CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 8 Firms, 152 Lawyers, $2B

This past week, Bloomberg reported that Plano-based Denbury Resources was exploring options, including a possible sale, hiring an unnamed investment bank to advise it. Denbury would not comment. At the time, the company had a market capitalization of $4 billion.

Denbury’s shares shot up on the news, closing Wednesday at $88.72, a 11 percent jump over the day before. The stock continued to advance, hitting a 52-week high of $93.72 before closing down at $90.40 on Friday.

Readers of The Texas Lawbook might remember that Denbury filed for bankruptcy in July 2020 and exited two months later, with Kirkland & Ellis and Jackson Walker advising it.

The next year, Denbury agreed to acquire two Wyoming oilfields from Devon Energy for $12 million. Sidley Austin advised the company on its initial draft and performed due diligence on the deal in 2018, Denbury general counsel Jim Matthews told The Texas Lawbook.

Sidley had previously counseled Denbury on deals, including its sale of a working interest in four southeast Texas conventional oil fields to Israel’s Navitas Petroleum for $50 million in cash. So had Vinson & Elkins, Matthews’ previous firm.

The company extracts oil from the Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountains using enhanced oil recovery (EOR), in which carbon dioxide is injected into existing fields abandoned by others to extract more resource. Denbury is planning to further its carbon capture and storage, which received a boost from the expansion of tax credits within the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg.

High oil and gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have sparked a round of dealmaking among independent U.S. producers in recent weeks, Bloomberg notes. It cites Centennial Resource Development’s $2.5 billion merger with Colgate Energy announced in May and Devon Energy’s agreement to buy Validus Energy for $1.8 billion announced earlier this month.

Kirkland, Sidley and V&E must be salivating over the prospect of a Denbury sale.

