.S. wind assets.

The sale of the non-utility natural gas assets to ArcLight is expected to be completed in the first quarter.

Founded in 2001, Boston-based ArcLight has invested $21 billion in more than 100 transactions since inception. Publicly traded Sempra had 2017 sales of more than $11 billion, employs 20,000 and serves more than 40 million consumers worldwide.

Weil counsels YourCause on $157M sale to Blackbaud

Blackbaud said Jan. 2 it acquired Providence Strategic Growth-backed YourCause for about $157 million.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented YourCause, including partner David Gail in Dallas. ParkerPoe aided Charleston, S.C.-based Blackbaud, whose deputy general counsel Jeff Angerman is a former associate of Weil’s Dallas office.

Shea & Co. provided financial advice to YourCause.

Plano-based YourCause provides software to the philanthropy industry. Its customers include Fortune 500 companies and small businesses with 8 million people currently engaging with its solution.

Blackbaud CEO and president Mike Gianoni said in a statement that 84 percent of Americans believe businesses shoulder a responsibility to bring social change, so providing businesses with the right tools helps attract and retain customers and employees and build a better world.

Publicly traded Blackbaud claims that the acquisition positions it as the industry leader in providing solutions to nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies committed to social issues.

YourCause’s 155 employees will join Blackbaud, including CEO Matthew Combs.

Kastner Gravelle advises AlertMedia on $25M JMI investment

Austin-based AlertMedia said Jan. 3 that JMI Equity has invested $25 million in the company, which provides emergency communication software.

Along with the new funding, AlertMedia has raised $42 million from investors including Next Coast Ventures and Silverton Partners.

AlertMedia tapped Kastner Gravelle partner Jerry Galvan for outside legal advice while JMI used Goodwin.

AlertMedia helps organizations monitor for critical events, including bad weather, wildfires and terrorist attacks, and then connect with employees over multiple channels, including text, email, mobile app, voice and social media.

The new funding will be used to accelerate AlertMedia’s strategic growth initiatives, including new product development, international expansion and hiring, CEO Brian Cruver said in a statement.

AlertMedia’s customers include DHL, British Petroleum, Texas Roadhouse and Walmart.

JMI general partner Bob Nye has joined AlertMedia’s board. Founded in 1992, the firm has invested in 140 businesses in its target markets, completed 90 exits and raised $4 billion of committed capital.

BakerHostetler aids Ring on $15.08M purchase

Publicly traded Ring Energy Inc. said Dec. 26 it closed its purchase of oil and gas properties in Andrews County, Texas, from the Carlyle Group-backed Tessara Petroleum for $15.08 million in stock.

BakerHostetler counseled Midland-based Ring, including partner Mark Jones and associates Allison Jones, Ashley Whittington and Tess Wafelbakker.

Tim Spear at Foley Gardere in Houston represented Tessara. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey was Ring’s financial advisor.

Ring issued 2.6 million shares of its stock to Tessara valued at $5.80 per share.

The assets involve 4,763 net acres. Ring will be the operator, have a 100% working interest and 75% net revenue interest.

The acreage is in, around and contiguous to Ring’s core assets on the Central Basin Platform and offsets most of its top producing wells. Management estimates that the acquisition, along with other smaller surrounding leases the company has acquired, will add 5,313 net acres and 55 new gross horizontal drilling locations.

A Carlyle spokesperson said in a statement that the firm chose to receive stock for the properties as it believes that Ring is a best-in-class operator and the assets being transferred are synergistic with Ring’s properties that lie just across the lease line.

Ring CEO Kelly Hoffman said that the company worked on the deal for six months and that it and other property purchases add two years of new drilling locations to its inventory.

Hoffman estimates that the locations potentially could add as much as $180 million in value or $2.85 per share at a realized price of $45 per barrel of oil equivalent even after the issuance of the transaction shares.

Jones Day advises J.F. Lehman on Inland Pipe acquisition

J.F. Lehman & Co. said Dec. 27 that it acquired Inland Pipe Rehabilitation for an undisclosed sum.

Jones Day partner Alain Dermarkar advised J.F. Lehman on the transaction. Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss represented Inland Pipe, which received financial advice from Houlihan Lokey.

Monroe Capital provided debt financing for the transaction.

Founded in 1973 and led by Robert McCrae, Inland Pipe provides trenchless pipe rehabilitation solutions and technology to the municipal wastewater and storm water markets.

J.F. Lehman partner Glenn Shor said in a statement that Inland Pipe has a strong market position and growth opportunities given the increasing demand for efficient, cost-effective fixes to critical – but aging – municipal wastewater and storm water infrastructures.

J.F. Lehman is a middle-market private equity firm focused on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors.

Reed Smith assists Vivante on NFP investment

The Texas Lawbook learned last week that Reed Smith counseled Houston digital health care company Vivante Health Inc. on its undisclosed investment from NFP Ventures.

