Dealmaking in Texas isn’t all about oil and gas, of course (ask anyone in Dallas or Austin). While it still makes up the majority of M&A in the state, two other big industries – healthcare and technology – contribute big chunks to the overall activity.
PitchBook, in conjunction with RSM, released data last week on M&A and private equity activity in the two sectors overall and offered a few takeaways.
In healthcare/life sciences, M&A volume contracted by nearly 25% but deals got significantly larger, averaging a record $2.16 billion last year. The firms say ongoing labor shortages are helping fuel consolidation across several segments and “consumerization” of the industry continues, as health care providers look to acquire or develop telemedicine and patient-facing capabilities.
In information technology, almost $530 billion changed hands in M&A transactions last year while deal volume declined 16% over 2018. However, the firms noted that dealmaking in cybersecurity is on the rise due to increased attacks (see Dell Technologies’ deal, below), with the average total cost of a data breach reaching $3.9 million last year. Software investors with sizable portfolios also are looking to expand into other, complementary services, the firms said.
Last week in Texas, in-state attorneys managed to churn out some deals despite worries over the coronavirus, the stock market pullback and malaise in the oil and gas sector, among other things. There were 12 deals valued at nearly $3.7 billion last week, versus 16 transactions worth $1.25 billion the previous week and 12 deals valued at $2.04 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)
(Deal Values in Millions)
| Week Ending | Deal Count | Amount | Firms | Lawyers | M&A Count | M&A Value $M | CapM Count | CapM Value $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2022 | 13 | $5,143.5 | 10 | 99 | 12 | $4,842.5 | 1 | $301 |
| January 15, 2022 | 12 | $7,605 | 9 | 155 | 9 | $6,480 | 3 | $1,025 |
| January 8, 2022 | 13 | $8,256.2 | 11 | 102 | 13 | $8,256.2 | 0 | 0 |
| January 1, 2022 | 9 | $1,273.8 | 6 | 50 | 9 | $1,273.8 | 0 | 0 |
| December 25, 2021 | 21 | $4,734.75 | 11 | 176 | 16 | $3,410 | 5 | $1,324.75 |
| December 18, 2021 | 26 | $7,325.2 | 15 | 193 | 18 | $3,640.2 | 8 | $3,685.2 |
| December 11, 2021 | 16 | $5,017 | 10 | 109 | 13 | $1,417 | 3 | $3,600 |
| December 4, 2021 | 14 | $2,310 | 8 | 86 | 8 | $2,310 | 6 | $1,882.05 |
| November 27, 2021 | 9 | $3.460.1 | 10 | 101 | 6 | $1,758 | 3 | $1,702.6 |
