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CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 11 Firms, 55 Lawyers, $10.4B

December 10, 2019 Claire Poole

Oil and gas deals are on the outs, including in the energy service and equipment industry.

Advisory and consulting firm Stout released a report last week that M&A activity in the energy subsector weakened in the third quarter, with 33 transactions worth $887.7 million, down from 38 transactions valued at $3 billion in the second quarter. 

The report, authored by Houston investment bankers Todd Parsapour and Nickolas Dreps, said transaction dollar value was led by NGL Energy Partners’ $600 million acquisition of Hillstone Environmental Partners from Golden Gate Capital (Texas lawyers from Winston & Strawn counseled NGL and Kirkland assisted Golden Gate/Hillstone). 

Excluding the largest transactions in the second and third quarters of 2019, transaction value decreased by $1.8 billion to $287.7 million, Stout noted.

The firm said almost all deals in the area have been constrained because of industry headwinds, particularly with the limited leverage being placed on upstream deals with undifferentiated drilling and completion-focused services and products.

Typically, only differentiated or diversified businesses – including those with significant midstream and downstream exposure – are able to secure senior debt, but only with select lenders, according to the firm. Successful sellers have largely been able to bridge the valuation gap through the use of rollover equity and earn-outs.

The outlook for M&A and financing activity in oilfield services is likely to remain muted for the fourth quarter due to uncertainty regarding activity levels and exploration and production budgets as well as commodity price volatility and geopolitical/trade concerns, the firm said.

Transactions in the third quarter were led by production and well services in quantity and value, Stout said, with an increase in the number of deals seen in geophysical and reservoir services. 

Strategic firms continue to be the most active acquirers (88% of all transactions in the quarter) with private equity and private equity-backed groups making up 12% of third-quarter deals. The firm said private equity buyers remain focused on energy transactions with diversified exposure across the value-chain – i.e., away from pure upstream to downstream/industrial markets.

Meanwhile, deals worked on by Texas lawyers continued to slide in numbers this past week. There were only 11 transactions announced valued at $10.4 billion versus 14 deals worth $2.4 billion the previous week and 12 worth $7.5 billion at this 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

Capital markets saved the day on the value front, with four transactions worth $9.37 billion versus seven M&A/private equity/venture capital deals valued at $1.082 billion. Eleven law firms and 55 Texas lawyers participated in the activity.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Locke Lord advises iA Financial Group on IAS purchase for $720M

Locke Lord said Dec. 6 it advised Canada’s iA Financial Group on its purchase of Austin-based IAS Parent Holdings Inc. and its units for $720 million as part of an auction process.

The team was led by a partner in New York (partner Jeff Etherington) but included partner Sara Longtain and associate Evan Blankenau in Houston. UBS Securities Canada Inc. was iA Financial’s financial advisor.

The acquisition is expected to accelerate iA’s growth strategy, capitalize on positive growth trends within the vehicle warranty market and create a top U.S. vehicle warranty platform. 

IAS is one of the largest providers of vehicle warranty solutions in the U.S. with 600 employees and 4,300 dealers in all 50 states.

iA believes the transaction will complement its existing operations and expects it to be accretive to earnings in its second year.

The parties expect to close the transaction in the first half of next year. iA plans to fund it with excess capital.

Kirkland advises Huntsman on $350M Icynene-Lapolia purchase

The Woodlands-based Huntsman Corp. said Dec. 5 that it’s buying Houston spray foam business Icynene-Lapolla for $350 million in cash.

Huntsman general counsel David Stryker told The Texas Lawbook that he led the deal in-house with help from Rachel Muir, the company’s associate general counsel for M&A. He tapped Kirkland & Ellis as outside counsel, including attorneys in the firm’s New York office but also Houston associate Steve Schwarzbach.

Icynene/Lapolla and its shareholder FFL Capital Partners used Willkie Farr & Gallagher lawyers out of New York (partners David Cosgrove and Neil Townsend).

The newly acquired business is expected to complement another spray polyurethane foam company Huntsman picked up last year, Demilec, also for $350 million.