Partner Bryan Brown led the deal team. NFP received counsel from Brown Rudnick partner Ed Davis in New York.

The transaction closed Dec. 2.

NFP Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property and casualty and retirement solutions through its units and affiliates. It has 4,700 employees.

Vivante Health is a digital platform that addresses digestive health and disease through data science and access to digestive health care experts. Its program, GIThrive, helps individuals manage their conditions with personalized nutrition plans, daily health challenges, encouragement to take prescribed medications and on-demand care to address symptom flares and pain.

NFP said Vivante Health’s multidisciplinary approach matches its mission to empower positive lifestyle changes that improve individuals’ overall health and well-being.

Vivante Health estimates that 70 million-plus Americans deal with a digestive condition, which can cause individuals to miss up to 35 days of work a year and is the second highest health care expense in the U.S.

Dr. Kimon Angelides is Vivante Health’s founder and CEO. Mike Goldman is president and COO of NFP while Shawn Ellis is managing director of NFP Ventures.

V&E advises Caelus on Alaska oilfield stake sale to Eni

Vinson & Elkins said Jan. 3 it advised Caelus Natural Resources Alaska on the sale of a 70 percent stake and operatorship of the Oooguruk oil field in Alaska to Italy’s Eni, which owned the other 30 percent.

The team included Danielle Patterson, Elena Sauber, Danny Nappier, David Peck, Brian Russell, John McEntire, Theodore Belden, Sean Becker, Stephen Jacobson and Kristy Fields.

Bracewell advised Eni, including partner J.J. McAnelly in Houston.

Eni said the acquisition provides 7,000 barrels of oil per day and operational synergies with the nearby Nikaitchuq field.

The deal has to clear regulators.

The oilfield, located in the Beaufort Sea about three miles off Alaska’s North Slope coast, has been in production since 2008. Its gross production amounts to 10,000 barrels of oil per day from 25 producing wells and 15 gas/water injector wells.

Eni said the production facilities are on an artificial gravel island in five feet of water with dry production trees, which provide for safe and environmentally responsible production operations versus those of an onshore field.

Eni already is the operator, with a 100 percent working interest, of the Nikaitchuq oilfield located eight miles northeast of Oooguruk. Nikaitchuq has been in production since 2011 and produces about 18,000 barrels of oil per day.

Eni said the acquisition will allow it to immediately increase its Alaska production by 7,000 barrels of oil per day and implement operational synergies and optimizations between Oooguruk and Nikaitchuq. It plans to drill further production wells to surpass its target of 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Eni has been expanding in Alaska, including acquiring 124 exploration leases in the Eastern North Slope of Alaska in August.

Eni is present in 21 U.S. oil and gas fields, 11 of which it operates, with a net daily production of 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. In the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, Eni holds 228 leases and has a non-operated participation in the shale gas Alliance field near Fort Worth.

Jones Day advises Greystar on Phoenix apartment complex purchase

Jones Day said Dec. 28 that it advised Greystar Real Estate Partners on its acquisition of the 349-unit Crescent Highland luxury apartment development in Phoenix’s upscale Camelback Corridor area.

Partner Susan Cox in Dallas led the deal team.

Greystar said the asset represents an opportunity to acquire a best-in-class, highly amenitized property in a sought-after urban neighborhood favored by young professionals.

Kevin Kaberna, executive director and leader of Greystar’s U.S. investment platform, said the firm was able to purchase the new complex below replacement cost. It plans to leverage Greystar’s operational efficiencies to maximize the property’s potential and capitalize on the neighborhood’s popularity.

Crescent Highland was completed in 2017. The Camelback Corridor is a dining and entertainment area in Midtown/Uptown Phoenix. The property is close to three major employment hubs representing 192,000 jobs, has direct access to State Route 51 and is in walking distance to 30 restaurants and grocery stores.

Founded by Bob Faith in 1993, Greystar is the U.S.’s largest apartment operator with 490,000 units under management. It already owns 970 units in the Phoenix area and manages 24,560 more. Greystar plans to continue to identify attractive investments and management opportunities in the Phoenix area.

Greystar operates in 180 markets globally. It has more than $31.8 billion in gross assets under management, including $11.9 billion worth of developments underway, $9.3 billion in the U.S. and $2.5 billion internationally.

Gibson Dunn aids Concho on asset sale to WaterBridge

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher said Jan. 3 it represented Concho Resources unit COG Operating on the sale of water assets in the Southern Delaware Basin in Texas to Five Point Energy-backed WaterBridge Resources for an undisclosed sum.

The Texas team members included Houston partner Hillary Holmes, associates Harrison Tucker and Melissa Pick and partner James Chenoweth on tax.

Bracewell also represented COG, including partners Cle Dade, Lytch Gutmann, Dale D. Smith, Aaron P. Roffwarg, Troy L. Harder and Timothy A. Wilkins, counsel R. Joe Hull and Tamara L. McKinzie and associates Jay N. Larry, Caitlyn N. Dockendorf and Melanie C. Goebel.

