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CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 7 Firms, 46 Lawyers, $775.5M

July 16, 2019 Claire Poole

Deal activity involving Texas lawyers continued to be weak this past week – and way weaker than this time last year, which doesn’t portend a great second half of the year.

There were only 10 transactions we could find involving Texas lawyers with a reported value of $775.5 million. That compares with seven deals the previous week worth $2.5 billion but 13 transactions valued at $7.2 billion around the same time in 2018.

Eight of the deals involved M&A/private equity/venture capital ($542.5 million) while two were in the capital markets realm (worth $233 million). Seven firms and 42 Texas lawyers handled what little deal action there was.

Sidley Austin had the biggest deal of the week at $460 million while Baker Botts, Vinson & Elkins, Gibson Dunn and Morgan Lewis each claimed two deals apiece.

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

One of the deals of the week involved onetime Olympic cyclist Lance Armstrong. Can he remake himself as a venture capitalist? Stranger things have happened.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Sidley Austin aids I Squared on $460M investment in Venture Global LNG

Sidley Austin said last week it represented I Squared Capital on a $460 million convertible debt investment in Virginia-based Venture Global LNG Inc.

The investment, announced July 11, was made through I Squared’s ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II. It was part of Venture Global’s $675 million equity capital raise announced in June to contribute to the development of its LNG export facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Energy partner Tim Chandler and project finance and infrastructure senior counsel Glenn Pinkerton led the team, which included energy associates Tommer Yoked and Chelsie Gonzales, tax partner Angela T. Richards, environmental partner Heather Palmer, energy associate Sabra Thomas and tax associate Michael L. Telford. All are in Houston.

A capital markets partner in London and an environmental staff attorney in Chicago also pitched in.

UBS Securities was I Squared’s financial advisor.

I Squared managing partner Gautam Bhandari said in a statement that the investment gives it exposure to Venture Global’s pipeline of “highly innovative projects, which will transform how LNG liquefaction facilities will be built in the future.”

Venture Global is led by co-CEOs Bob Pender and Mike Sabel, who are building more than 60 million metric tons per year of LNG production capacity at a trio of facilities in Louisiana. So far, the firm has raised $2.8 billion in committed capital.

Its projects will employ a process solution from Baker Hughes, a GE company that uses highly efficient mid-scale, modular, factory-fabricated liquefaction trains. 

Its Calcasieu Pass LNG project is currently under construction in Cameron Parish, La. Venture Global has said the final order for the Plaquemines LNG facility in Plaquemines Parish from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is scheduled to be issued no later than Aug. 1.

Dorsey advises Lance Armstrong on $75M debut VC fund

Dorsey & Whitney is advising Next Ventures – which is led by former Olympic cyclist Lance Armstrong and onetime investment banker Lionel Conacher – on its $75 million debut fund.

The fund has raised $24.5 million so far, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Dorsey team includes Dallas partner Gina Betts and corporate associate Christoph Luschin in Dallas along with a tax partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office.

The Texas Lawbook reported in January that Armstrong had formed Austin-based Next Ventures with Conacher with Dorsey’s Betts advising them.

So far, the firm has invested in electro muscular stimulation device PowerDot, sleep and activity tracker Oura, health and wellness community Spar, ice hockey sensor developer Scorched Ice and performance-and-recovery lotion purveyor Human Amp.

Baker Botts, V&E work on Vyopta’s $7.5M funding round from Elsewhere

Vyopta, an Austin developer of monitoring and analytics tools for workplace collaboration, said that it had raised $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Elsewhere Partners.

Baker Botts counseled Vyopta, including Jordan Herman in Austin as the lead partner with senior associate Jennifer Wu and associate Leah Leipold, both in Austin.

Elsewhere – which was formed by former Austin Ventures executives – used Vinson & Elkins partner Paul Tobias in Austin along with associates Luke Thomas and Cameron Land. Tobias also advised Elsewhere as lead investor in the $12 million Series A financing of Statflo in June of last year.

