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Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 5 Firms, 52 Lawyers, $1.68B

August 19, 2019 Claire Poole

Intralinks – an electronic data room provider to the dealmaking industry – is out with its latest deal flow predictor, which is based on sell-side M&A transactions around the world that are in preparation or have begun their due diligence phase.

The results were even better than last time – a 5% improvement is expected for the second half of 2019 over the same period last year, versus the firm’s previous prediction of 2%. Intralinks expects the strongest growth in worldwide deal announcements to come from the energy and power, industrials and materials sectors.

The firm expects North American deal flow to advance 5% with energy and power, materials and consumer/retail to be the most active sectors, versus its previous prediction of 2% growth mostly coming from financials, consumer and retail and energy and power.

Meanwhile, on the private equity front, fundraising for private capital secondary funds turned out to be modest in the first half of this year with seven funds holding a final close securing $2.4 billion from investors, significantly down from the $30 billion raised in 2018, according to data provider Preqin.

However, several large funds are currently in the market and many already have held at least one interim close, Preqin added, suggesting positive fundraising prospects going into the second half of the year. The firm said 51 secondaries funds are seeking a combined $77 billion, 84% of which plan to focus on private equity investments.

Meanwhile, dealmaking involving Texas lawyers was slower than slow. There were only 10 transactions valued at $1.68 billion this past week, versus 17 deals worth $17.7 billion the previous week and 12 transactions valued at $19.9 billion at the same time last year.

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
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

Seven of the transactions involved M&A/private equity/venture capital valued at $735 million while three involved capital markets/financing worth $950 million. Hunton Andrews Kurth won the overachiever award, working on three deals valued at $620 million.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Kirkland advises Atlas on $617M reverse merger with Boxwood

Bernhard Capital Partners announced that it’s selling a big chunk of Austin engineering services firm Atlas Technical Consultants to special purpose acquisition company Boxwood Merger Corp. for $617 million, which will turn it into a public company.

The deal will give the new company an implied enterprise value of around $710 million. The transaction has to be approved by Boxwood stockholders. 

Australia’s Macquarie Capital owns about half of Boxwood, which raised $200 million in an initial public public offering in November.

Atlas management will own 8.2 million shares of the combined company, or nearly 19% of the 44 million shares issued, while Bernhard will hold 10.2 million shares, or about 23%. That will leave Boxwood public shareholders with 46% and Boxwood founders with 12%.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Atlas with a team led by corporate partners Bill Benitez and Kyle Watson and associate Rob Goodin. 

Specialists included capital markets partners Julian Seiguer and Michael Rigdon and associate Terry Bokosha; debt finance partner Lucas Spivey and associate Jordan Roberts; and tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Melanie Rosin.

Winston & Strawn counseled Boxwood with lawyers in New York and Chicago. San Francisco firm Atrium also provided legal counsel.

Greenhill & Co. (Stephen Cruise in Chicago and Will Rodgers in Houston) and Macquarie Capital are financial advisors to Boxwood. BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Macquarie Capital and Helena Capital Advisors served as its capital markets advisors. 

Boxwood has secured committed debt financing for the transaction from Macquarie Capital and Natixis.

Atlas provides professional testing, inspection, engineering and consulting services for infrastructure projects. It expects $63 million in free cash flow this year on sales of $482 million. It employs 3,200 at 140 offices in the U.S.

The company handles 9,000 customers per year – which have included Phillips 66 Co., Duke Energy Corp. and the Texas Department of Transportation – with an average project size of $10,000. It noted its work inspecting and testing components of the Golden Gate Bridge and inspecting construction at Stanford University Hospital.

Atlas CEO Joe Boyer and CFO Walter Powell are staying on while Boxwood chairman and CEO Stephen Kadenacy will become executive chairman. Kadenacy is a former president and COO of engineering giant AECOM.

Bernhard created Atlas in 2017 by acquiring three engineering companies. It’s purchased more companies since, including Louisiana-based ATC Group Services in January.