Maybe no one is salivating over the week ending Aug. 20, which saw 12 deals valued at just under $2 billion. M&A transactions were in the slow lane with nine valued at $925 million with three capital markets deals weighing in at just over $1 billion. That pales a bit against last week’s 18 deals for $8 billion and a lot when compared to the 12 deals worth $29 billion 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 Count	Amount	Firms	Lawyers	M&A Count	M&A Value $M	CapM Count	CapM Value $M
03-May-2025	11	$4,249	13	90	11	$2,226.5	2	$2,022.5
26-Apr-2025	12	$8,787	9	168	9	$6,011	3	$2,776
19-Apr-2025	11	$8,097	7	138	9	$7,985	2	$112
12-Apr-2025	13	$2,392	8	152	10	$2,065	3	$327
05-Apr-2025	19	$27,762	15	188	16	$25,473	3	$2,289
29-Mar-2025	21	$8,188	10	258	16	$4,125	5	$4,064
22-Mar-2025	19	$6,485	14	231	15	$4,128	4	$2,857
15-Mar-2025	13	$13,737	13	151	10	$9,932	4	$3,805
8-Mar-2025	7	$2,234	5	66	5	$224	2	$2,100
1-Mar-2025	11	$3,050	8	75	10	$2,550	1	$500
24-Feb-25	12	$16,397	7	149	6	$6,635	6	$9,862
17-Feb-25	17	$12,136	13	134	10	$9,411	2	$2,725
10-Feb-25	14	$7,154	9	179	9	$4,950	5	$2,204
3-Feb-25	16	$10,068	7	200	11	$7,553	5	$2,515
25-Jan-25	14	$10,261	10	125	9	$2,207	5	$8,054
18-Jan-25	19	$7,382	15	316	12	$2,300	7	$5,082
11-Jan-25	21	$33,560	16	187	16	$32,521	5	$1,039
4-Jan-25	9	$6,827	9	80	9	$6,827	0	0
21-Dec-24	11	$2,798	11	92	8	$2,229	3	$570
14-Dec-24	15	$5,323	12	186	12	$3,812	3	$1,511
07-Dec-24	16	$4,766	10	231	11	$2,321	5	2,445
30-Nov-24	10	$10,291	9	103	4	$8,290	6	$2.001
23-Nov-24	15	$4,553	15	153	11	$3,379	4	$1,174
16-Nov-24	17	$11,488	11	245	13	$10,186	4	$1,303
09-Nov-24	14	$2,110	12	139	12	$1,410	2	$700
02-Nov-24	12	$52,788	11	107	11	$52,738	1	$50
26-Oct-24	8	$3,160	8	65	7	$3,065	1	$75
19-Oct-24	12	$5,304	11	136	11	$4,554	1	$750
12-Oct-24	17	$8,438	12	150	15	$8,116	2	$322
05-Oct-24	22	$23,181	12	189	15	$19,980	7	$3,201
28-Sep-24	11	$2,356	7	144	7	$53	4	$2,303
21-Sep-24	12	$9,568	10	169	5	$4,101	7	$5,467
14-Sep-24	24	$10,988	12	235	16	$7,175	8	$3,813
7-Sep-24	12	$20,420	16	168	11	$20,307	1	$112.9
31-Aug-24	13	$20,631	9	134	12	$14,775	1	$5,856
24-Aug-24	19	$8,452	21	325	16	$7,102	3	$1,350
17-Aug-24	25	$49,196	16	304	11	$39,386	14	$9,810
10-Aug-24	20	$12,264	15	312	16	$9,794	4	$2,470
03-Aug-24	26	$16,498	16	334	18	$8,137	8	$8,361
27-Jul-24	19	$16,442	21	271	15	$13,838	4	$2,604
20-Jul-24	15	$16,016	14	184	10	$14,232	5	$1,784
13-Jul-24	20	$17,220	14	265	18	$7,146	2	$10,074
6-Jul-24	11	$3,941	11	95	8	$2,650	3	$1,291
29-Jun-24	14	$6,296	15	224	8	$6,296	6	$1,927
22-Jun-24	12	$5,679	8	137	5	$210	7	$5,469
15-Jun-24	13	$9,895	16	214	10	$5,280	3	$4,615
8-Jun-24	19	$23,859	13	239	12	$19,436	7	$4,423
1-Jun-24	12	$34,510	11	147	9	$26,110	3	$8,400
25-May-24	13	$9,684	15	171	10	$4,434	3	$5,250
18-May-24	11	$5,490	11	173	8	$3,129	3	$2,361
11-May-24	22	$14,855	14	227	16	$11,105	6	$3,750
4-May-24	13	$3,139	9	87	10	$1,297	3	$1,842
27-Apr-24	10	$6,684	6	28	10	$6,684	0	0
20-Apr-24	19	$15,989	11	147	9	$5,208	10	$10,781
13-Apr-24	13	$8,952	9	76	10	$1,652	3	$7,300
6-Apr-24	23	$26,616	14	222	14	$13,501	8	$13,116
30-Mar-24	12	$9,286	8	136	8	$4,299	4	$4,987
23-Mar-24	18	$5,451	17	266	16	$4,759	2	$692
16-Mar-24	21	$11,437	13	186	14	$9,316	6	$2,070
9-Mar-24	23	$4,695	21	218	19	$2,723	4	$1,972
2-Mar-24	20	$9,108	19	372	14	$4,558	6	$4,550
24-Feb-24	19	$16,382	12	248	15	$9,507	4	$6,875
17-Feb-24	16	$29,932	15	157	12	$29,216	4	$716
10-Feb-24	25	$10,750	17	196	19	$5,372	6	$5,379
3-Feb-24	12	$8,416	18	125	9	$3,416	3	$5,000
27-Jan-24	9	$8,165	9	87	8	$7,815	1	$800
20-Jan-24	14	$4,084	12	109	12	$3,219	2	$865
13-Jan-24	17	$33,588	12	256	12	$26,765	5	$6,823
6-Jan-24	8	$7,915	8	84	6	$7,265	2	$650
30-Dec-23	17	$14,599	12	99	15	$2,714	2	$11,885
23-Dec-23	23	$4,182	13	219	16	$1,813	7	$2,370
16-Dec-23	13	$16,436	13	280	7	$15,150	5	$1,286
9-Dec-23	26	$14,633.90	17	244	16	$8,095	10	$6,538.90
2-Dec-23	13	$6,720	9	57	12	$6,630	1	$90
25-Nov-23	9	$4,835	9	131	6	$1,785	3	$3,050
18-Nov-23	22	$6,568.70	17	184	14	$4,709.20	8	$1,859.50
11-Nov-23	15	$9,825	13	179	12	$6,581	3	$3,244
4-Nov-23	15	$20,582.50	14	193	12	$19,417.50	3	$1,165
28-Oct-23	18	$68,419.10	18	152	15	$66,646	3	$1,773.10
21-Oct-23	16	$6,755.90	16	165	15	$6,755.90	1	$3
14-Oct-23	14	$67,851.20	13	125	9	$61,998.50	5	$5,852.70
7-Oct-23	17	$6,595.50	13	228	16	$5,995.50	1	$600
30-Sep-23	17	$1,896.45	13	189	14	$806.45	3	$1,090
23-Sep-23	23	$6,432.70	17	230	16	$1,402.80	7	$5,029.90
16-Sep-23	25	$23,226.70	23	353	16	$17,239	9	$5,987.70
9-Sep-23	12	$6,369	8	102	7	$4,311	5	$2,058
2-Sep-23	14	$2,522	6	92	13	$1,322	1	$1,200
26-Aug-23	17	$12,160.25	13	202	15	$6,573.25	2	$5,587.00
19-Aug-23	19	$11,505	13	213	15	$11,255	4	$250