Elsewhere’s in-house counsel is Stephanie Lucie, who previously was general counsel at Austin Ventures. 

Vyopta’s inside counsel was the company’s co-founder, Andrew Chen, who previously was general counsel of Reddworks Corp., a partner at Herring, Sheehan & Chen and an associate at Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, now part of DLA Piper, and Baker Botts.

The company said it plans to use the funding to deepen integrations with collaboration vendors including Cisco, Microsoft and Zoom, advance its platform’s ability to optimize collaboration performance, adoption and return on investment and expand its customer success and go-to-market teams.

Vyopta CEO Alfredo Ramirez said in a statement that the company has seen 80% growth in new and expansion business in the first half of the year.

AIG, AstraZeneca, Shared Services Canada, Stanford University and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, among others, use its products.

Chris Pacitti led the deal from Elsewhere, which raised $70 million for its debut venture capital fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month. Cooley counseled Elsewhere on the fund out of the firm’s Boston office (partner Nicole Peppe).

Rod Favaron, the former CEO of Spredfast and Lombardi Software, is joining the company’s board and former Microsoft executive Betsy Webb is becoming a member of Vyopta’s advisory board. 

Brinker inks letter of intent to buy 116 franchised Chili’s

Dallas-based restaurant operator Brinker International announced last week that it had signed a letter of intent to acquire 116 franchised Chili’s locations from its 14-year franchisee ERJ Dining. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Brinker general counsel Scarlett May didn’t respond to requests for comment. She’s been at the company since 2014.

The restaurants, located mostly in the Midwest, generate $300 million in annual sales. The company expects the addition to boost its earnings per share and generate additional free cash flow in fiscal 2020.

Brinker expects the transaction to close later this year once due diligence is completed. It plans to fund the purchase from its existing credit facility, leading its adjusted leverage ratios to rise slightly above previously announced targets in the short term.

Brinker CFO Joe Taylor said in a statement that the acquisition is a compelling opportunity to further invest in the company’s brand, broaden its scale and create growth in earnings and cash flow.

Analysts say the deal could put Brinker’s share repurchase program at risk.

As of March 27, Brinker owned, operated or franchised 1,676 restaurants under the brands Chili’s (1,623) and Maggiano’s (53 restaurants).

Gibson Dunn counsels ATL Partners on Valence purchase

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher said it’s advising ATL Partners on its acquisition of Valence Surface Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Existing management also invested in the company.

Gibson Dunn’s team was led out of Washington, D.C., and New York but included Dallas associates Louis Matthews and Jonathan Sapp and Houston associate Monika Kluziak.

Lazard was Valence’s financial advisor.

ATL and British Columbia Investment Management Corp., or BCI, announced the deal July 8. 

Founded in 2013, Houston-based Valence claims to be the largest independent aerospace surface finishing platform in North America. It provides surface treatments such as non-destructive testing, shot peening, chemical processing, plating, painting and spray coating to aerospace and defense components that require complex finishing to meet engineering specifications. 

Valence operates eight facilities in the U.S., has 3,000 customers and processes 12 million individual parts per year. Its customers include Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and SpaceX.

Valence CEO Tracy Glende said in a statement that the company is excited to partner with ATL given its sector focus and in-depth knowledge of commercial aerospace and the surface finishing market.

ATL founder and managing partner Frank Nash said he’s followed Valence since the beginning and believes there are many opportunities for growth, including organic initiatives and strategic add-on acquisitions.

Jason Cawley, BCI’s senior portfolio manager for private equity, said the investment aligns with its clients’ long-term objectives to invest in companies with solid management teams and strong growth potential.

BCI’s acquisition of governance rights in the company has to clear regulators.

Owl Rock Capital Corp. and Antares Capital provided debt financing to support the deal.  

ATL was founded in 2014 and invests in the aerospace, transportation and logistics sectors mainly in North America. It has a minimum equity investment requirement of $75 million and a target equity investment range of $150 million to $750 million through co-investment arrangements with its limited partners.