Winston & Strawn advises Motus on $85M Janesville Fiber deal

Winston & Strawn said it advised Atlas Holdings-backed Motus Integrated Technologies on its agreement to acquire Janesville Fiber Solutions, a unit of Milwaukee-based Jason Industries Inc.

Michigan-based Motus didn’t disclose terms, but the deal includes $85 million in cash, according to a Jason Industries filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Dallas associate Connor Pine was part of the deal team, which was led by an attorney in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

Motus expects to close the transaction late in the third quarter.

The agreement requires that Janesville’s units in the U.S. have at least $2.5 million in cash at closing. Up to $5 million of the purchase price will be held in escrow and payable on a contingent basis based on the award of customer programs to the Janesville units before October 31.

Formed by Atlas in 2014 to acquire assets and technology of industrial giant Johnson Controls, Motus makes door and console armrests, instrument panel trim and interior handles for the automotive industry. It has other locations in Mexico and Germany.

Janesville makes acoustical and thermal fiber solutions for various automotive applications. It has 1,000 associates in Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina and Mexico.

Pioneer Natural sells Martin County acreage for $66M

Pioneer Natural Resources announced as part of its second quarter earnings that it sold 3,300 net non-core acres in northern Martin County in West Texas for $20,000 per acre, or $66 million.

It didn’t name the buyer, but CEO Scott Sheffield said on a conference call with analysts that it was a private equity-backed company. “It’s the first time we’ve seen a cash deal coming in from private equity over the last two years,” he said.

Pioneer general counsel Mark Kleinman said the company’s internal business development and legal teams handled the sale without outside legal or financial advisors. 

The company’s development chief is Mark Berg, who previously was Pioneer’s general counsel.

Kleinman joined Pioneer in 2005 as chief compliance officer, taking the top legal job in 2014. He previously was assistant general counsel of Sterling Software Inc. through its $4 billion acquisition in 2000 by Computer Associates International Inc. and general counsel of Inet Technologies Inc. through its $325 million acquisition in 2004 by Tektronix.

The University of Texas law graduate began his legal career in 1986 as an associate with Dallas-based Jackson Walker.

Pioneer said it’s in the midst of evaluating options to monetize non-core acreage not slated for near-term development, including cash market divestitures and the use of “drillco,” or drilling partnership, arrangements.

The company said it still hopes to sell its 27% interest in Targa Resources-operated gas processing infrastructure in the Midland Basin, which should reduce its capital spending requirements and increase corporate returns. 

The company also is evaluating the long-term strategy for its water infrastructure. It noted that its upgrade of the City of Midland wastewater treatment facility is on track for a late 2020 completion.

The company said it completed its corporate restructuring in the second quarter, achieving its targeted annualized general and administrative savings of around $100 million.

Jones Day, HuntonAK aid on JFLCO’s waste purchases

Middle market private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Co. announced that it acquired Lone Star Disposal, Delta Waste Services and Tanner Road Facility.

Terms weren’t disclosed, but middle market-focused Monroe Capital provided the acquisition’s debt financing, which has ranged from $21 million to $185 million for past deals.

Jones Day partners Alain Dermarkar and Bobby Cardone in Dallas advised J.F. Lehman, also known as JFLCO.

Hunton Andrews Kurth counseled the seller with a group led by Houston partner Jeff Dodd that included associates Lee Davis and Amanda Thienpont.

Other Texas team members were tax partners Robert McNamara and Allison Mantor and associate Caitlin Sawyer; real property partner Michael Boyd, counsel Bob Collins, partner Conor Shary and associate Madison Amons; compensation and benefits partner Scott Austin; and environmental partner Lisa Shelton and counsel Lydia Gromatzky.

Stifel was Lone Star’s financial advisor, including managing director Jon Mahan in Dallas and VP J.R. Bartrug in Baltimore.

The acquisition is JFLCO’s 32nd sponsored platform since its inception. The firm focuses on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors.

Lone Star is a vertically integrated provider of construction and demolition and municipal solid waste disposal and related environmental services in Houston.