| November 20, 2021 | 20 | $22,792 | 15 | 157 | 12 | $18,864.5 | 8 | $3,928 |
| November 13, 2021 | 21 | $26,729 | 12 | 178 | 13 | $11,822 | 8 | $14,907 |
| November 6, 2021 | 12 | $8,303 | 13 | 157 | 10 | $6,682 | 3 | $1,621 |
| October 30, 2021 | 21 | $10,368 | 15 | 218 | 15 | $9,24.4 | 6 | $1,103. |
| October 23, 2021 | 21 | $18.783.1 | 15 | 222 | 11 | $12,314 | 10 | $6,468.6 |
| October 16, 2021 | 15 | $3,868 | 11 | 118 | 15 | $2,293 | 2 | $1,575 |
| October 9, 2021 | 20 | $8,610 | 16 | 175 | 16 | $7,795 | 4 | $815 |
| October 2, 2021 | 14 | $6,250 | 11 | 137 | 10 | $5,200 | 4 | $1,050 |
| September 25, 2021 | 11 | $11,460 | 9 | 93 | 7 | $10,200 | 4 | $1,250 |
| September 18, 2021 | 11 | $16,603 | 8 | 99 | 8 | $15,084 | 3 | $1,519 |
| September 11, 2021 | 17 | $10,653 | 11 | 103 | 13 | $8,503 | 4 | $2,150 |
| September 4, 2021 | 13 | $7,222 | 10 | 89 | 11 | $6,715 | 2 | $507 |
| August 28, 2021 | 12 | $763 | 9 | 63 | 11 | $663 | 1 | $100 |
| August 21, 2021 | 12 | $29,659 | 7 | 79 | 11 | $29,579 | 1 | $80 |
| August 14, 2021 | 22 | $17,845 | 11 | 199 | 12 | $12,805 | 10 | $5,04 |
| August 7, 2021 | 17 | $13,670 | 12 | 139 | 15 | $11,766 | 2 | $1,904 |
| July 31, 2021 | 21 | $8,16 | 11 | 134 | 10 | $3,574 | 10 | $4,586 |
| July 24,2021 | 21 | $6,367 | 11 | 139 | 15 | $3,712 | 6 | $2,655 |
| July 17, 2021 | 14 | $4,009 | 11 | 124 | 12 | $2,015 | 2 | $1,994 |
| July 10, 2021 | 16 | $3,997 | 13 | 143 | 11 | $1,597 | 4 | $2,4 |
| July 3, 2021 | 24 | $7,492 | 13 | 94 | 16 | $3,769 | 8 | $3,722 |
| June 26, 2021 | 10 | $4,995 | 7 | 85 | 8 | $3,847 | 2 | $1,148 |
| June 19, 2021 | 28 | $16,830 | 8 | 228 | 9 | $1,861 | 19 | $14,968 |
| June 12, 2021 | 26 | $27,238 | 15 | 209 | 19 | $25,602 | 7 | $1,636 |
| June 5, 2021 | 15 | $15,539 | 13 | 100 | 13 | $14,709 | 2 | $600 |
| May 29, 2021 | 35 | $20,279 | 11 | 145 | 28 | $18,64 | 7 | $1,639 |
| May 22, 2021 | 24 | $53,208 | 14 | 174 | 17 | $51,047 | 7 | $2,161 |
| May 15, 2021 | 18 | $10,620 | 13 | 220 | 11 | $5,870 | 7 | $4,809 |
| May 8, 2021 | 17 | $10,400 | 11 | 156 | 15 | $8,386 | 2 | $2,500 |
| May 1, 2021 | 21 | $7,200 | 16 | 115 | 12 | $3,808 | 9 | $3,392 |
| April 24, 2021 | 8 | $20,200 | 9 | 3` | 8 | $20,200 | 0 | 0 |
| April 17, 2021 | 14 | $6,270 | 8 | 102 | 11 | $4,0180 | 3 | $2,260 |
| April 10, 2021 | 15 | $8,940 | 13 | 129 | 14 | $7,990 | 1 | $950 |
| April 3, 2021 | 18 | $19,513 | 10 | 151 | 12 | $16,923 | 6 | $2,590 |
| March 27, 2021 | 27 | $13,942 | 15 | 244 | 14 | $4,300 | 13 | $9,633.5 |