White & Case aided WaterBridge, including partners Steve Tredennick, Charlie Ofner and Chad McCormick (tax), counsel Morgan Hollins and associates Ted Seeger and Nicole Rodriguez-Fierro, all of Houston.

WaterBridge will manage all of Concho’s produced water transportation and disposal for dedicated operated acres and any future acreage operated by Concho within an 800,000-acre area of mutual interest in Reeves, Pecos and Ward counties.

The acquired assets include three disposal wells with 45,000 barrels per day of permitted capacity and 44 miles of pipeline.

Jason Long, WaterBridge’s chief commercial officer, said in the statement that the company has expanded its relationship with Concho through its evolution from Pelagic Water Systems and EnWater into WaterBridge.

The company aims to develop the largest integrated water management network in North America. Last year it designed and constructed 10 water disposal facilities and 121 miles of pipeline as part of its southern Delaware network expansion efforts and bought assets from Halcón Resources Corp. and NGL Energy Partners.

The company also closed $800 million in debt facilities to fund acquisitions and ongoing organic development of water disposal facilities and pipelines. It filed confidential plans last year with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.

WaterBridge owns and operates 1.2 million barrels per day of produced water disposal capacity in the southern Delaware Basin that’s connected via 300 miles of pipeline. The platform has 285,000 dedicated acres under long-term contracts from 19 producers.

David Capobianco is CEO and managing partner of WaterBridge’s backer Five Point, which manages $2 billion in capital across several investment funds.

PE-backed Worley buys ReSource

Aquiline Capital Partners-backed Worley Claims Services said Jan. 3 it acquired Dallas-based Replacement Source of America Inc. for undisclosed terms.

Scheef & Stone partner Matt Bracy led the deal for Replacement Source, known as ReSource. Much Shelist in Chicago counseled Worley.

Fishers, Indiana-based Worley provides insurance claims services in North America. ReSource, founded in 1990, specializes in contents loss evaluation and pricing, contents replacement, salvage and on-site field inventory services for the property insurance market. ReSource president Chris Brown is staying on.

Worley CEO Jim Pearl said in a statement that ReSource offers the company a platform to expand its property claim service, furthering its objective to become a more comprehensive service provider.

The ReSource transaction is Worley’s seventh acquisition since 2015. Its other purchases were NCA Group, RJMW Claims Services, Summit Independent Claim Services, Nexxus Solutions Group, Apex Claims Services of New England and Audit Services Inc.

New York-based Aquiline acquired a majority stake in Worley in 2014. Since 2005, it’s invested $2.4 billion in 38 middle-market financial services businesses in North America and Europe.

UPDATE

On Dec. 27 Earthstone Energy Inc. announced that it terminated its $950 million cash-and-stock purchase of EnCap Investments-backed Sabalo Holdings, citing the decline in commodity prices and its adverse effect on the debt and equity markets.

The Woodlands-based company will reimburse Sabalo for transaction-related expenses up to around $3.1 million. That includes costs incurred related to the acquisition of well-bore interests held by Shad Permian that were part of a drilling joint venture between Sabalo and Shad.

Earthstone CEO Frank A. Lodzinski said in a statement that despite the quality of Sabalo’s assets, the drastic change in commodity prices and in the debt and equity markets negatively affected the merits of the acquisition, which was announced in October.

“We will continue to concentrate on maintaining a strong balance sheet, operating efficiently, making accretive acquisitions that add production and enhance our acreage positions and pursuing larger transactions that are beneficial to our shareholders,” he said.

Bracewell had been advising Corpus Christi-backed Sabalo on the sale, including partners J.J. McAnelly, Troy Harder, Lance W. Behnke, Charles H. Still Jr., Austin T. Lee and Scott C. Sanders and associates Hobie Temple, Kate B. McGregor, Molly E. Butkus, Shannon M. Rice, David Bartz and William A. Moss.

Jones & Keller in Denver was counseling Earthstone while Richards, Layton & Finger was its special committee’s Delaware counsel.

RBC Capital Markets was Earthstone’s financial advisor while Stephens Inc. was an independent financial advisor and provided a fairness opinion to its special committee.

Jefferies was Sabalo’s financial advisor but also Earthstone’s placement agent on a $225 million preferred stock offering to help fund the deal.

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WatchGuard Inc., an Allen, Texas-based provider of mobile video cameras and software to law enforcement agencies, scrapped its $75 million initial public offering. It didn’t give a reason in a filing with the SEC.

The company initially filed for an IPO in October 2017 and planned to trade on the Nasdaq with Barclays and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey as its lead underwriters.

Haynes and Boone partner Greg Samuel, who is co-chair of the firm’s capital markets and securities practice, and associate Rosebud Manning Nau in Dallas had been advising the company on the IPO. White & Case out of New York was assisting the underwriters.

WatchGuard was founded in 2002 and generated $93 million in sales for the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2017.

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