12-Aug-23	19	$9,698.80	13	184	7	$3,270	12	$6,428.80
5-Aug-23	13	$5,201	12	118	12	$5,051	1	$150
29-Jul-23	15	$21,031.60	13	196	11	$18,292.00	4	$2,739.60
22-Jul-23	18	$3,992	12	130	13	$2,808	5	$1,184
15-Jul-23	13	$8,254.95	13	81	13	$8,254.95	0	0
8-Jul-23	16	$5,441.45	12	172	11	$2,443	5	$2,998.45
1-Jul-23	16	$6,872	10	105	12	$5,474	4	$1,398
24-Jun-23	13	$10,914	16	201	10	$7,874	3	$3,040
17-Jun-23	17	$5,880.70	15	151	15	$4,705.70	2	$1,175
10-Jun-23	19	$8,516.10	13	111	16	$6,252.40	3	$2,263.70
June 3 2023	12	$6,104.42	12	138	8	$4,256.92	4	$1,847.50
27-May-23	17	$12,200	10	67	11	$6,165	6	$6,035
20-May-23	11	$22,458.10	8	103	4	$19,455	7	$3,003
13-May-23	12	$7,034	10	101	8	$5,460	4	$1,574
6-May-23	20	$3,297.60	18	196	17	$2,985.60	3	$312
29-Apr-23	23	$3,691.20	18	135	17	$1,969.70	6	$1,721.50
22-Apr-23	16	$5,570	14	104	14	$4,750	2	$1,000
15-Apr-23	12	$23,818.10	9	59	10	$21,618.10	2	$2,200
8-Apr-23	16	$7,949	9	173	9	$5,472	7	$3,477
1-Apr-23	21	$18,676.70	12	175	11	$10,926.70	10	$7,750
25-Mar-23	15	$8,779.50	10	141	5	$2,362	10	$6,416.50
18-Mar-23	7	$14,048.80	6	69	5	$13,345	2	$703.80
11-Mar-23	21	$11,576	16	165	16	$8,131	5	$3,445
4-Mar-23	20	$9,668	11	228	16	$8,209	4	$1,459
25-Feb-23	13	$5,335	13	130	12	$4,235	1	$1,200
18-Feb-23	14	$5,743.70	13	158	8	$898.70	6	$4,845
11-Feb-23	16	$12,088	12	137	12	$9,965	4	$2,123
4-Feb-23	17	$8,066	15	140	13	$5,614	4	$2,452
28-Jan-23	7	$2,180	7	75	5	$1,692.75	2	$488
21-Jan-23	17	$5,768	16	174	12	$1,918	5	$3,850
14-Jan-23	11	$2, 800	10	102	8	$421	3	$2,400
7-Jan-23	18	$8,296	11	167	14	$6,461	3	$1,835
31-Dec-22	14	$2,732	11	99	12	$2,092	2	$640
17-Dec	14	$7,919	13	115	12	$7,419	1	$500
10-Dec-22	14	$10,093	12	88	11	$7,093	3	$3,000
3-Dec-22	26	$12,800.90	11	172	20	$4,141	6	$8,659.90
26-Nov-22	8	$2,266.70	8	5	3	$76	5	$2,190.70
19-Nov-22	21	$2,886	15	212	19	$2,550	2	$336
12-Nov-22	13	$15,093.70	9	81	9	$14,200	4	$893.70
5-Nov-22	25	19,337.20	16	509	22	$8,267.20	3	$11,070
29-Oct-22	15	$7,805.30	9	116	14	$7,180.30	1	$625
22-Oct-22	20	$8,193.50	13	253	13	$5,442	7	$2,751.50
15-Oct-22	9	$3,046.10	9	139	7	$2,588.30	2	$457.80
8-Oct-22	19	$2,011.80	12	114	16	$833.80	3	$1,178
1-Oct-22	23	$5,532.90	16	156	18	$4,952.30	5	$580.60
24-Sep-22	18	$5,194	14	216	15	$4,050	3	$1,144
17-Sep-22	21	$8,352.30	12	320	15	$4,759.60	6	$3,592.70
10-Sep-22	15	$19,853.50	10	126	13	$19,403.60	2	$450
3-Sep-22	9	$2,312	9	62	9	$2,312	0	0
27-Aug-22	16	$30,891.70	10	135	15	$30,666.40	1	227.7
20-Aug-22	12	$1,977	8	152	9	925	3	$1,052
13-Aug-22	18	$8,004.70	11	242	11	$2,844.70	7	$5,160
6-Aug-22	24	$7,948.90	12	240	17	$3,577	7	$4,371.90
30-Jul-22	8	$6,941	9	78	7	$6,839	1	$102
23-Jul-22	11	$801	11	92	10	$801	1	0
16-Jul-22	14	$3,650	10	122	14	$3,650	0	0
9-Jul-22	10	$3,557.70	7	68	9	$3,557.70	1	0
2-Jul-22	18	$8,609.40	13	152	15	$2,754.40	3	$5,855
25-Jun-22	15	$6,142	13	146	9	$2,017	6	$4,125
18-Jun-22	17	$11,890.10	14	228	15	$11,410	2	479.7
11-Jun-22	17	$7,600	12	123	10	$2,300	7	$5,300
4-Jun-22	12	$2,937	10	127	9	$692	3	$2,245
28-May-22	9	$3,197.60	11	86	9	$3,197.60	0	0
21-May-22	14	$7,284.50	12	185	11	$6,609	3	$675.50
14-May-22	11	$306.60	9	80	10	$306.60	1	$225
7-May-22	16	$10,451.75	12	108	12	$1,827	4	$8,624.75
30-Apr-22	16	$2,296.50	16	157	12	$895.50	4	$1,401
23-Apr-22	10	$2,241	11	58	8	$1,641	2	$600
16-Apr-22	11	$6,643	7	156	8	$2,359	3	$4,284
9-Apr-22	17	$4,429	14	184	11	$1,690	6	$2,739
2-Apr-22	13	$1,755	8	84	10	$1,145	3	$610
26-Mar-22	11	$3,205	8	65	6	$200	5	$3,005
19-Mar-22	13	$2,239.17	9	106	13	$2,239.17	0	0
12-Mar-22	18	$12,016	11	239	15	$11,965	2	$51.35
5-Mar-22	17	$6,786	13	137	13	$5,161	4	$1,625
26-Feb-22	12	$5,095	8	149	9	$4,437.50	3	$658
19-Feb-22	17	$22,229	17	174	14	$21,354	3	$875
12-Feb-22	12	$2,344.70	10	73	8	$641.70	4	$1,703
5-Feb-22	11	$2,503	8	99	11	$2,503	0	0
29-Jan-22	11	$3,872	12	101	12	$3,872	0	0
22-Jan-22	13	$5,143.50	10	99	12	$4,842.50	1	$301
15-Jan-22	12	$7,605	9	155	9	$6,480	3	$1,025
8-Jan-22	13	$8,256.20	11	102	13	$8,256.20	0	0
1-Jan-22	9	$1,273.80	6	50	9	$1,273.80	0	0
25-Dec-21	21	$4,734.75	11	176	16	$3,410	5	$1,324.75
18-Dec-21	26	$7,325.20	15	193	18	$3,640.20	8	$3,685.20
11-Dec-21	16	$5,017	10	109	13	$1,417	3	$3,600
4-Dec-21	14	$2,310	8	86	8	$2,310	6	$1,882.05
27-Nov-21	9	$3.460.1	10	101	6	$1,758	3	$1,702.60
20-Nov-21	20	$22,792	15	157	12	$18,864.50	8	$3,928
13-Nov-21	21	$26,729	12	178	13	$11,822	8	$14,907
6-Nov-21	12	$8,303	13	157	10	$6,682	3	$1,621
30-Oct-21	21	$10,368	15	218	15	$9,24.4	6	$1,103.00
23-Oct-21	21	$18.783.1	15	222	11	$12,314	10	$6,468.60
16-Oct-21	15	$3,868	11	118	15	$2,293	2	$1,575
9-Oct-21	20	$8,610	16	175	16	$7,795	4	$815
2-Oct-21	14	$6,250	11	137	10	$5,200	4	$1,050
