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CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 8 Firms, 98 Lawyers, $8.9B

July 8, 2020 Allen Pusey

Numbers don’t lie, but they need context to have any real meaning.

For the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the City of Chicago built an expansive assemblage of 200 buildings in less than two years. Sprawling across 690 acres south of downtown, the beaux arts structures came to be known as The White City — so named for the gleaming whitewash that adorned their walls. Those walls, however, were made of “staff” — an impermanent mixture of plaster, cement and jute. And after an amazingly successful exposition, most of the buildings were left to turn gray from pollution until they were finally destroyed by fire.

With that in mind we come more directly to this week’s numbers which, like The White City, look pretty good until we see what they’re made of.

This week there were 10 deals. Nine were M&A and funding. There was one capital markets transaction accounting for $100 million of the week’s $8.9 billion in value.

Those numbers in June of last year would have been pretty close to average; low in deal count, but higher than two of those weeks that saw values of $2.9 billion and $4.5 billion. Not bad. Not great.

But a closer look at the deals reveal more plaster than stone, more whitewash than substance, transactions that closely reflect the temper of these coronaviral times. And if you’re on the hunt for hope, don’t follow the money.

The big deal — a $5.6 billion acquisition of BP assets in Alaska by Houston-based Hilcorp Energy — is just closure for a series of transactions announced last year. Three other transactions, worth a total of $3 billion, represent DIP loans for three bankrupt energy companies. A $100 million cap markets transaction is a secondary offer in a highly active solar energy company from which the company will take nothing.

But there is flesh on the bones of several of the other transactions, PE deals for undisclosed sums. Each is part of either a growth or consolidation strategy that has tumbled ahead despite (or perhaps because of) the current environment:

The purchase of four new solar/photovoltaic plants in Mexico continues the steady march of renewables;

Two acquisitions in the software/technology sector;

An East Coast acquisition by an aggressive West Coast commercial refrigeration company, and

The midstream bolt-on purchase of a Southeast PV pipeline.

The reality is that all of these deals meant billables for 98 Texas lawyers at eight different firms. But in the end they may represent a new normal for the foreseeable future of DIP loans, consolidations and reductions of debt.

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

M&A/FUNDING/VENTURE CAPITAL

Hilcorp Completes $5.6B Acquisition of BP Alaska Assets

Hilcorp Alaska announced July 1 that it had completed its previously announced $5.6 acquisition of substantially all the upstream and midstream Alaska-based assets owned by BP.

The assets include properties in the Milne Point and Point Thomson fields and the Prudhoe Bay oilfield where BP is the operator. This transaction marks Hilcorp’s fourth major acquisition in Alaska since 2012. It positions Houston-based Hilcorp, the purchaser’s parent, as one of the largest oil and gas producers in the state.

Baker Botts represented BP in the complex transaction which was first announced in August 2019.

Nearly the entire Baker Botts team was based in Houston led by energy projects partner Dan Mark and corporate partner Justin Hoffman. They were assisted by the firm’s energy team, including: partner Craig Vogelsang, senior associate Luke Burns, and associates Branden Lankford and Joyce Banks. The corporate team included partner Katie Belleville and associate Stephen Noh.

Tax advice was provided by partners Robert Philpott and Renn Neilson, as well as senior associate Ben Geslison and associate Thor Fielland . Guidance on finance was provided by partners Rachael Lichman and Dan Tristan, Austin senior associate Clint Culpepper and Dallas associate Josh Espinosa. Financial restructuring advice was provided by Dallas partner Omar Alaniz , while partner Brooke McNabb and senior associate Kim White counseled on litigation issues.

A Kirkland team out of Houston advised Hilcorp led by corporate partners John Pitts and Jhett Nelson, with associates Will Mabry, Brice Lipman, Trevor Crowley and Dustin Davis.

Baker Botts Advises Riverstone Holdings on J/V Acquisition of Photovoltaic Plants in Mexico

Baker Botts said June 29 it had counseled New York private equity firm Riverstone Holdings in two separate transactions resulting in the purchase of four solar photovoltaic plants in Mexico.