Icynene-Lapolla specializes in manufacturing polyurethane spray foam insulation systems mostly for insulation and roofing applications in homes and commercial buildings. It has annual revenues of around $230 million with manufacturing facilities in Houston and Mississauga, Ontario. 

Canada-based Icynene and Houston’s Lapolla merged two years ago to create a larger spray foam player spread across North America. 

Huntsman CEO Peter Huntsman said in a statement that as demand for energy efficiency continues to grow in residential and commercial construction, the combination will provide the company with the largest global array of spray foam technology, integration of raw materials and associates.

The buyer said the price works out to 10 times EBITDA based on full year 2019 adjusted estimates or about 7 times adjusted EBITDA including synergies. 

The parties expect to close the transaction in the first half of 2020 and Huntsman is funding it with existing liquidity.

Crescent Real Estate raises more than $12M 

Crescent Real Estate has put together a pooled investment fund worth $12 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Crescent general counsel Andrew Lombardi led the work in-house.

Headed by chairman John Goff, Fort Worth-based Crescent is a fully integrated real estate investment, operation and development company with investments in Class A and creative office spaces, hotels, resorts, senior living and multifamily properties throughout the U.S.

According to its website, it has $3.5 billion in assets under management, $3 billion in developments ad recent and current projects, 3 million square feet of office space, 3,740 resort hotel rooms and 4,954 multi-family property units.

Earlier this month Crescent Real Estate used GP Invitation Fund II to acquire the Kimpton Brice, a 145-room hotel in Savannah, Ga.’s historic district. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Baker Botts advises PepsiCo on purchase of PopCorners 

PepsiCo Inc. said Dec. 2 it was expanding Frito-Lay’s healthy snack portfolio with the acquisition of BFY Brands, maker of PopCorners, for an undisclosed sum.

Leanne Oliver, general counsel of PepsiCo Foods North America in Plano, said she worked on the deal in-house along with Charlie Boehler, Susan Chao, Joe Ferretti, John Poakeart and Jeanette Zimmer.

PepsiCo’s outside counsel was Baker Botts, including Dallas partner David Emmons and associates Ray Palmer, Michelle Matthews, Jennifer Ybarra and Victor Ochieng. 

Dallas partners Steve Marcus and Eric Winwood weighed in on tax matters along with senior associate Marian Fielding and associate Snow Rui while partner Christa Sanford and senior associate Elizabeth Rucki worked on intellectual property issues.

Partners Susan Kennedy and Jennifer Trulock helped on litigation, special counsel Patrick Matthews on real estate and Stephen Fitzgerald on environmental.

“BFY Brands offers distinctive products that deliver the great taste and ingredients consumers are looking for,” PepsiCo Foods North America CEO Steven Williams said in a statement. “Their production capabilities will support the growth of our existing, more-nutritious snack brands.”

The PopCorners line of snacks is available in grocery stores nationwide and includes Flex Protein Crisps and Flourish Veggie Crisps.

Willkie represents IACX on sale to Alder Midstream

Willkie Farr & Gallagher said Dec. 5 it represented Haddington Ventures-backed IACX Energy on its acquisition by Alder Midstream, a unit of Glenfarne Group. Terms weren’t disclosed.

The Willkie deal team was led by partner Archie Fallon in Houston. 

Headquartered in Dallas, IACX operates three gathering and processing systems focused on natural gas, natural gas liquids and helium across the Mid-Continent region and New Mexico. It has six processing plants and 4,000 miles of gathering pipelines, including a bolt-on acquisition that it completed at the same time as Alder’s purchase.

The IACX business will continue to be led by CEO Rex Canon.

Alder Midstream also is the majority owner and managing member of Texas LNG Brownsville, a $3.5 billion late-stage liquefied natural gas export development project in Brownsville. Texas LNG received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Nov. 21 to site, construct and operate an LNG export facility along the Brownsville Ship Channel.

