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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 9 Firms, 94 Lawyers, $2.53B

September 3, 2020 Allen Pusey

Two things stand out about last week’s deals. One is bankruptcy. The other is fear of bankruptcy.

Of the 11 deals reported, four involve firms that are actively restructuring. Five of the seven capital markets transactions involve RSAs or debt for equity exchanges.

Arena Energy, which filed its $1 billion bankruptcy Aug. 20, sold its Gulf of Mexico assets for $64 million to a joint venture that includes its former managers. Stuart Pressure Controls combined with Covenant Testing Technologies because the sagging market makes consolidation necessary. The Fort Worth fracker FTS International equitized more than $400 million in debt in anticipation of bankruptcy.

This comes as no surprise in Texas, where the number of business bankruptcies in the Southern District of Texas has more than tripled during the past couple of years. There were 602 companies that filed for Chapter 11 in SDTX during the first six months of 2020 – up from 161 during the same period one year earlier.

One energy company, Summit Midstream, is currently in the middle of a ‘modified Dutch auction’ to pay down some of its debt. Dutch auctions are generally considered more lender-friendly than open market purchases, but they are often viewed by ratings agencies as distressed.

That said, last week’s numbers weren’t terrible on their face. The 11 deals had a total reported value of $2.5 billion. There were five M&A deals worth $1.1 billion and six capital market transactions for $1.4 billion. That meant work for 94 Texas lawyers at nine different firms.

That’s down compared to last week’s 18 deals for $6.6 billion. But Labor Day is approaching, and last year at this time there were only five deals worth $8.7 billion.

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
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
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

Moreover, there were some interesting deals at undisclosed values, including an “additive manufacturing” firm that went public and a solar-renewable play by the Carlyle Group in the Northeast that suggests more such acquisitions to come.

M&A/PE FUNDING

Carlyle-Backed Renewable Energy Group Acquires Maine Solar Project

The Carlyle Group announced Aug. 25 that it had acquired a portfolio of solar development projects in Maine through its newly established affiliate Acadia Renewable Energy, LLC.

The projects were acquired from the global solar independent power producer BNRG, which is joining in the development and construction of projects with Acadia Renewable.

A finance team from Vinson & Elkins advised on the deal led from Houston by finance partners Kaam Sahely and Danielle Patterson, along with New York partner Eamon Nolan.

HSBC Bank USA acted as lead arranger and administration agent. Equity capital for the transaction has been committed by Carlyle’s Renewable & Sustainable Energy Fund.

The portfolio acquired by Acadia is eight solar projects across southern Maine. Representing over $130 million in capital investment, the development is currently the largest solar portfolio under construction in Maine and is among the largest in the Northeast region. Construction on the portfolio began in June 2020, and completion is expected by Q3 2021.

The projects will sell power to Central Maine Power and Versant Power under 20-year power purchase agreements. Once built, the projects are expected to generate over 100 megawatts of power, enough to supply approximately 19,000 Maine homes with solar energy.

BNRG, in collaboration with its local partner Dirigo Solar, will now also partner with Carlyle for the development and construction management of the portfolio.

Hunton Advises San Juan Holdings in Arena Energy Asset Purchase

San Juan Holdings and Lime Rock Partners announced the formation of a joint venture San Juan Offshore in order to purchase the offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico as part of a prepackaged bankruptcy filing by Arena Energy LP.

Arena filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of Texas Aug. 20. The sale was approved by lenders as part of an RSA. The CEO of San Juan Offshore, the purchaser, is Michael Minarovic, one of the co-founders of Arena Energy and a managing director of Arena along with Todd Stone.

Hunton Andrews Kurth advised the management of San Juan Holdings with a team that included Houston partner Mike O’Leary and associate Erin Jennings.

Jackson Walker partner Matt Cavenaugh, of Houston, is advising Arena on its restructuring along with Kirkland & Ellis partners Brian Schartz of Houston and Gregory Pesce of Chicago.

In its bankruptcy petition, Arena lists assets of $50 million to $100 million. The sale — approved by a supermajority of the company’s lenders — is part of Arena’s restructuring plan for its $1 billion of debt.