| March 20, 2021 | 11 | $2,046 | 4 | 102 | 3 | $270 | 8 | $1,776 |
| March 13, 2021 | 15 | $3,270 | 9 | 109 | 6 | $538 | 9 | $2,732 |
| March 6, 2021 | 24 | $13,617 | 10 | 196 | 13 | $10,395 | 11 | $3,222 |
| February 27, 2021 | 19 | $8,105 | 12 | 139 | 15 | $4,970 | 4 | $3,135 |
| February 20, 2021 | 9 | $8,820 | 9 | 153 | 8 | $8,520 | 1 | $300 |
| February 13, 2021 | 12 | $4,852.6 | 7 | 81 | 7 | 2,766 | 5 | $2,086.6 |
| February 6, 2021 | 18 | $9,752 | 13 | 153 | 14 | $5,222 | 4 | $4,530 |
| January 30, 2021 | 18 | $9,449 | 9 | 182 | 15 | $8753.8 | 3 | $695.3 |
| January 23, 2021 | 14 | $8,150 | 8 | 118 | 6 | $4,000 | 8 | $4,150 |
| January 16, 2021 | 17 | $6,783 | 13 | 138 | 11 | $2,400 | 6 | $4,382.9 |
| January 9, 2021 | 22 | $6,829 | 14 | 135 | 18 | $3,139.3 | 4 | $3,690 |
| January 2, 2021 | 7 | $1,466 | 7 | 60 | 7 | $1,466 | 0 | 0 |
| December 26, 2020 | 18 | $15,900 | 12 | 163 | 16 | $5,300 | 1 | $600 |
| December 19, 2020 | 18 | $9,769 | 14 | 110 | 14 | $8,426 | 4 | $1,343 |
| December 12, 2020 | 10 | $7,200 | 9 | 100 | 9 | $3,325 | 1 | $3,830 |
| December 5, 2020 | 15 | $4,261 | 9 | 122 | 9 | $2,780 | 6 | $1,481 |
| November 28, 2020 | 19 | $7,758 | 10 | 110 | 13 | $4,003 | 6 | $3,755 |
| November 14, 2020 | 14 | $864.1 | 14 | 157 | 12 | $289.1 | 2 | $575 |
| November 7, 2020 | 13 | $6,332 | 9 | 129 | 9 | $2,483.5 | 4 | $3,849 |
| October 31, 2020 | 10 | $3,995.8 | 8 | 103 | 6 | $3,231.1 | 4 | $754.7 |
| October 24, 2020 | 6 | $18,100 | 6 | 58 | 5 | $17,709 | 1 | $350 |
| October 17, 2020 | 8 | $351.9 | 5 | 55 | 8 | $351.9 | 0 | 0 |
| October 10, 2020 | 7 | $5,229 | 3 | 50 | 4 | $735 | 3 | $4,494 |
| October 3, 2020 | 14 | $21,428 | 9 | 173 | 9 | $17,535 | 5 | $3,893 |
| September 26, 2020 | 10 | $12,770 | 8 | 93 | 5 | $10,300 | 5 | $2,470 |
| September 19, 2020 | 14 | $8,365 | 9 | 101 | 6 | $1,020 | 8 | $7,345 |
| September 12, 2020 | 6 | $4,406 | 8 | 59 | 3 | $1,270 | 3 | $3,136 |
| September 5, 2020 | 11 | $5,191 | 8 | 117 | 9 | $4,061 | 2 | $1,130 |
| August 29, 2020 | 11 | $2,531 | 9 | 94 | 5 | $1,130 | 6 | $1,401 |
| August 22, 2020 | 18 | $6,574 | 12 | 140 | 7 | $1,930 | 11 | $4,644 |
| August 15, 2020 | 13 | $4,991 | 10 | 97 | 7 | $1,216 | 6 | $3,775 |
| August 8, 2020 | 12 | $32,092 | 11 | 112 | 9 | $30,457 | 3 | $1,635 |
| August 1, 2020 | 7 | $5,287 | 8 | 76 | 5 | $3,687 | 2 | $1,600 |
| July 25, 2020 | 9 | $18,751 | 6 | 67 | 7 | $18,403 | 2 | $348 |
| July 18, 2020 | 6 | $1,982.5 | 5 | 50 | 4 | $1,407.5 | 2 | $575 |