25-Sep-21	11	$11,460	9	93	7	$10,200	4	$1,250
18-Sep-21	11	$16,603	8	99	8	$15,084	3	$1,519
11-Sep-21	17	$10,653	11	103	13	$8,503	4	$2,150
4-Sep-21	13	$7,222	10	89	11	$6,715	2	$507
28-Aug-21	12	$763	9	63	11	$663	1	$100
21-Aug-21	12	$29,659	7	79	11	$29,579	1	$80
14-Aug-21	22	$17,845	11	199	12	$12,805	10	$5,04
7-Aug-21	17	$13,670	12	139	15	$11,766	2	$1,904
31-Jul-21	21	$8,160	11	134	10	$3,574	10	$4,586
July 24,2021	21	$6,367	11	139	15	$3,712	6	$2,655
17-Jul-21	14	$4,009	11	124	12	$2,015	2	$1,994
10-Jul-21	16	$3,997	13	143	11	$1,597	4	$2,4
3-Jul-21	24	$7,492	13	94	16	$3,769	8	$3,722
26-Jun-21	10	$4,995	7	85	8	$3,847	2	$1,148
19-Jun-21	28	$16,830	8	228	9	$1,861	19	$14,968
12-Jun-21	26	$27,238	15	209	19	$25,602	7	$1,636
5-Jun-21	15	$15,539	13	100	13	$14,709	2	$600
29-May-21	35	$20,279	11	145	28	$18,64	7	$1,639
22-May-21	24	$53,208	14	174	17	$51,047	7	$2,161
15-May-21	18	$10,620	13	220	11	$5,870	7	$4,809
8-May-21	17	$10,400	11	156	15	$8,386	2	$2,500
1-May-21	21	$7,200	16	115	12	$3,808	9	$3,392
24-Apr-21	8	$20,200	9	31	8	$20,200	0	0
17-Apr-21	14	$6,270	8	102	11	$40,180	3	$2,260
10-Apr-21	15	$8,940	13	129	14	$7,990	1	$950
3-Apr-21	18	$19,513	10	151	12	$16,923	6	$2,590
27-Mar-21	27	$13,942	15	244	14	$4,300	13	$9,633.50
20-Mar-21	11	$2,046	4	102	3	$270	8	$1,776
13-Mar-21	15	$3,270	9	109	6	$538	9	$2,732
6-Mar-21	24	$13,617	10	196	13	$10,395	11	$3,222
27-Feb-21	19	$8,105	12	139	15	$4,970	4	$3,135
20-Feb-21	9	$8,820	9	153	8	$8,520	1	$300
13-Feb-21	12	$4,852.60	7	81	7	2,766	5	$2,086.60
6-Feb-21	18	$9,752	13	153	14	$5,222	4	$4,530
30-Jan-21	18	$9,449	9	182	15	$8,753.80	3	$695.30
23-Jan-21	14	$8,150	8	118	6	$4,000	8	$4,150
16-Jan-21	17	$6,783	13	138	11	$2,400	6	$4,382.90
9-Jan-21	22	$6,829	14	135	18	$3,139.30	4	$3,690
2-Jan-21	7	$1,466	7	60	7	$1,466	0	0
26-Dec-20	18	$15,900	12	163	16	$5,300	1	$600
19-Dec-20	18	$9,769	14	110	14	$8,426	4	$1,343
12-Dec-20	10	$7,200	9	100	9	$3,325	1	$3,830
5-Dec-20	15	$4,261	9	122	9	$2,780	6	$1,481
28-Nov-20	19	$7,758	10	110	13	$4,003	6	$3,755
14-Nov-20	14	$864.10	14	157	12	$289.10	2	$575
7-Nov-20	13	$6,332	9	129	9	$2,483.50	4	$3,849
31-Oct-20	10	$3,995.80	8	103	6	$3,231.10	4	$754.70
24-Oct-20	6	$18,100	6	58	5	$17,709	1	$350
17-Oct-20	8	$351.90	5	55	8	$351.90	0	0
10-Oct-20	7	$5,229	3	50	4	$735	3	$4,494
3-Oct-20	14	$21,428	9	173	9	$17,535	5	$3,893
26-Sep-20	10	$12,770	8	93	5	$10,300	5	$2,470
19-Sep-20	14	$8,365	9	101	6	$1,020	8	$7,345
12-Sep-20	6	$4,406	8	59	3	$1,270	3	$3,136
5-Sep-20	11	$5,191	8	117	9	$4,061	2	$1,130
29-Aug-20	11	$2,531	9	94	5	$1,130	6	$1,401
22-Aug-20	18	$6,574	12	140	7	$1,930	11	$4,644
15-Aug-20	13	$4,991	10	97	7	$1,216	6	$3,775
8-Aug-20	12	$32,092	11	112	9	$30,457	3	$1,635
1-Aug-20	7	$5,287	8	76	5	$3,687	2	$1,600
25-Jul-20	9	$18,751	6	67	7	$18,403	2	$348
18-Jul-20	6	$1,982.50	5	50	4	$1,407.50	2	$575
11-Jul-20	11	$565.10	12	75	10	$65.10	1	$500
4-Jul-20	10	$8,889	8	98	9	$8,788	1	$100.30
27-Jun-20	8	$6,874	10	50	5	$4,972.50	3	$2,081.50
20-Jun-20	12	$4,444	9	115	7	$2,829	5	$1,615
13-Jun-20	6	$3,582	4	37	2	$350	4	$3,232
6-Jun-20	11	$3,213.70	8	65	7	$470	4	$2,743.70
30-May-20	8	$7,335	7	48	6	$4,639	2	$2,697
23-May-20	4	$432.40	4	34	3	$432.40	1	0
16-May-20	6	$310	6	34	5	$310	1	0
9-May-20	18	$5,630	16	124	14	$3,180	4	$2,450
2-May-20	15	10,400	10	90	8	$1,900	7	$,8,500
25-Apr-20	8	$3,400	9	36	5	$1,000	3	$2,450
18-Apr-20	19	$9,500	14	92	8	$185.70	11	$9,360
11-Apr-20	12	$6,000	9	40	5	$190	7	$5,800
4-Apr-20	14	$8,200	11	68	10	$2,200	4	$6,000
28-Mar-20	16	$6,500	13	96	10	$3,700	6	$2,800
21-Mar-20	11	$11,910	7	33	7	$2,250	4	$9,960
14-Mar-20	7	809.8	6	34	6	684.8	1	125
7-Mar-20	16	$2,500	15	70	13	$669	3	$1,400
29-Feb-20	13	$15,260	13	128	11	$11,760	2	$3,500
22-Feb-20	12	$3,700	10	92	10	$2,560	2	$1,130
15-Feb-20	16	$1,250	10	84	12	$35	4	$1,222
8-Feb-20	18	$6,080	14	123	14	$2,595	4	$3,485
1-Feb-20	21	$20,900	12	101	14	$17,860	7	$3,060
25-Jan-20	13	$7,430	13	62	12	$6,430	1	$1,000
18-Jan-20	23	$9,580	15	120	19	$6,580	4	$3,000
11-Jan-20	21	$14,200	18	199	16	$1,020	5	$13,200
4-Jan-20	22	$6,400	11	119	16	$3,204	6	$3,245
28-Dec-19	22	$7,150	19	175	18	$6,800	4	$327.40
14-Dec-19	24	$36,300	23	167	19	$9,500	5	$26,800
7-Dec-19	11	$10,400	11	55	7	$1,082	4	$9,370
November 30. 2019	14	$2,450	12	126	12	$1,760	2	$692.50
23-Nov-19	16	$1,995	10	41	11	$615	5	$1,380
16-Nov-19	15	$3,820	13	135	11	$2,500	4	$1,271
9-Nov-19	25	$12,900	17	182	23	$12,200	2	$575
2-Nov-19	10	$2,470	12	61	9	2,450	3	$22
26-Oct-19	12	$5,560	14	70	11	$3,860	1	$1,700
19-Oct-19	8	$6,600	8	138	8	$6,600	0	0
12-Oct-19	19	$4,300	14	55	16	$3,800	3	$500
5-Oct-19	18	$14,500	19	166	15	$11,100	3	$3,400
28-Sep-19	19	$8,100	18	132	18	$7,560	1	$550
21-Sep-19	14	$6,300	16	66	11	$2,160	3	$4,170