Houston-based Lime Rock was founded in 1998 by Goldman Sachs colleagues Jonathan Farber and John Reynolds.

Winston Advises ValTek Holdings in Acquisition by Serva

Winston & Strawn announced last week that it had represented Texas-based ValTek Holdings in its Aug. 20 acquisition by Serva Group.

Headquartered in Odessa, ValTek is a manufacturer of hydraulic fracturing pumps and pump parts, including high pressure pumps, fluid ends, power ends and expendable parts such as valves and seats for the oil and gas industry.

The Winston team was led by Houston partner Chris Ferazzi and included partners Andrew Betaque and Jeff Cole in Dallas. Partner Jeff Smith also pitched in from Houston along with associates Anna Gryska, David Thaxton and Angel Torres.

Like ValTek, Tulsa-based Serva is a manufacturer of pumps and well-servicing equipment for the oil and gas market. The company is owned by EnTrans International, parent of the trailer transport brands of Heil, Polar and Jarco.

Terms of the deal were undisclosed.

Bracewell, Locke Lord Advise as Covenant Testing/Stuart Pressure Combine

Covenant Testing Technologies and Stuart Pressure Control announced Aug. 18 that they had combined to become the leading provider of production services in the Permian, DJ, Eagle Ford and Haynesville.

The equity-for-equity transaction means NGP-backed Catapult Energy Services Group and affiliates of White Deer Energy will partner in ownership of Covenant.

A Locke Lord team led by Elizabeth Genter and Mitch Tiras, both of Houston, advised Covenant Testing Technologies. Additional advice came from Mechelle Smith, Greg Heath, Stuart Lawson, Shannon Schroeder, Zac Horne, Andrew Nelson and Sagar Patel, all of Houston, Mike Conroy of Chicago, J. Mitchell Bell, Van Jolas, Susan Rainey, Kimberly Williams and Robin Shaughnessy, all of Dallas, and Lori Basilico in Providence.

Bracewell counseled White Deer-backed Stuart Pressure Control with a team headed by partner Jason M. Jean along with Rebecca L. Baker, Heather L. Brown, Matthew B. Grunert and Richard F. Whiteley, all of Houston, Steven J. Lorch in New York and Timothy A. Wilkins from Austin. The team also included Bracewell associates Patrick K. Johnson, Jared W. Berg, Shannon Baldwin, Caroline E. Ellis, Emerson P. Sanders and Emily A. Banse, all of Houston, along with Austin-based Daniel J. Pope.

Stuart CEO Joe Compofelice acknowledged that the move was part of an industry consolidation.

“In this new oil price environment, consolidation in the oil field services business is necessary, and partnering with Covenant will make us both stronger and able to retain and build on our leading positions in the marketplace,” Compofelice said.

Jim Burtner, president and CEO of Covenant will lead the combined businesses with Greg Laake as executive chairman. Laake will continue as managing partner of Catapult Energy Services.

Latham Reps Desktop Metal as It Combines with SPAC and Goes Public

Massachusetts-based Desktop Metal Inc. announced plans to become public Aug. 26 through its combination with Trine Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company backed by HPS Investment Partners.

Desktop Metal is an advanced manufacturing company specializing in the development and deployment of 3-D printing technologies from prototyping to manufacturing.

All significant Desktop Metal shareholders, including, Lux Capital, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Ford Motor Company, GV (fka Google Ventures) and Koch Disruptive Technologies, will retain their equity holdings through the transition into the publicly listed company which will continue its listing on the NYSE as “DM.”

Desktop was advised by a Latham & Watkins team led from Houston and Boston. The team was led by Houston partner Ryan Maierson  and several Boston partners supported by Houston corporate associates Ryan Lynch and Bryan Ryan. Houston partner Joel Mack advised on environmental matters. The rest of the Latham team included lawyers from Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Frankfurt.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison advised Trine. Credit Suisse is placement agent. BTIG is financial advisor to Trine.

Trine CEO Leo Hindery Jr. said Desktop Metal has a unique forward-looking approach to what is being referred to as “additive manufacturing” or Manufacturing 2.0. “After evaluating more than 100 companies, we identified Desktop Metal as the most unique and compelling opportunity, a company that we believe is primed to be the leader in a rapidly growing industry.”