| July 11, 2020 | 11 | $565.1 | 12 | 75 | 10 | $65.1 | 1 | $500 |
| July 4, 2020 | 10 | $8,889 | 8 | 98 | 9 | $8,788 | 1 | $100.3 |
| June 27, 2020 | 8 | $6,874 | 10 | 50 | 5 | $4,972.5 | 3 | $2,081.5 |
| June 20, 2020 | 12 | $4,444 | 9 | 115 | 7 | $2,829 | 5 | $1,615 |
| June 13, 2020 | 6 | $3,582 | 4 | 37 | 2 | $350 | 4 | $3,232 |
| June 6, 2020 | 11 | $3,213.7 | 8 | 65 | 7 | $470 | 4 | $2,743.7 |
| May 30, 2020 | 8 | $7,335 | 7 | 48 | 6 | $4,639 | 2 | $2,697 |
| May 23, 2020 | 4 | $432.4 | 4 | 34 | 3 | $432.4 | 1 | 0 |
| May 16, 2020 | 6 | $310 | 6 | 34 | 5 | $310 | 1 | 0 |
| May 9, 2020 | 18 | $5,630 | 16 | 124 | 14 | $3,180 | 4 | $2,450 |
| May 2, 2020 | 15 | 10,400 | 10 | 90 | 8 | $1,900 | 7 | $,8,500 |
| April 25, 2020 | 8 | $3,400 | 9 | 36 | 5 | $1,000 | 3 | $2,450 |
| April 18, 2020 | 19 | $9,500 | 14 | 92 | 8 | $185.7 | 11 | $9,360 |
| April 11, 2020 | 12 | $6,000 | 9 | 40 | 5 | $190 | 7 | $5,800 |
| April 4, 2020 | 14 | $8,200 | 11 | 68 | 10 | $2,200 | 4 | $6,000 |
| March 28, 2020 | 16 | $6,500 | 13 | 96 | 10 | $3,700 | 6 | $2,800 |
| March 21, 2020 | 11 | $11,910 | 7 | 33 | 7 | $2,250 | 4 | $9,960 |
| March 14, 2020 | 7 | 809.8 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 684.8 | 1 | 125 |
| March 7, 2020 | 16 | $2,500 | 15 | 70 | 13 | $669 | 3 | $1,400 |
| February 29, 2020 | 13 | $15,260 | 13 | 128 | 11 | $11,760 | 2 | $3,500 |
| February 22, 2020 | 12 | $3,700 | 10 | 92 | 10 | $2,560 | 2 | $1,130 |
| February 15, 2020 | 16 | $1,250 | 10 | 84 | 12 | $35 | 4 | $1,222 |
| February 8, 2020 | 18 | $6,080 | 14 | 123 | 14 | $2,595 | 4 | $3,485 |
| February 1, 2020 | 21 | $20,900 | 12 | 101 | 14 | $17,860 | 7 | $3,060 |
| January 25, 2020 | 13 | $7,430 | 13 | 62 | 12 | $6,430 | 1 | $1,000 |
| January 18, 2020 | 23 | $9,580 | 15 | 120 | 19 | $6,580 | 4 | $3,000 |
| January 11, 2020 | 21 | $14,200 | 18 | 199 | 16 | $1,020 | 5 | $13,200 |
| January 4, 2020 | 22 | $6,400 | 11 | 119 | 16 | $3,204 | 6 | $3,245 |
| December 28, 2019 | 22 | $7,150 | 19 | 175 | 18 | $6,800 | 4 | $327.4 |
| December 14, 2019 | 24 | $36,300 | 23 | 167 | 19 | $9,500 | 5 | $26,800 |
| December 7, 2019 | 11 | $10,400 | 11 | 55 | 7 | $1,082 | 4 | $9,370 |
| November 30. 2019 | 14 | $2,450 | 12 | 126 | 12 | $1,760 | 2 | $692.5 |
| November 23, 2019 | 16 | $1,995 | 10 | 41 | 11 | $615 | 5 | $1,380 |
| November 16, 2019 | 15 | $3,820 | 13 | 135 | 11 | $2,500 | 4 | $1,271 |
| November 9, 2019 | 25 | $12,900 | 17 | 182 | 23 | $12,200 | 2 | $575 |