14-Sep-19	15	$23,800	12	56	11	$21,250	4	$2,570
7-Sep-19	17	$3,500	15	98	14	$1,900	3	$1,600
31-Aug-19	5	$8,700	6	50	5	$8,700	0	0
24-Aug-19	16	$10,000	14	82	15	$4,250	1	$5,750
16-Aug-19	10	$1,680	5	52	7	$650	3	$950
9-Aug-19	17	$17,700	15	68	14	$3,900	3	$13,800
2-Aug-19	13	$5,760	12	108	13	$5,760	NA	NA
27-Jul-19	11	$7,300	13	76	8	$6,570	3	$730
20-Jul-19	13	$11,800	13	125	11	$5,300	2	$6,500
13-Jul-19	10	$775	7	46	8	$542.50	2	$233
6-Jul-19	7	$2,500	9	85	7	$2,500	0	0
29-Jun-19	23	$8,290	15	154	17	$2,300	6	$5,970
22-Jun-19	17	$10,700	10	139	14	$7,700	3	$3,000
15-Jun-19	11	$13,500	14	160	11	$13,500	NA	NA
8-Jun-19	13	$2,870	17	55	11	$1,570	2	$1,300
1-Jun-19	10	$4,460	11	60	8	$4,140	2	$315
25-May-19	17	$4,360	14	79	14	$3,700	3	$612
18-May-19	22	$9,000	17	150	16	$3,400	6	$5,600
11-May-19	18	$19,800	17	177	15	$18,300	3	$1,500
4-May-19	10	$7,075	6	32	8	$6,900	2	$175
27-Apr-19	15	$3,200	14	117	14	$3,160	1	$40
20-Apr-19	13	$13,500	10	90	9	$12,200	4	$1,300
13-Apr-19	16	$38,900	14	91	14	$37,800	2	$1,100
6-Apr-19	12	$6,870	11	94	10	$6,730	2	$50
30-Mar-19	15	$6,470	12	84	10	$7,91.5	5	$5,677
23-Mar-19	18	$6,450	14	91	14	$5,042	4	$1,408
16-Mar-19	14	$10,180	12	115	11	$8,800	3	$1,300
9-Mar-19	9	$1,800	6	49	8	$1,300	1	$500
2-Mar-19	20	$3,033	16	107	14	$1,817	6	$1,262
23-Feb-19	12	$2,040	8	69	9	$614.60	3	$1,430
16-Feb-19	16	$9,970	18	77	16	$9,970	0	0
9-Feb-19	14	$6,400	10	110	14	$6,400	0	0
2-Feb-19	18	$6,740	15	99	16	$5,720	2	$950
26-Jan-19	13	$2,770	11	67	11	$918.95	2	$1,850
19-Jan-19	15	$3,819	16	76	12	$2,594	3	$1,225
12-Jan-19	18	$7,283	14	92	15	$1,683	3	$5,600
5-Jan-19	10	$529	12	50	10	$529	0	0
22-Dec-18	17	$2,570	13	87	14	$941	3	$1,629
15-Dec-18	10	$2,860	8	26	8	$264	2	$2,600
8-Dec-18	15	$1,819	16	65	12	$552	3	$1,267
1-Dec-18	12	$7,500	10	90	9	$1,200	3	$6,200
28-Nov-18	15	$4,500	11	107	14	$4,000	1	$500
19-Nov-18	18	$6,137	13	98	13	$2,142	5	$3,995
14-Nov-18	18	$9,200	13	152	15	$8,500	3	$694
6-Nov-18	16	$17,300	16	183	14	$16,361	2	$950
29-Oct-18	14	$14,400	18	127	17	$13,800	1	$600
24-Oct-18	13	$6,140	13	126	11	$5,122	2	$1,018
17-Oct-18	18	$18,390	15	125	14	$12,292	4	$6,098
10-Oct-18	29	$3,149	18	104	20	$1,647	9	$819
2-Oct-18	18	$9,300	11	67	14	$7,300	4	$2,000
25-Sep-18	13	$7,000	11	75	10	$6,000	3	$995
18-Sep-18	9	$3,570	7	44	9	$3,570	0	0
11-Sep-18	13	$5,900	10	132	13	$5,900	0	0
7-Sep-18	14	$5,000	15	86	11	$4,000	3	$1,000
29-Aug-18	15	$20,700	14	79	13	$4,700	2	$16,000
20-Aug-18	10	$12,400	11	53	8	$11,380	3	$1,057
14-Aug-18	12	$19,900	12	132	9	$18,889	3	$1,011
7-Aug-18	16	$68,600	11	106	13	$67,259	3	$1,340
31-Jul-18	15	$15,100	15	95	11	$13,060	4	$2,060
23-Jul-18	13	$2,130	15	60	10	$1,804	3	$1,100
17-Jul-18	14	$5,370	17	98	9	$4,310	5	$1,100
9-Jul-18	16	$11,200	15	74	10	$11,080	6	$862
3-Jul-18	13	$7,000	7	81	12	$6,330	1	$750
25-Jun-18	15	$8,800	13	97	9	$4,970	6	$3,930
18-Jun-18	13	$14,200	14	80	7	$221	6	$14,290
11-Jun-18	12	$6,300	8	96	8	$5,910	4	$803
6-Jun-18	13	$14,500	10	88	8	$14,154	5	$579
31-May-18	11	$4,890	10	63	8	$3,240	3	$1,790
22-May-18	15	$20,400	11	63	9	$19,808	6	$885
15-May-18	15	$4,700	15	106	10	$3,900	5	$643
9-May-18	11	$1,400	13	88	9	$1,300	2	$560
1-May-18	8	$14,250	7	88	7	$13,400	1	$450
24-Apr-18	12	$5,300	6	61	11	$4,470	1	$800
17-Apr-18	9	$1,800	10	44	7	$2,330	2	$1,434
11-Apr-18	11	$2,500	8	32	6	$1,690	5	$809
3-Apr-18	15	$13,400	11	121	9	$12,020	6	$1,090
28-Mar-18	10	$4,000	10	92	7	$3,870	3	$215
19-Mar-18	17	$5,800	13	51	10	$590	7	$5,165
12-Mar-18	15	$3,130	11	43	11	$2,360	4	$788
6-Mar-18	19	$5,400	13	116	10	$1,530	9	$4,860
27-Feb-18	20	$6,600	13	69	14	$5,530	6	$1,030
19-Feb-18	15	$5,500	14	111	10	$3,990	6	$1,980
12-Feb-18	23	$10,900	17	157	12	$7,110	11	$3,840
5-Feb-18	16	$8,600	13	100	7	$1,330	9	$7,800
30-Jan-18	11	$12,600	11	68	5	$7,300	6	$4,982
24-Jan-18	19	$9,400	15	129	5	$2,010	14	$7,337
18-Jan-18	10	$6,280	8	49	2	$2,100	8	$4,188
9-Jan-18	12	$16,500	12	92	9	$15,890	3	$475
3-Jan-18	10	$2,500	9	47	8	$2,350	2	$150
27-Dec-17	15	$9,000	15	113	9	$7,568	6	$1,784
18-Dec-17	15	$13,800	16	164	9	$13,010	7	$1,118
11-Dec-17	14	$9,700	10	126	12	$2,940	4	$8,500
4-Dec-17	6	$1,800	6	31	5	$1,510	1	$300
28-Nov-17	7	$3,850	8	76	4	$3,260	3	$285
16-Nov-17	10	$2,700	10	48	6	$1,840	4	$856
8-Nov-17	15	$2,380	17	91	10	$1,860	5	$516
1-Nov-17	12	$4,700	17	94	9	$3,400	4	$1,300
23-Oct-17	15	$10,500	10	67	10	$9,780	4	$1,530
18-Oct-17	6	$2,000		37	3	$225	3	$1,820
10-Oct-17	12	$6,570		100	9	$3,880	3	$3,360
2-Oct-17	8	$3,100	11	19	3	$1,630	5	$1,750
25-Sep-17	8	$4,880	8	79	5	$2,660	5	$2,070
18-Sep-17	9	$4,770			3	$300	6	$4,470
12-Sep-17	11	$4,430			8	$2,030	3	$2,400
1-Sep-17	4	$1,310			3	$317	1	$1,000
23-Aug-17	11	$13,640	9		8	$11,840	3	$1,800