BCI’s private equity program is valued at C$13 billion ($9.97 billion), 52% of which is invested in the U.S.

Bracewell helps Sol Systems on Capital Dynamics JV

Bracewell said July 10 it represented Sol Systems on a joint venture with Capital Dynamics. 

The team was led out of Washington, D.C., but included partners Rebecca Baker and Matthew Grunert and associate Derek Speck, all of Houston.

The JV, called Sol Customer Solutions, will provide pools of institutional capital direct exposure to the U.S. distributed generation market through projects for large commercial, municipal and educational customers.

Sol Systems claims to be a top national solar energy finance and development firm. Since 2008, it’s delivered more than 850 megawatts of solar projects for Fortune 100 companies, municipalities, counties, utilities, universities and schools. It manages more than $650 million in solar energy assets for utilities, banks and Fortune 500 companies.

Bracewell has represented Sol Systems before, including last year’s formation of the Helios Infrastructure Fund with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. to acquire, develop, build and own more than 330 megawatts of utility and commercial solar assets in the U.S.

Morgan Lewis advises Pon/Hiller on American Fire acquisition

Morgan Lewis said last week that Houston partner Sameer Mohan represented Pon North America and its unit the Hiller Cos. on its acquisition of Wilmington, N.C.-based American Fire Technologies.

Mohan’s team included Tara McElhiney and Melissa Brown from Houston along with other Morgan Lewis lawyers from Philadelphia and Orange County. 

The seller was represented by Murchison Taylor & Gibson in Wilmington.

Pon’s in-house counsel was led by general counsel Magnus Rayos in Houston. Before joining Pon in 2017, Rayos worked in-house at Anadarko Petroleum and Strike and was in private practice at HooverSlovacek. 

The South Texas College of Law graduate interned for Judge Marcia Crone in the U.S. District Court for the southern district of Texas and Justice Eva Guzman in the 14th Court of Appeals.

Pon North America, the Houston-based unit of family-owned Pon Holdings of The Netherlands, provides forklifts, pallet jacks and stackers as part of its Equipment Depot unit and pipes and valves to the marine industry as part of its W&O Supply group. The unit generates more than $1 billion in sales.

Morgan Lewis advises Braes Capital on Siege purchase

Morgan Lewis also said it advised Houston-based Braes Capital on its acquisition of cybersecurity services provider Siege Technologies from Nehemiah Security for an undisclosed sum.

The team was led by Dallas partner Janice Davis, who joined the firm’s Dallas office in May from Bracewell, where she co-led its technology transactions practice. Siege used Cooley on the sale.

Braes claims that Siege is a leader in high-end cyber research and development for the federal market and marks the beginning of its investment into protecting the U.S.’ critical infrastructure through acquisitions of cyber companies and technologies.

“We believe Siege’s capabilities along with other future acquisitions will bring new solutions to protect critical infrastructure in the federal market, energy market and financial services markets,” Braes managing partner Alex Clary said in a statement.

Siege is led by CEO and co-founder Sam Corbitt and CTO Joe Sharkey.

Nehemiah Security acquired it in 2016 along with other investments to build out its risk quantification offering. It sold it to focus solely on helping business leaders to quantify cyber risk in financial terms.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

Gibson Dunn represents Gran Tierra on $115M notes purchase

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher said it represented Gran Tierra Energy on its tender offer to purchase its 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2021 for $115 million. 

Houston partner Hillary Holmes and Houston associate Justine Robinson led the team deal, which included Houston associate Jordan Rex as well as an associate in the firm’s New York office.

Calgary-based Gran Tierra announced the results of its offer on July 12, which resulted in $114.9 million in convertible notes deposited. 

Gran Tierra is an independent international energy company focused on oil and natural gas exploration and production in Colombia and Ecuador. 

Gibson Dunn previously assisted Gran Tierra Energy on a $300 million senior notes offering.