| November 2, 2019 | 10 | $2,470 | 12 | 61 | 9 | 2,450 | 3 | $22 |
| October 26, 2019 | 12 | $5,560 | 14 | 70 | 11 | $3,860 | 1 | $1,700 |
| October 19, 2019 | 8 | $6,600 | 8 | 138 | 8 | $6,600 | 0 | 0 |
| October 12, 2019 | 19 | $4,300 | 14 | 55 | 16 | $3,800 | 3 | $500 |
| October 5, 2019 | 18 | $14,500 | 19 | 166 | 15 | $11,100 | 3 | $3,400 |
| September 28, 2019 | 19 | $8,100 | 18 | 132 | 18 | $7,560 | 1 | $550 |
| September 21, 2019 | 14 | $6,300 | 16 | 66 | 11 | $2,160 | 3 | $4,170 |
| September 14, 2019 | 15 | $23,800 | 12 | 56 | 11 | $21,250 | 4 | $2,570 |
| September 7, 2019 | 17 | $3,500 | 15 | 98 | 14 | $1,900 | 3 | $1,600 |
| August 31, 2019 | 5 | $8,700 | 6 | 50 | 5 | $8,700 | 0 | 0 |
| August 24, 2019 | 16 | $10,000 | 14 | 82 | 15 | $4,250 | 1 | $5,750 |
| August 16, 2019 | 10 | $1,680 | 5 | 52 | 7 | $650 | 3 | $950 |
| August 9, 2019 | 17 | $17,700 | 15 | 68 | 14 | $3,900 | 3 | $13,800 |
| August 2, 2019 | 13 | $5,760 | 12 | 108 | 13 | $5,760 | NA | NA |
| July 27, 2019 | 11 | $7,300 | 13 | 76 | 8 | $6,570 | 3 | $730 |
| July 20, 2019 | 13 | $11,800 | 13 | 125 | 11 | $5,300 | 2 | $6,500 |
| July 13, 2019 | 10 | $775 | 7 | 46 | 8 | $542.5 | 2 | $233 |
| July 6, 2019 | 7 | $2,500 | 9 | 85 | 7 | $2,500 | 0 | 0 |
| June 29, 2019 | 23 | $8,290 | 15 | 154 | 17 | $2,300 | 6 | $5,970 |
| June 22, 2019 | 17 | $10,700 | 10 | 139 | 14 | $7,700 | 3 | $3,000 |
| June 15, 2019 | 11 | $13,500 | 14 | 160 | 11 | $13,500 | NA | NA |
| June 8, 2019 | 13 | $2,870 | 17 | 55 | 11 | $1,570 | 2 | $1,300 |
| June 1, 2019 | 10 | $4,460 | 11 | 60 | 8 | $4,140 | 2 | $315 |
| May 25, 2019 | 17 | $4,360 | 14 | 79 | 14 | $3,700 | 3 | $612 |
| May 18, 2019 | 22 | $9,000 | 17 | 150 | 16 | $3,400 | 6 | $5,600 |
| May 11, 2019 | 18 | $19,800 | 17 | 177 | 15 | $18,300 | 3 | $1,500 |
| May 4, 2019 | 10 | $7,075 | 6 | 32 | 8 | $6,900 | 2 | $175 |
| April 27, 2019 | 15 | $3,200 | 14 | 117 | 14 | $3,160 | 1 | $40 |
| April 20, 2019 | 13 | $13,500 | 10 | 90 | 9 | $12,200 | 4 | $1,300 |
| April 13, 2019 | 16 | $38,900 | 14 | 91 | 14 | $37,800 | 2 | $1,100 |
| April 6, 2019 | 12 | $6,870 | 11 | 94 | 10 | $6,730 | 2 | $50 |
| March 30, 2019 | 15 | $6,470 | 12 | 84 | 10 | $7,91.5 | 5 | $5,677 |
| March 23, 2019 | 18 | $6,450 | 14 | 91 | 14 | $5,042 | 4 | $1,408 |
| March 16, 2019 | 14 | $10,180 | 12 | 115 | 11 | $8,800 | 3 | $1,300 |
| March 9, 2019 | 9 | $1,800 | 6 | 49 | 8 | $1,300 | 1 | $500 |
| March 2, 2019 | 20 | $3,033 | 16 | 107 | 14 | $1,817 | 6 | $1,262 |