Texas LNG seeks to supply the abundance of Permian gas to customers globally and is located at one of the closest ports to the Panama Canal. It’s led by co-founders Vivek Chandra and Langtry Meyer.

“As global energy demand grows with emerging technologies, clean-burning natural gas is expected to represent nearly half of new energy consumption over the next several decades and demand for natural gas liquids and helium is expected to remain high as well,” Glenfarne managing partner Brendan Duval said in a statement. “Alder Midstream is focused on improving existing gas infrastructure assets and constructing new projects to facilitate gas flow globally.”

Alex Bucher, Alder’s executive vice chairman, previously worked at Eagle Rock Energy, Enbridge and Dynegy.

Glenfarne is a privately held energy and infrastructure development and management firm based in New York City with offices in Panama, Chile, Colombia and Houston.

Chamberlain Hrdlicka, McDermott aid on Gemspring’s investment in Shrieve

Gemspring Capital announced Dec. 3 that an affiliate invested in Shrieve Chemical Co., a Woodlands provider of industrial chemicals, performance fluids and specialty lubricants. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Chamberlain Hrdlicka shareholder Amy Moss in Houston represented Shrieve. McDermott Will & Emery counseled Gemspring, including lead partner Frank Steinherr in New York but also partner Lindsey Reighard in Dallas.

Gemspring’s investment is in partnership with the Shrieve leadership team, including CEO Ted Threadgill.

Gemspring said Shrieve is a global leader in formulation and value-added direct sales and distribution of industrial chemicals, performance fluids and specialty lubricants. Founded in 1978 by Jim Shrieve, it markets and sells 700 products from 600 suppliers to customers in 40 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Geoff Broglio, principal at Gemspring, said in a statement that the global chemicals market is poised for continued growth with value accruing to technically capable, service-oriented companies like Shrieve.

Westport, Conn.-based Gemspring targets companies with up to $500 million in revenue in sectors ranging from distribution and logistics and business and healthcare services to industrial services, software and tech-enabled services and specialty manufacturing sectors. 

V&E advises on Coretrax’s acquisition of Churchhill Drilling Tools

Buckthorn Partners-backed Coretrax Technology Ltd. has acquired Churchill Drilling Tools (Holdings) Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

The lead lawyers for both sides were based in the U.K. But Vinson & Elkins had a role in putting in place the U.S. banking securities, according to Nick Dalgarno, an investment banker at Piper Jaffray’s Simmons Energy in Aberdeen who provided financial advice to Coretrax. 

The V&E attorneys included Dallas finance partner James Markus and Houston associate Brittany Simington.

Established in 2008, Coretrax is an Aberdeen-based provider of wellbore clean-up and plugging and abandonment tools that are patent protected. Its customers are blue-chip clients from Aberdeen, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Malaysia.

Churchill, which also is based in Aberdeen, designs, engineers and supplies dart-activated downhole circulation and cutting tools. It operates across multiple locations serving oil and gas hubs in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East.

Buckthorn, which invests in oilfield service companies, bought Coretrax in December of last year. The Churchill deal represents Coretrax’s second acquisition under Buckthorn’s ownership and has been supported with additional equity financing from Arab Petroleum Investments Corp.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

HuntonAK advises Duke Energy, Duke Florida on $3.37B worth of offerings

Hunton Andrews Kurth said Dec. 3 it advised Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy Corp. and affiliate Duke Florida on $3.37 billion worth of offerings last month.

The firm advised Duke Energy on a shelf offering of common stock valued at $2.47 billion. The team was led out of New York but included Houston partner Robert McNamara and associate Tim Strother. 

Sidley Austin counseled the underwriters, which included Wells Fargo Securities, Credit Suisse, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley, Banc of America Securities, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Barclays Capital.

The firm also advised Duke Energy Florida on a $200 million debt offering/senior notes offering, including McNamara and Strother. Sidley Austin represented the underwriters, which included C.L. King & Associates, CastleOak Securities, Ramirez, Samuel A. & Co., PNC Capital Markets, Great Pacific Securities and Drexel Hamilton.