JFLCO partner Glenn Shor said in a statement that the firm will support the continued growth of the business through organic development and complementary bolt-on acquisitions.

Wilsonart acquires quartz maker Technistone

Austin-based Wilsonart Engineered Surfaces signed an agreement to buy Technistone, a Czech company that makes and exports quartz stone to 75 countries.

Wilsonart general counsel Joe Thesing said he worked on the deal with Wolf Theiss in Prague providing outside counsel and the Moscow office of Debevoise & Plimpton advising it on antitrust approvals in Russia. Technistone used Clifford Chance.

Before joining Wilsonart, the Duke-trained lawyer worked in the in-house legal departments of International Rectifier, a publicly traded global semiconductor manufacturer with $1 billion in annual sales; the U.S. and international operations of a pharmaceutical joint venture with $2.5 billion in annual sales; and Coca-Cola Co.’s Asia operations.

The transaction has to clear regulators but is expected to close in September.

Andrew Korzen, Wilsonart’s VP of product management, said in a statement that Technistone’s addition will allow the company to better provide customers with high-quality quartz as the demand for the product increases in commercial and residential markets.

Oxy provides startup Cemvita Factory with funding

Houston startup Cemvita Factory said it raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, or OLCV, a unit of Occidental Petroleum.

Derek Willis, OLCV’s VP of legal in Houston, worked on the deal. He previously was general counsel and head of corporate development at Volusion and a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Austin. The UT Law grad also practiced at Gardere Wynne Sewell (now Foley Gardere) and Boyer Ewing & Harris.

Cemvita said OLCV’s investment will advance the development of new bio-engineered pathways that use carbon dioxide as feedstock for sustainable production of intermediate chemicals and polymers. The company’s technology mimics photosynthesis and other natural processes to produce the products.

OLCV president Richard Jackson said in a statement that the company aims to develop and commercialize technologies that complement Oxy’s core businesses and product lines so it can find value in new markets and reach its goal of becoming carbon neutral.

Cemvita CEO and co-founder Moji Karimi said the company aims to demonstrate that its technology can economically scale from test tube to the field. Karimi’s sister Tara Karimi, the company’s co-founder and chief scientist, said Cemvita’s goal is to take one gigaton of CO2 out of the carbon cycle in the next decade.

Drillinginfo buys RigData from S&P Global Platts

Austin-based data analytics provider Drillinginfo Inc. said it acquired RigData from S&P Global Platts for an undisclosed sum.

In-house counsel Shawn Shillington worked on the deal with outside counsel from Irell & Manella in California. RigData used a Cahill Gordon & Reindel attorney in New York.

The transaction is the latest in a string of acquisitions by Drillinginfo, which purchased Midland Map Co. in March.

S&P Global CFO Ewout Steenbergen said on a conference call with analysts that RigData is a small business with $10 million in annual sales that it purchased three years ago to gain the rights to North American rig information. 

S&P Global secured the licensing rights to RigData datasets for use by Platts Analytics going forward, Steenbergen said.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCING

Latham, Hunton AK aid on Magellan’s $500 million debt offering

Latham & Watkins said it advised Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners on a $500 million debt offering.

The team was led by Houston partner Ryan Maierson and included Houston associates Kevin Richardson, Ryan Lynch, Clayton Heery and Drew Tengler-West.  

Hunton Andrews Kurth counseled the banks, including Wells Fargo Securities, PNC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. and and TD Securities. 

Partner Jordan Hirsch led Hunton AK’s deal team, which included associates Mike Hoffman, Oliver Fankhauser, Erin Kaufman and Amanda Theinpont. 

Specialists included partners Mike O’Leary and Rob Taylor on opinions; partner O’Banion Williams on real property; partner Lisa Shelton on environmental; and partners Tom Ford and Robert McNamara on tax.

Total Safety raises $330M from acquisition-related term loan

Littlejohn & Co.-backed Total Safety of Houston raised $330 million from an acquisition-related term loan, according to Reuters unit Loan Pricing Corp. (LPC).