M&A/FUNDINGS

Enbridge gets $400M in deal with Phillips 66

Deal Description: Enbridge Inc. announced Aug. 17 it completed a joint venture merger transaction with Phillips 66 resulting in a single joint venture holding both Enbridge’s and P66’s indirect ownership interests in Gray Oak Pipeline and DCP Midstream and an agreement to realign their economic and governance interests in the underlying operations. Enbridge will increase its indirect economic interest in Gray Oak to 58.5 percent from 22.8 percent and the parties agreed to transfer to Enbridge, from P66, the operatorship of Gray Oak, the long-haul, contracted pipeline which provides connectivity from the Permian into Corpus Christi and the Houston area. The transfer is planned for the second quarter of 2023. Enbridge will reduce its indirect economic interest in DCP to 13.2 percent from 28.3 percent, reducing its commodity price exposure. In a separate statement, Phillips 66 said it boosted its interest in DCP from 28.26 percent to 43.31 percent and made an offer to acquire all publicly held DCP common units. Phillips 66 will oversee and manage the joint venture’s interest and reduced its interest in Gray Oak Pipeline from 42.25 percent to 6.50 percent. The merger is expected to be accretive to Enbridge’s distributable cash flow per share and result in a $400 million cash payment to Enbridge from the merged entity. Analysts at TPH said the deal values the Gray Oak pipeline at $3.29 billion, including $1.36 billion of project level debt, a modest premium to construction costs, and the Phillips offer values DCP at $7.2 billion. 

Enbridge’s Financial Advisor: Citi

Phillips 66’s Financial Advisor: BofA Securities

Enbridge’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins led by partner Doug Bland with assistance from senior associate Michael Zarcaro and associates Vestita Kuntz, Kara Chung and Tushar Parashar. The tax team was led by partners Ryan Carney and Gary Huffman with assistance from partner George Gerachis, senior associate Peter Rogers and associate Maddie Brown. Other key team members were partner Sean Becker; partner Brian Bloom and senior associate Missy Spohn; partner Suzanne Clevenger, senior associate Michael Malenfant and associate Ryan Hoeffner; and partner Stephen Gill.

Phillips 66’s Outside Counsel: Bracewell, including: partners Will Anderson (Houston), G. Alan Rafte (Houston), Benjamin J. Martin (Houston), Daniel E. Hemli (New York), Mark K. Lewis (Washington, DC), Steven J. Lorch (New York), Matthew B. Grunert (Houston), Elizabeth L. McGinley (New York), Robert S. Nichols (Houston), Rebecca L. Baker (Houston), Rebecca Keep (New York), Robin J. Miles (New York), Heather L. Brown (Houston), Troy L. Harder (Houston), Bradley J. Benoit (Houston), Aaron P. Roffwarg (Houston) and Timothy A. Wilkins (Austin); senior counsel Ian R. Brown (Dallas); counsel Jacqueline R. Java (Washington, D.C.); and associates: Andrew W. Monk (Houston), Chase V. Edmunds (Houston), Shannon Baldwin (Houston), Katie J. Jones (Houston), Andrew P. Mintz (Houston) and Alexandra C. Crai (Houston)

Phillips 66’s Tax Counsel: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher advised on tax matters with a team based in New York that included partner Eric Sloan and included of counsel Jennifer Sabin and associates James Jennings and Adam Gregory.

Team sells Quest Integrity business to Baker Hughes for $280M

Deal Description: Team Inc., a global provider of integrated, digitally-enabled asset performance assurance and optimization solutions, announced Aug. 15 that it agreed to sell its Quest Integrity business to Baker Hughes for $280 million in cash. Team said the divestiture is a key step in realizing the company’s strategic initiative to refocus on its core businesses and improve profitability and cash flow. In late 2021, Team announced a plan to review strategic options to maximize shareholder value. As a result of its portfolio review to streamline its operations and unlock value, the company agreed to sell the business, which constitutes Team’s inspection and engineering operations and reliability management segment. Team said the sale allows it to make a substantial debt pay down and improves liquidity and focus on its core inspection and heat treating and mechanical services businesses, which represented 87 percent of its revenues year to date through June 30. Quest Integrity provides technology-enabled, advanced inspection and engineering assessment services and products that help pipeline, refining, chemical and power industries improve operational planning, increase profitability and reduce operational and safety risks. The business generated $80 million in revenues in 2021 and reported $59 million in revenues through the six months ended June 30.

Expected Closing: Q4 2022 if the deal clears regulators

Team’s Financial Advisor: Robert W. Baird & Co.

Team’s Outside Legal: Kirkland & Ellis led by corporate partners Sean Wheeler and Cephas Sekhar; debt finance partner Rachael Lichman; tax partner David Wheat; and executive compensation partner Rob Fowler.