The first, announced last week, involved Riverstone’s purchase of an 80% interest in the first two of the plants: one in Coahuila, the other in Aguascalientes, both fully operational since January.

The purchases were made from Otras Producciones de Energía Fotovoltaica S.L. known as Opdenergy, a company specializing in the development, construction, operation and financing of renewable energy assets.

The purchases were made by Vera Renovables, an 80/20 joint venture between Riverstone and Opdenergy formed to develop, acquire and/or construct new renewable energy projects in Mexico, including Opdenergy’s PV pipeline in Mexico.

The purchase modeled an earlier, similar purchase on March 31 a Riverstone partnership with White Summit Capital, a Swiss firm specializing in infrastructure and management. Their Mexico-based partnership, White River Renewables, purchased two solar panel manufacturing plants from JinkoSolar — one in Jalisco, the other on the Yucatán Penninsula.

Both have been fully operational since 2018.

Baker Botts represented Riverstone in both transactions with a team headquartered in primarily Houston. The team was led bycorporate partner Jeremy Moore with associates Stephen Noh and Jack Chadderdon. Tax advice was provided by partner Ron Scharnberg and Dallas associate Jordan Hahn.

Formed in 2000, Riverstone Holdings is an energy focused private equity firm. Riverstone is headquartered in New York with offices in Houston, London and Mexico City.

V&E, Orrick Advise on Black Bear NGT Acquisitions from Third Coast Midstream

Houston-based Black Bear Transmission announced June 29 the bolt-on acquisition of natural gas transmission assets from Third Coast Midstream. No price was disclosed.

The transaction furthers the strategic investment in midstream infrastructure in the Southeast. Black Bear was formed last by the London/New York firm Basalt Infrastructure Partners after a similar acquisition from Third Coast. And in April of this year, Black Bear acquired the Ozark system from Enbridge.

V&E advised Basalt on the transaction with a Dallas-based team led by Mike Saslaw, assisted by counsel Elena Sauber and associate Alex Turner.

Orrick served as counsel to Third Coast Midstream.

Barclays was exclusive financial advisor to Basalt and BMO Capital Markets advised Third Coast.

The latest purchase includes 1,400 miles of natural gas pipeline in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. The system delivers more than 800 MMcf per day to utilities and other end-users from several long haul pipelines.

“This investment expands our asset base of high-quality, demand-driven natural gas pipelines in the Southeastern United States,” said Rene Casadaban, Chief Executive Officer of Black Bear Transmission.

“The NGT Assets are highly complementary to our existing Black Bear footprint and are strategically positioned to capture continued natural gas demand growth in the region,” said Black Bear CEO Rene Casadaban.

Based in Houston, Third Coast GC is Nadine Moustafa, a Fordham law grad and former energy associate at Baker Botts. She became GC at Third Coast in September 2019 after serving as associate GC at American Midstream, the predecessor to Third Coast.

Amrita Jaijee is the London-based GC for Basalt. She joined Basalt in 2012 from Macquarie where she focused on asset management in the real estate and infrastructure sectors. She holds an MA in jurisprudence from Oxford University and is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Simpson Thacher, Kirkland Advise on $30M DIP Agreement for Bankrupt Lilis Energy

Lilis Energy Inc., which declared bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas on June 28, received $30 million in loans as part of a prepetition agreement with the company’s reserve base lenders.

Fort Worth-based Lilis Energy is an upstream oil and gas producer that operates mainly in the Permian’s Delaware Basin. The RSA included a sign-off by investment funds and entities affiliated with Minnesota’s Värde Partners, Inc., which collectively own all the company’s outstanding preferred stock.

Simpson Thacher represented BMO Harris Bank, the administrative agent for the RBL lenders. The Simpson Thacher team included credit partner Erland Modesto, and associates Andrew Lanius and Dylan Benac, all of the firm’s Houston office. Litigation and restructuring were handled out of Washington D.C. and New York.

Kirkland represented Värde with a Texas-heavy team led by restructuring partner Brian Schartz, who offices in New York and Houston, transactional partners Lucas Spivey and Jhett Nelson, along with associates Rebecca Walton and Randy Santa Ana.