| February 23, 2019 | 12 | $2,040 | 8 | 69 | 9 | $614.6 | 3 | $1,430 |
| February 16, 2019 | 16 | $9,970 | 18 | 77 | 16 | $9,970 | 0 | 0 |
| February 9, 2019 | 14 | $6,400 | 10 | 110 | 14 | $6,400 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2, 2019 | 18 | $6,740 | 15 | 99 | 16 | $5,720 | 2 | $950 |
| January 26, 2019 | 13 | $2,770 | 11 | 67 | 11 | $918.95 | 2 | $1,850 |
| January 19, 2019 | 15 | $3,819 | 16 | 76 | 12 | $2,594 | 3 | $1,225 |
| January 12, 2019 | 18 | $7,283 | 14 | 92 | 15 | $1,683 | 3 | $5,600 |
| January 5, 2019 | 10 | $529 | 12 | 50 | 10 | $529 | 0 | 0 |
| December 22, 2018 | 17 | $2,570 | 13 | 87 | 14 | $941 | 3 | $1,629 |
| December 15, 2018 | 10 | $2,860 | 8 | 26 | 8 | $264 | 2 | $2,600 |
| December 8, 2018 | 15 | $1,819 | 16 | 65 | 12 | $552 | 3 | $1,267 |
| December 1, 2018 | 12 | $7,500 | 10 | 90 | 9 | $1,200 | 3 | $6,200 |
| November 28, 2018 | 15 | $4,500 | 11 | 107 | 14 | $4,000 | 1 | $500 |
| November 19, 2018 | 18 | $6,137 | 13 | 98 | 13 | $2,142 | 5 | $3,995 |
| November 14, 2018 | 18 | $9,200 | 13 | 152 | 15 | $8,500 | 3 | $694 |
| November 6, 2018 | 16 | $17,300 | 16 | 183 | 14 | $16,361 | 2 | $950 |
| October 29, 2018 | 14 | $14,400 | 18 | 127 | 17 | $13,800 | 1 | $600 |
| October 24, 2018 | 13 | $6,140 | 13 | 126 | 11 | $5,122 | 2 | $1,018 |
| October 17, 2018 | 18 | $18,390 | 15 | 125 | 14 | $12,292 | 4 | $6,098 |
| October 10, 2018 | 29 | $3,149 | 18 | 104 | 20 | $1,647 | 9 | $819 |
| October 2, 2018 | 18 | $9,300 | 11 | 67 | 14 | $7,300 | 4 | $2,000 |
| September 25, 2018 | 13 | $7,000 | 11 | 75 | 10 | $6,000 | 3 | $995 |
| September 18, 2018 | 9 | $3,570 | 7 | 44 | 9 | $3,570 | 0 | 0 |
| September 11, 2018 | 13 | $5,900 | 10 | 132 | 13 | $5,900 | 0 | 0 |
| September 7, 2018 | 14 | $5,000 | 15 | 86 | 11 | $4,000 | 3 | $1,000 |
| August 29, 2018 | 15 | $20,700 | 14 | 79 | 13 | $4,700 | 2 | $16,000 |
| August 20, 2018 | 10 | $12,400 | 11 | 53 | 8 | $11,380 | 3 | $1,057 |
| August 14, 2018 | 12 | $19,900 | 12 | 132 | 9 | $18,889 | 3 | $1,011 |
| August 7, 2018 | 16 | $68,600 | 11 | 106 | 13 | $67,259 | 3 | $1,340 |
| July 31, 2018 | 15 | $15,100 | 15 | 95 | 11 | $13,060 | 4 | $2,060 |
| July 23, 2018 | 13 | $2,130 | 15 | 60 | 10 | $1,804 | 3 | $1,100 |
| July 17, 2018 | 14 | $5,370 | 17 | 98 | 9 | $4,310 | 5 | $1,100 |
| July 9, 2018 | 16 | $11,200 | 15 | 74 | 10 | $11,080 | 6 | $862 |
| July 3, 2018 | 13 | $7,000 | 7 | 81 | 12 | $6,330 | 1 | $750 |
| June 25, 2018 | 15 | $8,800 | 13 | 97 | 9 | $4,970 | 6 | $3,930 |