Kinder Morgan buys North American Natural Resources for $135M

Deal Description: Kinder Morgan Inc. announced Aug. 11 it closed on the acquisition of North American Natural Resources Inc. (and its sister companies, North American Biofuels and North American-Central. The $135 million acquisition in combined purchase price and related transaction costs includes seven landfill gas-to-power facilities in Michigan and Kentucky. Shortly following close, KMI will make a final investment decision on the conversion of up to four of the seven gas-to-power facilities to renewable natural gas facilities with a capital spend of $175 million. The facilities are expected to be in service by early 2024 and generate 2 billion cubic feet per year of RNG. The acquisition combined with the recent Kinetrex Energy and Mas CanAm acquisitions will enhance the company’s vertically integrated platform that delivers differentiated solutions across the RNG value chain, Kinder said.

KMI’s In-House Counsel: Catherine Callaway James, vice president and general counsel; Adam Forman, vice president and deputy general counsel; Eric McCord, vice president and managing counsel; Alix Charles, assistant general counsel – energy transition ventures; Jordan Mintz, vice president and chief tax officer; and Jeff Utay, vice president, tax

KMI’s Outside Counsel: Bracewell, including partners Jason M. Jean (Houston), Steven J. Lorch (New York), Catherine P. McCarthy (Washington, D.C.), Tony Visage (Houston), Matthew B. Grunert (Houston), Rebecca L. Baker (Houston) and Brittany Pemberton (Washington, D.C.) and associates W. Jared Berg (Houston), Margo McEntire (Houston), Michael A. Recchia (New York), Caroline E. Ellis (Houston), Boris Shkuta (Washington, D.C.), Brandon Butera (Houston) and Michael J. Muszik (Houston)

NOG announces Midland Basin bolt-on acquisition for $110M

Deal Description: Northern Oil and Gas Inc. announced Aug. 17 that it entered into an agreement to acquire properties in the Midland Basin operated largely by SM Energy for $110 million. The seller was Laredo Petroleum Inc., Laredo announced in a separate release. NOG expects to fund the acquisition with cash on hand, operating free cash flow and borrowings under its revolving credit facility. At closing, production on the assets is expected to be greater than 1,600barrels of oil equivalent per day and NOG expects average production of 1,800 Boe per day over the next 12 months post-closing. NOG expects to spend less than $5 million on the properties post-closing. The properties have operating costs lower than NOG’s corporate average. The acquired assets are located in Howard County, Texas, and include 1,600 acres, 6.4 net producing wells, 1.6 net wells-in-process and 8 net undeveloped locations.

Expected Closing: October 2022

NOG’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis including corporate partners David Castro Jr. and Rahul Vashi and associates Alia Heintz, Matt Gibson and Braxton Smith; environmental transactions partner James Dolphin and of counsel Jennifer Cornejo; tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Victoria Chang; capital markets partner Bryan Flannery and associate Ieuan List; and debt finance partner Mary Kogut and associate Lauren Croft

Seller’s Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a Houston-based team led by partners Stephen Szalkowski and John Greer with associates Shawn Beloin and Austin Sheehy. On tax: partner Jim Cole with associate Dylan White; and on finance: partner Matthew Jones with associate Max Fin.

ArcLight launches OnPoint Energy

Deal Description: ArcLight Capital Partners announced Aug. 17 the formation of OnPoint Energy, a new retail electric provider focused on residential, commercial and industrial retail electricity solutions initially serving the ERCOT market. OnPoint is led by its CEO Cullen Hay and is headquartered in Houston. ArcLight partner Carter Ward said the firm has committed $50 million to retail initiatives and look to expand into additional competitive markets in the coming year.

ArcLight’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by corporate partners Kristin Mendoza from New York and Ahmed Sidik from Texas (Austin/Houston) and associates Aan Amin and Brooke Curry; and included tax partners David Wheat and Bill Dong and associate Courtney Loyack; and executive compensation partner Jared Whalen.

OnPoint’s Outside Counsel: King & Spalding including partner Stuart Zisman in Houston as well as counsel Christopher Baeza and tax partner Jonathan Talansky

J.F. Lehman completes sale of Lone Star Disposal

Deal Description: J.F. Lehman & Co., a middle-market private equity firm focused on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental industries, announced Aug. 15 that investment affiliates have sold Lone Star Disposal to Waste Connections Inc. Terms were not disclosed. Lone Star is a vertically-integrated provider of construction and demolition and municipal solid waste disposal and related environmental services in Houston. The company’s customer base includes regional and nationwide C&D and MSW haulers and C&D contractors serving the Houston area. Since acquiring Lone Star in 2019, JFLCO worked with management to optimize the company’s hauling and disposal operations and enhance the development function, driving revenue and earnings growth.

JFLCO’s Financial Advisors: R.W. Baird (Bradford Page and Ardis Tabb) and Houlihan Lokey (Scott Sergeant and Matthew Glaswand)

JFLCO’s Outside Legal: Shearman & Sterling led by Alain Dermarkar and including Kyle Park, Efren Lemus, and Emily Greenwood

Waste Connection’s Outside Counsel: Shartsis Friese led by Michael B. Dell and Jeffrey Braker

Notes: S&S’s Dermarkar led JFLCO’s purchase of Lone Star in 2019 when he was at Jones Day, along with Bobby Cardone

7-Eleven acquires Skipcart

Deal Description: 7-Eleven acquired San Antonio-based startup Skipcart, sources have confirmed. Neither 7-Eleven nor SkipCart commented. Originally reported by The Information on Aug. 4, 7-Eleven’s acquisition of Skipcart expands its delivery business under the 7Now brand, competing directly with DoorDash and Philadelphia-based Gopuff. Skipcart mainly serves restaurants and retailers, including 7-Eleven.

7-Eleven’s In-House Counsel: Lillian Kirstein is the company’s general counsel

7-Eleven’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis including partner Aisha Lavinier in Chicago, associate Stella Lee in Los Angeles and associate Connor O’Flaherty in the Bay area with tax partner Anne Kim in Los Angeles

Notes: Stephanie Chandler at Jackson Walker was long-time counsel to Skipcart but declined to discuss the deal. Early in her legal career, 7-Eleven’s Kirstein was an associate at Haynes Boone. She has since worked in-house, including Atlantic Richfield Corp., Oxy and Lennox International before joining 7-Eleven in 2012

Nexstar Media Group buys the CW

Deal Description: Nexstar Media Group Inc. announced Aug. 15 that it agreed to acquire a 75 percent ownership interest in the CW Network.  Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, current co-owners of the CW, will each keep a 12.5 percent ownership interest and will continue to produce original, scripted content for the network. Nexstar, together with its partner stations, is the country’s largest local television broadcasting company and the largest CW affiliate group with 37 CW and CW Plus affiliates, including affiliates in five of the top 10 DMAs, accounting for 32 percent of the network’s national reach.  The proposed transaction is expected to create value for Nexstar shareholders by solidifying its revenue opportunities as the largest CW affiliate, diversifying its content outside of news, increasing its exposure to the national advertising market, establishing it as a participant in advertising video-on-demand services and improving the CW ratings, revenue and profitability by prioritizing programing for the network’s broadcast audience. Mark Pedowitz will continue to serve as the CW’s chairman and CEO.