The restructuring support agreement committed all of the company’s prepetition lenders to providing $15 million in new money along with a roll-up of $15 million in existing reserve-based loans. The plan is aimed at a consensual restructuring but includes the possibility of a sale.

Simpson Thacher Advises on Sable Permian DIP Loans

Simpson Thacher also represented JPMorgan Chase Bank as an administrative agent in the Sable Permian Resources bankruptcy filed June 25.

JPMorgan Chase is representing RBL lenders and DIP lenders in a prepetition agreement connected with the restructuring. In that prepetition agreement, the RBL lenders committed to $150 million, $75 million in new money and a $75 million roll-up for existing RBL loans. The agreement commits to a dual-track process that will result in either a consensual restructuring or a sale.

The Simpson Thacher team was led from its New York office, but included Houston-based partner Matthew Einbinder, associates Brandon Barton and Zain Rifat, and counsel Brad Honeycutt.

Sable Permian, a quintessential West Texas fracker, was created from American Energy Partners, a company formed in 2013 by Aubrey McClendon, founder of Chesapeake Energy. At bankruptcy the company had $744 million in bond obligations and $575 in revolving loans with only $48 million in cash.

Bracewell Represents Crédit Agricole in $2.9B McDermott Exit Financing

Bracewell represented Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as lenders’ agent in McDermott International’s emergence from bankruptcy.

The global oil field service company’s successful restructuring resulted in an equitization of nearly all of McDermott’s $4.6 billion debt load. The company’s exit financing included a $2.4 billion letter of credit and $544 million in funded debt.

The transaction was financed by a $2.81 billion DIP loan that closed with McDermott’s petition for Chapter 11 restructuring filed in January.

Advising Crédit Agricole in the latest transaction was a team of Bracewell lawyers from New York and Washington D.C. Texas lawyers involved include partners Trey Wood, Jason G. Cohen, Tom M. Tomlinson and Manuel Vera, all of Houston. Others include counsel Leslie M. Hansen and associate Lindsey Alhadef of Dallas, as well as Houston associates Christie Lattimer, Dadren Babineaux, Sylvia Cherem and Shruthi Prabhu.

Kirkland & Ellis represented McDermott in the bankruptcy.

The company’s reduction of debt was also aided by the $2.725 billion sale in January of its Lummus Technology subsidiary to a joint venture between Rhône Capital and Haldia Petrochemicals, backed by the Chatterjee Group.

McDermott is a fully integrated provider of engineering and construction services to energy producers in 54 countries.

Locke Lord Counsels CAI Software in Robocom Acquisition

Locke Lord announced last week that it represented CAI Software LLC in its acquisition for an undisclosed sum of Robocom Corporation in a deal that closed June 5.

Both are enterprise software providers to various vertically integrated production chains. In their announcement, CAI emphasized, in particular, the addition of Robocom’s warehouse management software as a complement to CAI’s other industrial and production-tracking products.

The deal team was led by Greg Heath and Lauren Corbeil, both of Houston. The team also included Eric Larson, Sara Longtain, Tammi Niven, Ed Razim, Buddy Sanders, Jason McCloskey and Mike Bennett. The entire team was Houston-based except for Bennett who offices in Chicago.

Based in Smithfield, Rhode Island, CAI provides software for production and inventory tracking for companies in select vertical markets, including building materials, food processing, precious metals and discrete manufacturing. Its flagship product, ShopVue is marketed as a user-friendly, modular productivity tool for managing processes, machines, orders and people.

Robocom focuses on the day-to-day tracking of warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics, transportation and trucking operations. CAI says Robocom will operate as a subsidiary of CAI Software and will maintain its current sales and development facilities and offices in Farmingdale, New York, and other strategic locations in the U.S. and Canada. Robocom CEO Kristi Kennedy and other employees and managers will continue in their current jobs.

Locke Lord Advises Main Street Capital in IDX Exit

Main Street Capital Corporation announced June 24 that it had fully exited its investments in IDX Broker with its sale of the real estate software-as-a-service provider.

The sale was made for an undisclosed sum to an unidentified strategic investor. But Main Street said it gained $9.3 million on its equity investment in the deal.

Main Street was represented by a Locke Lord team led by Greg Heath and Liz Genter, both of Houston. They were assisted by Lauren Corbeil, Sara Longtain, Ed Razim, Buddy Sanders and Hayley McElhinney, all of Houston, along with Mike Bennett in Chicago and Geoff Polma in Dallas. 

Main Street, an investor in middle market companies, said it made an initial debt investment of $10.6 million and a $5 million equity investment in IDX in 2013. Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX gathers data scraped from interactions with the Multiple Listing Services real estate database and delivers them to websites for real estate professionals.

Main Street CEO Dwayne Hyzak, an Arthur Andersen alum, is a longtime executive with Main Street. The company’s General Counsel is Jason Beauvais, a 2002 grad of the University of Houston Law School and worked formerly at Baker Botts.

V&E Counsels CoolSys on Mid-Atlantic Acquisition

Ares Management-backed CoolSys Inc. announced June 29 that it had acquired Richmond Refrigeration Service, a commercial refrigeration and air conditioning company serving the Mid-Atlantic states. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed.

Vinson & Elkins advised CoolSys on the acquisition. The V&E corporate team was led by partner Brittany Sakowitz with associates Kelly King and Ben Sandlin. Also advising were counsel Christie Alcalá and senior associate Alex Bluebond on labor and employment issues; senior associate Kristy Fields on executive compensation and benefits, and partner Lina Dimachkieh and senior associate Paige Anderson on tax issues.

Richmond Refrigeration, headquartered in Ashland, Virginia, is the latest acquisition by CoolSys, part of a course of aggressive expansion set by company CEO Adam Coffey and supported by parent Ares Management. A tab on its website is titled “Sell Us Your Company.” And it’s the company’s fourth acquisition in the past nine months.

On June 22 CoolSys announced the acquisition of Eastern Refrigeration. In December CoolSys bought Michigan-headquartered Tech Mechanical and Virginia-based BRR Refrigeration. In October 2019 CoolSys bought Building Air Services of Florida. CoolSys itself was acquired by Ares from Audax Private Equity in March 2019.

California-based CoolSys has Texas connections among its acquisitions; three of its subsidiary companies — Legacy Air, Service Refrigeration and Building Air Services — operate in Texas.

But the company’s general counsel, Burton Hong, also has Texas roots. Before graduating from Georgetown Law, Hong gained his undergraduate degree from Rice University and worked as an intern for U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore before working as a litigation and enforcement associate in the Washington D.C. offices of Jones Day and later LeClair Ryan.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Baker Botts, V&E Advise on Sunnova Offering

Renewable energy provider Sunnova Energy International announced July 1 a secondary offering of more than 6 million shares of its stock valued at $100.3 million.

The stock was being offered by affiliates of Energy Capital Partners. Sunnova said it is not offering any shares and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares.

J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as joint book-running managers. Baird, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Roth Capital Partners, B. Riley, JMP Securities and Raymond James are acting as co-managers.

Baker Botts advised Sunnova with a Texas team led by corporate partners Travis Wofford and Josh Davidson and senior associate Sarah Dodson, all of Houston. They were supported by Houston associates Mitch Athey, Parker Hinman and Malakey Hijazi. Tax advice was provided by partner Michael Bresson from Houston and partner Jon Nelson from Austin. Houston partner Danny David also advised.

V&E advised the underwriters with a team led by partners David Oelman and Ramey Layne, along with senior associate Crosby Scofield. They were supported by associates Anne Peetz, Andrianna Frinzi and Houston Morgan.  Tax advice was provided partner David Cole and counsel Debbie Duncan. Also advising on the matter were Houston counsel Damien Lyster, Washington D.C. energy associate Melan Patel and environmental partner Mathew Dobbins.

Sunnova is a leading residential solar and energy storage service provider, serving more than 85,000 customers in more than 20 U.S. states and territories.

Specifically, the stockholders are offering 6,076,890 shares of Sunnova common stock at $16.50 per share, a total value of $100,268,685. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase an additional 911,533 shares.

Allen Pusey

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