Credit Suisse is serving as the exclusive capital markets advisor to Desktop Metal and as sole private placement agent to TRNE. BTIG, LLC is serving as financial and capital markets advisor to TRNE. Latham & Watkins LLP is serving as legal advisor to Desktop Metal, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is serving as legal advisor to TRNE. ICR is serving as investor relations and communications advisor to Desktop Metal.

The company followed the settlement of a trade secrets dispute in 2018 with a timely $160 million investment by Koch Disruptive Technologies to position itself as a key player in the emerging additive manufacturing sector.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Gibson Dunn Advises Wells Fargo in Targa Resources Exchange

Targa Resources Partners announced that it had closed a tender offer for $262,131,000 of its 6.750% 2024 senior notes. That amount represents about 45% of the issue but excludes about $14.1 million of those notes that were part of a guaranteed delivery. The company also exercised its right to redeem any of the notes not already tendered.

Gibson Dunn advised Wells Fargo, the dealer manager of the tender offer. The Gibson Dunn team was led by Dallas partner Doug Rayburn and included Dallas associates Louis Matthews and Jonathan Sapp and Houston associate William Bald. Houston partner James Chenoweth and associate Collin Metcalf advised on tax aspects.

In March when Matthew J. Meloy, a veteran executive at Houston-based Targa, was named CEO, he brought with him as general counsel Regina L. Gregory, who had been with Targa as a vice president and assistant general counsel. The University of Oklahoma Law School grad is a veteran of the midstream business having advised at Frontier Midstream Services, American Midstream Partners and Access Midstream Partners (previously Chesapeake Midstream Partners). Her private practice experience included stints at Jones Day and Fulbright & Jaworski before the firm’s combination with Norton Rose.

V&E Advises on Chaparral Energy Credit Facility

Vinson & Elkins said it is advising Royal Bank of Canada in connection with Chaparral Energy, Inc.’s prepackaged restructuring plan filed along with the company’s bankruptcy in Delaware Aug. 16.

Royal Bank is the administrative agent under the company’s first lien revolving credit facility and will act as the administrative agent under its proposed $300 million exit financing.

Under the plan Chaparral would equitize $300 million outstanding prepetition senior notes with new common stock and raise $35 million in new money through a convertible note rights offering fully backstopped by a group of senior noteholders. 

The V&E team was led from Houston by partners Bill Wallander and Cris Dewar in collaboration with counsel Brad Foxman, senior associate Danny Strassman and associates Alex Moosariparambil, Matt Struble, Trevor Spears and Kristie Duchesne.

Davis, Polk & Wardwell are advising Chaparral. Sidley Austin is counsel for the company’s board of directors.

The Oklahoma City-based company focuses its activities on the Anadarko Basin.

V&E Advises Lenders in $1.2B Martin Midstream Exchanges

Vinson & Elkins said last week it had represented Royal Bank of Canada in an amendment of a credit facility for Martin Midstream after the company successfully completed Aug. 12 an exchange of its 7.25% senior unsecured notes.

In exchange for $334,441,000 in principal amount of the notes, Martin Midstream Partners and Martin Midstream Finance Corp. paid $41,966,510 in cash plus $11,854,075.40 accrued and unpaid interest, issued $291,969,885 in principal amount of 11.50% senior secured second lien notes, and issued $53,749,957 aggregate principal amount of the 10.00% senior secured 1.5 lien notes.

On June 26, Martin Midstream announced a $324 million stressed debt exchange as part of an RSA agreement that included a potential filing of bankruptcy. To date, the company has not filed.

In exchange for $1,225,000 in principal amount of the existing notes, the issuers paid $791,250 in cash plus $43,419.44 of accrued and unpaid interest on such notes. 

The V&E team was led by partners Chris Dawe and Bill Wallander and counsel Brad Foxman in collaboration with partners Erec Winandy, John Michael and David Stone, counsel Scot Dixon, senior associate Danny Strassman and associates Ben Steiner, Chris McAlister, Jake Torres and Matt Struble.

Baker Botts Advises Summit Midstream Partners in $60M ‘Dutch Auctions’ Tender

Summit Midstream Partners announced Aug. 25 that it would be making cash tender offers for two series of its outstanding senior notes in a process of two separate “modified Dutch auctions.”