Finally, the firm assisted Duke Energy Florida on a debt offering/first mortgage bonds valued at $700 million. McNamara and Strother also worked on that issue and Sidley Austin counseled the underwriters, including SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., TD Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs.

Akin Gump, Latham advise on Diamondback’s $3B notes offering

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld said Dec. 5 it counseled Diamondback Energy on a $3 billion senior notes offering.

The team included corporate partners Seth Molay, John Goodgame and Alan Laves; senior counsel Irina Maistrenko; counsel Cynthia Mabry; and associates Katie Dinett, Kevin Schott, Penelope Shumway and Allyson Li. Partner Jocelyn Tau and associate Michael Farrell handled tax aspects of the transaction.

Latham & Watkins represented the underwriters, including corporate partners Michael Chambers and David Miller and associates Erin Lee, Ashlyn Royall and Hillarie James and environmental partner Joel Mack.

The offering includes $1 billion in 2.875% senior notes due 2024, $800 million in 3.25% senior notes due 2026 and $1.2 billion in 3.5% senior notes due 2029. 

Bracewell, HuntonAK work on $2.4B in DTE Energy offerings

Bracewell said Dec. 5 it advised the underwriters on three separate public offerings by DTE Energy Co. last month of $2.4 billion worth of equity and debt securities.

The team was led out of New York but included Houston partner Troy L. Harder, Dallas counsel Ian R. Brown and Houston associates Kathy Witty Medford and Shannon Baldwin. Houston partner Matthew B. Grunert also worked on the equity issue.

Hunton Andrews Kurth said Dec. 3 it counseled the company on all three issues, including partner Robert McNamara and associate Tim Strother.

The offerings included $1.3 billion in equity units, 2.7 million shares of common stock worth $347.76 million and $800 million in senior notes. The proceeds will go toward funding the company’s acquisition of midstream natural gas assets in Louisiana.

Joint book-running managers were Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

HuntonAK counsels underwriters on ConEd’s $600M offering

Hunton Andrews Kurth said Dec. 3 it counseled the underwriters on shelf, follow-on and debt offerings by Consolidated Edison Co. of New York last month worth $600 million.

The team was led out of New York but included Houston partner Robert McNamara and associate Tim Strother in Houston.

The underwriters included Wells Fargo Securities, Banc of America Securities, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and TD Securities.

UPDATE/OTHER:

Bracewell said Dec. 7 it was bond counsel on the issuance of $91.5 million in revenue refunding bonds for the Texas Medical Center in Houston.

The team included partners Cristy C. Edwards, R. Todd Greenwalt, Brian P. Teaff and Clark Stockton Lord and associates Paige H. Abernathy and Emily A. Banse, all of Houston. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. served as the bonds’ underwriter.

The issues included the $52.39 million Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2019A and the $39.11 million Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2019B. 

Bond proceeds were loaned to the Texas Medical Center to refinance and restructure all of its outstanding secured debt.

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Sidley Austin said Dec. 4 it represented United Airlines in connection with an extended capacity purchase commercial arrangement with Mesa Airlines. 

The team members included M&A partner Kevin Lewis and associates Atman Shukla and Tanner Groce, all of Houston. 

Phoenix-based Mesa announced the agreement Dec. 3, saying it’s adding 20 new Embraer E175 LL aircraft to its United Express fleet under a 12-year capacity purchase agreement while continuing to own them. The E175 LL aircraft, which feature 70 seats in a three-class configuration, are scheduled to begin delivery in May of next year and be completed by year-end.

Mesa also is extending the contract for 42 United-owned Embraer E175s for five years through 2024 (with rights to extend through 2027) and leasing its existing 20 Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft to another United Express carrier for seven years. 

Mesa chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein said the deal boosts the number of Embraer aircraft operating under its partnership with United to 80, making Mesa the largest E175 operator under the United Express banner. 

The transaction will result in Mesa’s United Express becoming all Embraer 175 aircraft with long-term contracts and an average age of 3.7 years. The company also expects the shift to a single fleet type to improve utilization of crew and maintenance resources across the system.

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