Expected Closing: Q3 2022

Nexstar’s In-House Counsel: The company’s general counsel is Rachel Morgan, who was appointed to the post this past April (she joined from AT&T)

Nexstar’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis and Loeb & Loeb led by entertainment partner Scott Zolke out of Los Angeles

The Sellers’ Financial Advisor: Guggenheim Securities

The Sellers’ Outside Counsel: Paul Hastings led by entertainment and media M&A partner Sean Monroe in Century City

Notes: Nexstar’s Morgan worked as an attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski and Morgan Lewis before joining AT&T in 2012. Morgan replaced Elizabeth Ryder, who now serves as Nexstar’s special counsel and secretary to its board.

SMT Energy inks deal with SUSI Partners to develop battery storage systems 

Deal Description: SMT Energy, a developer and operator of renewable energy and energy storage projects in the U.S., announced Aug. 16 it agreed with Swiss sustainable energy infrastructure fund manager SUSI Partners to develop, own and operate battery energy storage systems in the U.S. The partnership plans a ready-to-build portfolio of 10 standalone projects in South Texas with a combined capacity of 100 megawatts. The assets are expected to begin commercial operations in the first half of 2023 and will alleviate pressure on power grids by balancing mismatches in electricity supply and demand, SMT said. The partnership includes a further capital commitment to more projects. Financial terms were not disclosed. Texas’ electricity grid has been under scrutiny with winter storms and extremely high summer temperatures presenting challenges that are expected to increase as climate change progresses, according to SMT. Renewable energy generation integration has outpaced the buildout of energy storage capacity and the need for storage is accentuated by pending retirements of thermal generation plants, which are expected to keep price volatility at a high level throughout the 2020s, SMT said.

SUSI’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins led by partner Danielle Patterson with assistance from senior associate Caroline Kuehn and associates Kara Chung and Brian Broussard as well as senior associate Josh Singer. Other team members were counsel Scot Dixon (real estate); partners Jason McIntosh and Lauren Collins and associate Sarah Coe (tax); partner Matt Dobbins and senior associate Lindsay Hall (environmental); and partner Mike Tomsu (energy regulatory).

SMT’s Financial Advisor: Piper Sandler

SMT’s Outside Counsel: Stoel Rives, including Brian Nese in San Diego and Matthew Gurch in Washington, D.C.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

EnLink prices upsized offering of $700M in notes

Deal Description: Dallas-based EnLink Midstream announced Aug. 16 the pricing of its upsized offering of $700 million in 6.5 percent senior notes due September 2030 at a price of 100% of their face value. The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by EnLink Midstream Partners, a subsidiary of EnLink. The offering size was increased from $500 million. EnLink intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with existing corporate liquidity, to fund the repurchase of up to $500 million of the $502.3 million outstanding of ENLK’s 4.40 percent senior notes due 2024, the $717.2 million outstanding of ENLK’s 4.15 percent senior notes due 2025 and the $491.0 million outstanding of ENLK’s 4.85 p[ercent senior notes due 2026; to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with such senior notes repurchases; or for general corporate purposes.

Expected Closing: Aug. 31

Initial Purchasers’/Dealer Managers’ Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins led by partners Thomas Zentner and David Stone and senior associate Brett Peace with assistance from associates Phil Greenfield and Michelle Yang.

EnLink’s Outside Counsel: Baker Botts including, from corporate: Preston Bernhisel (partner, Dallas), Victor Ochieng (associate, Dallas); on finance: Luke Weedon (partner, Dallas) and Linda Oh (associate, Dallas); and on tax: Steve Marcus (partner, Dallas)

Sunnova prices upsized offering of $500M in notes

Deal Description: Sunnova Energy International Inc. announced Aug. 16 the pricing of $500 million worth of 2.625 percent convertible senior notes due 2028 in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers. Sunnova also granted the initial purchasers of the notes the option to purchase up to an additional $100 million aggregate principal amount of the notes within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which the notes are first issued.

Expected Closing: Aug. 19

Underwriters’ Counsel: The V&E team was led by partners Dave Oelman, David Stone and Crosby Scofield and senior associate Brett Peace, with assistance from associates Nina Bhatia, Chandler Jones and Phil Greenfield. Other team members include partner Wendy Salinas and associate Jeff Slusher (tax); partner Matt Dobbins and associate Kevin Moscon (environmental) partner Damien Lyster and associate Ryan Hoeffner (energy regulatory) and partner Guy Gribov and Joe Higdon (finance).

Sunnova’s Outside Counsel: Baker Botts including, from corporate, partners Travis Wofford and Doug Getten as well as Garrett Hughey, Parker Hinman, Rob Cowan, Chelsea Johnson and Chandler Block, all in Houston; on finance: Caitlin Lawrence in Houston; on tax: Michael Bresson in Houston and Peter Farrell in Washington, D.C.; and advisory: Danny David in Houston

Faraday Future announces $52M in initial financing

Deal Description: Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc., a California-based shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, announced Aug. 15 the successful execution of a definitive agreement for a new financing facility. The company continues to have discussions with capital providers for more near-term funding. Under the facility, which contemplates potential funding of as much as $600 million in a convertible secured notes structure, Faraday Future will receive an initial $52 million of committed funds. Funds managed by ATW Partners, a U.S.-based institutional investor, led the transaction. Investors contributing $27 million (plus up to $31 million from additional investors who commit before to Aug. 17 and fund before August 20) will receive a conversion price of $2.2865 per FFIE share. Later contributions will receive a conversion price of $2.69 per FFIE share. All investors will receive 33 percent warrant coverage with an exercise price of $5 per FFIE share. The facility is structured to allow for additional investor participation on similar terms.

Faraday’s placement agent: Citi

Faraday’s Outside Counsel: Sidley Austin led by M&A and PE partner Vijay S. Sekhon in San Francisco and global finance partner Banks Bruce in Dallas. Others on the team included associate Kendra Smith in Dallas

ATW’s Outside Counsel: Blank Rome and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole