CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 11 Firms, 95 Lawyers, $3.9B

More often than not when we write about deals, they really aren’t yet deals. They are announcements of agreements destined to be deals. But sometimes not.

Such was the case when, in May 2023, we noted the $4 billion sale of Houston-based Mattress Firm to Tempur Sealy. We noted that the deal, as announced, would result in a bedding behemoth with more than 3,000 retail stores, 30 e-commerce platforms, 71 manufacturing facilities and four R&D facilities worldwide. At year’s end, we ranked it as one of the 10 most significant deals of 2023.