In the auctions set to end on Sept. 22, the company’s subsidiaries — Summit Midstream Holdings and Summit Midstream Finance — are offering an aggregate $60 million for the purchase of its 5.75% 2025 senior notes and 5.50% senior notes due 2022.

The Summit’s complex strategy is being advised by Baker Botts lawyers from Houston led by Josh Davidson and Jason Rocha, assisted by senior associate Sarah J. Dodson and associates Emmie Proctor and Rachel Collier. Also advising are Houston finance partner Daniel Tristan, Austin-based senior associate Clint Culpepper and special counsel Chuck Campbell advising from Houston on tax.

The Dutch auction process includes a range for the bids for the notes. Owners of the notes specify what they are willing to accept for each $1,000 in notes they hold within those ranges.

Under the Summit offer, tenders for the 2025 and 2022 notes are made on the same deadline, currently set for Sept. 8. Offers on the 2025 notes will be accepted first with offers on the 2022 notes considered subsequently for whatever funds remain of the $60 million.

The range for the $393,765,000 outstanding 2025 notes is $525 to $600 per $1,000. The range for the $267,586 in 2022 notes outstanding is $675 to $725 per $1,000. Settlement is set for Sept. 24.

Guggenheim Securities is deal manager for the tenders.

FTS International Counseled by Winston & Strawn on RSA

In a restructuring support agreement announced Aug. 24, FTS International, the Fort Worth-headquartered fracking company, announced that it had reached an agreement with creditors to equitize more than $400 million in outstanding debt.

The hydraulic fracturing service company said the arrangement had been approved by approximately 75% of the holders of the company’s 6.250% senior secured 2022 notes and by about 64% of its secured creditors.

The company said the agreement is part of a comprehensive restructuring that will deleverage FTSI by $437.3 million and provide it with the financial flexibility to continue operations while leaving its vendors, suppliers and customers unaffected by the transaction.

Winston & Strawn advised FTSI on the agreement with a team led from Dallas by partner Charlie Haag and from Chicago by partner Dan McGuire. Dallas partners Justin Reinus and John Sanders also pitched in.

Kirkland & Ellis, Alvarez & Marsal and Davis, Polk & Wardwell are advising on various aspects of the bankruptcy.

In making the announcement, the company said it intends to file for Chapter 11 in the coming weeks. The agreement provides that note holders and term lenders will exchange their claims for $30.6 million in cash and 90.1% of the restructured company. Existing holders will receive the remaining 9.9%. The creditors are also allowing the company to use existing cash flow for company operations

The company said its cash balance was $192.7 million as of Aug. 20, from which consenting creditors will also receive a cash payment equal to 3% of the principal amount of their secured debt claims.

Latham Advises Underwriters on $7.2M Panhandle Oil & Gas PO

Panhandle Oil & Gas announced pricing of its previously announced public offering of 5 million shares of common stock at $1.63 a share. The offering closed this week.

Proceeds of the sale are expected to net the company $7.2 million, which will be used to fund what the company describes as “pending acquisitions.”

Panhandle currently owns approximately 258,000 net mineral acres principally located in Oklahoma, North Dakota, Texas, New Mexico and Arkansas. Approximately 71% of its mineral count is unleased and undeveloped.

Stifel and Northland Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, with Stifel acting as representative of the underwriters. 

Latham & Watkins is advising the underwriters in the offering with a capital markets team led by Houston partner David Miller, along with Houston associates Om Pandya, Ashlyn Royall, Cody Smith, and Danielle Kinchen. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partners Tim Fenn and Jim Cole and Houston associate Chelsea Muñoz-Patchen, and on environmental matters by Los Angeles counsel Joshua Marnitz.

Chad Stephens was named CEO of Panhandle in January after serving five months as its interim CEO. He was named president and CEO in May. Stephens had been a senior vice president of corporate development at Range Resources for 28 years before his retirement in December 2018.

Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Panhandle was founded in 1926 as Panhandle Cooperative Royalty Company.

Note: This post has been changed to reclassify the Desktop Metal transaction from capital markets to M&A.

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