Baker Botts, V&E aid on Liberty’s $118M secondary offering

Baker Botts said July 9 it advised underwriter Barclays on Liberty Oilfield Inc.’s $118 million secondary offering.

The team included corporate partners Joshua Davidson in Houston and Jon Platt in Dallas, senior associate Eileen Boyce in Houston and associates Ieuan List and Josh Gonzales, both of Houston. Partner Steve Marcus in Dallas and senior associate Jared Meier in Houston weighed in on tax matters.

Liberty announced July 8 that it priced the offering of 8 million shares of Class A common stock by shareholders R/C Energy IV Direct Partnership and R/C IV Liberty Holdings at $14.75 per share.

The company didn’t receive any of the proceeds from the offering, which closed July 11.

Liberty’s outside counsel was Vinson & Elkins, including partners David Oelman and Ramey Layne, counsel James Brown, senior associate Crosby Scofield, associates Anne Peetz, Todd Hartis, Ximena Kuri and Charlie Fitzpatrick and partner David Peck on tax. The selling stockholders used Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York.

V&E, Baker Botts and Willkie also worked on Liberty Oilfield’s $200 million initial public offering.

Sean Elliot is VP, general counsel and corporate secretary of San Antonio-based Liberty. He previously was assistant general counsel at USAA Real Estate Co., which is part of the USAA organization that serves the U.S. military and their families.

Before USAA, the UT Law graduate practiced law in the San Antonio office of Haynes and Boone and was general counsel of publicly traded Carbo Ceramics of Houston and assistant general counsel at Dallas-based Aviall, which was purchased by Boeing in 2006 for $1.7 billion.

UPDATE/OTHER DEALS

Bermuda-based offshore drilling company Borr Drilling filed to raise $50 million in an initial public offering. It plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BORR. It currently lists on the Oslo Børs under the symbol BDRILL. Schlumberger Oilfield Holdings backs the company. 

There weren’t any Texas lawyers on the filing: James A. McDonald at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in London is advising the company and Catherine S. Gallagher at Baker Botts in Washington, D.C. is assisting the underwriters.

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Residential solar system provider Sunnova Energy updated its IPO filing, saying it plans to raise $300 million in an offering of 17.6 million shares priced between $16 to $18. It hopes to list on the Big Board under the symbol NOVA.

As The Lawbook previously reported, partners Joshua Davidson and Travis J. Wofford are leading the Baker Botts team advising Sunnova while Vinson & Elkins partners David P. Oelman and E. Ramey Layne are representing the underwriters, who include BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Baird and Roth Capital Partners.

Sunnova is backed by Energy Capital Partners and billionaire George Soros’ Quantum Strategic Partners as well as Triangle Peak Partners and Seis Partners, both of which are led by former Kinder Morgan executives.

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Houston retailer Charming Charlie Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 on July 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. 

The bankruptcy – its second in less than two years – will result in the company closing all of its 261 stores in 38 states. 

Debtors’ counsel is Paul Hastings with attorneys in Chicago and Palo Alto as well as Klehr Harrison Harvey Brazburg in Delaware.

The company reported $50,000 or less in assets and $50 million to $100 million in liabilities. Its debt amounts to $82 million but it only has $6,000 in cash on hand, according to Bloomberg.

Hilco Merchant Resources and SB360 Capital Partners are handling the store closures and going-out-of-business sales, which are expected to last two months and generate $30 million in revenue.

The company sought court approval for $13 million in debtor-in-possession financing provided by White Oak Commercial Finance and Second Avenue Capital Partners, which it said would allow it to complete the store closing sales to maximize recoveries for the debtors’ estates and stakeholders.

Charming Charlie has 3,342 employees, 856 are full-time and 2,486 are part-time. It leases its corporate headquarters and distribution center in Houston as well as its store locations.

Charming Charlie emerged from its last bankruptcy in April of last year with THL Credit as the majority equity holder. Its attorneys on the last bankruptcy were Kirkland & Ellis along with Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg. Cooley had represented the official committee of unsecured creditors.

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