Goldman Sachs, Citizens Bank and Credit Suisse arranged the debt financing for Total Safety, which provides ancillary services to petrochemical, oil refining and oil and gas explorers and producers.

Total Safety didn’t respond to requests for comment on the issue and who it used for legal counsel.

Total Safety’s general counsel is Joe Waiter, who joined the company in 2014 after serving as general counsel at Ripplewood- and TPS Partners-backed Kraton Polymers and Kenda Capital-backed Enventure Global Technology and as associate general counsel of Bain Capital-backed Styron. He received his law degree from George Mason University.

LPC reported that Total Safety made several investor-friendly changes to the loan given jitters about the cyclical energy sector, including offering a discount of 93 cents on the dollar compared with the initially proposed 98 cents.

The company also will pay lenders at an increased rate of 600 basis points over Libor, up from the 550 basis point margin offered when the loan launched in mid-July, LPC said. It added that the maturity also was shortened to six years from seven.

Proceeds from the loan will be used to refinance the company’s existing $207 million term loan, repay revolver borrowings and pay for an acquisition, Moody’s Investors Service said.

“The increase in EBITDA from Total Safety’s acquisitions will offset the impact of higher balance sheet debt on leverage metrics,” Moody’s VP Arvinder Saluja said.

As part of the refinancing transaction, the company also will replace its existing revolver with a $75 million asset-backed revolving credit facility due 2024, Moody’s said.

Littlejohn bought Total Safety from Warburg Pincus in 2017. The company has been on a buying spree so far this year, acquiring Pivotal Safety and Vantage Safety in January, Airgas On-Site Safety in June and Sprint Safety earlier this month.

HuntonAK represents purchasers on CorEnergy’s $120M notes offering

Hunton Andrews Kurth said it represented the initial purchasers of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Inc.’s $120 million private offering of 5.87% convertible senior notes.

Houston partner Phil Haines led the deal team, which included Houston associates Mike Hoffman, Oliver Fankhauser and Michael Wright. Lawyers from the firm’s New York and Richmond, Va., offices also pitched in.

Kansas City, Missouri-based CorEnergy plans to use the proceeds along with shares of its common stock to repurchase around $64 million of its 7% convertible senior notes due 2020 in separate transactions negotiated at the same time as the offering. The rest will be used for general corporate purposes, such as redeeming preferred equity or project-level debt.

CorEnergy owns pipelines, storage terminals and transmission and distribution assets and receives long-term contracted revenue from operators of its assets, primarily under triple-net participating leases.

UPDATE/OTHER

Dallas data center operator CyrusOne is considering selling itself after attracting bidder interest, Bloomberg reported citing sources.

A group including KKR & Co., Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and I Squared Capital is in the preliminary stages of weighing a bid for the company, the news service said. 

CyrusOne and the potential investors declined comment. The company’s general counsel is Robert M. Jackson, who joined in 2015.

Founded in 2001, CyrusOne has 48 data centers serving 1,000 customers in the U.S., Singapore and Germany. The real estate investment trust has a market capitalization of $8.2 billion.Other data center REITs include Equinix Inc. and Digital Realty Trust Inc. which, like CyrusOne, have been making acquisitions to expand.

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VMWare is in talks to buy fellow software maker Pivotal in a deal that would value Pivotal at about $4 billion, according to a regulatory filing by Dell Technologies, which controls both companies. 

The deal involves stock valued at $15 per share, an 81% premium over Pivotal’s recent closing price.

Amy Fliegelman Olli is general counsel of Palo Alto-based VMware while Andy Cohen is general counsel of Pivotal. Rich Rothberg is Dell’s general counsel.

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ExxonMobil is considering sell its portfolio of oil and gas assets in the U.K. North Sea, according to various media reports. ExxonMobil wouldn’t comment. Wood Mackenzie estimates that the portfolio is worth $2 billion, which, combined with the sale of its Norwegian assets, could help ExxonMobil reach its $15 billion divestiture goal. ExxonMobil’s general counsel is Randall Ebner.

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