| June 18, 2018 | 13 | $14,200 | 14 | 80 | 7 | $221 | 6 | $14,290 |
| June 11, 2018 | 12 | $6,300 | 8 | 96 | 8 | $5,910 | 4 | $803 |
| June 6, 2018 | 13 | $14,500 | 10 | 88 | 8 | $14,154 | 5 | $579 |
| May 31, 2018 | 11 | $4,890 | 10 | 63 | 8 | $3,240 | 3 | $1,790 |
| May 22, 2018 | 15 | $20,400 | 11 | 63 | 9 | $19,808 | 6 | $885 |
| May 15, 2018 | 15 | $4,700 | 15 | 106 | 10 | $3,900 | 5 | $643 |
| May 9, 2018 | 11 | $1,400 | 13 | 88 | 9 | $1,300 | 2 | $560 |
| May 1, 2018 | 8 | $14,250 | 7 | 88 | 7 | $13,400 | 1 | $450 |
| April 24, 2018 | 12 | $5,300 | 6 | 61 | 11 | $4,470 | 1 | $800 |
| April 17, 2018 | 9 | $1,800 | 10 | 44 | 7 | $2,330 | 2 | $1,434 |
| April 11, 2018 | 11 | $2,500 | 8 | 32 | 6 | $1,690 | 5 | $809 |
| April 3, 2018 | 15 | $13,400 | 11 | 121 | 9 | $12,020 | 6 | $1,090 |
| March 28, 2018 | 10 | $4,000 | 10 | 92 | 7 | $3,870 | 3 | $215 |
| March 19, 2018 | 17 | $5,800 | 13 | 51 | 10 | $590 | 7 | $5,165 |
| March 12, 2018 | 15 | $3,130 | 11 | 43 | 11 | $2,360 | 4 | $788 |
| March 6, 2018 | 19 | $5,400 | 13 | 116 | 10 | $1,530 | 9 | $4,860 |
| February 27, 2018 | 20 | $6,600 | 13 | 69 | 14 | $5,530 | 6 | $1,030 |
| February 19, 2018 | 15 | $5,500 | 14 | 111 | 10 | $3,990 | 6 | $1,980 |
| February 12, 2018 | 23 | $10,900 | 17 | 157 | 12 | $7,110 | 11 | $3,840 |
| February 5, 2018 | 16 | $8,600 | 13 | 100 | 7 | $1,330 | 9 | $7,800 |
| January 30, 2018 | 11 | $12,600 | 11 | 68 | 5 | $7,300 | 6 | $4,982 |
| January 24, 2018 | 19 | $9,400 | 15 | 129 | 5 | $2,010 | 14 | $7,337 |
| January 18, 2018 | 10 | $6,280 | 8 | 49 | 2 | $2,100 | 8 | $4,188 |
| January 9, 2018 | 12 | $16,500 | 12 | 92 | 9 | $15,890 | 3 | $475 |
| January 3, 2018 | 10 | $2,500 | 9 | 47 | 8 | $2,350 | 2 | $150 |
| December 27, 2017 | 15 | $9,000 | 15 | 113 | 9 | $7,568 | 6 | $1,784 |
| December 18, 2017 | 15 | $13,800 | 16 | 164 | 9 | $13,010 | 7 | $1,118 |
| December 11, 2017 | 14 | $9,700 | 10 | 126 | 12 | $2,940 | 4 | $8,500 |
| December 4, 2017 | 6 | $1,800 | 6 | 31 | 5 | $1,510 | 1 | $300 |
| November 28, 2017 | 7 | $3,850 | 8 | 76 | 4 | $3,260 | 3 | $285 |
| November 16, 2017 | 10 | $2,700 | 10 | 48 | 6 | $1,840 | 4 | $856 |
| November 8, 2017 | 15 | $2,380 | 17 | 91 | 10 | $1,860 | 5 | $516 |
| November 1, 2017 | 12 | $4,700 | 17 | 94 | 9 | $3,400 | 4 | $1,300 |
| October 23, 2017 | 15 | $10,500 | 10 | 67 | 10 | $9,780 | 4 | $1,530 |
| October 18, 2017 | 6 | $2,000 | 37 | 3 | $225 | 3 | $1,820 | |
| October 10, 2017 | 12 | $6,570 | 100 | 9 | $3,880 | 3 | $3,360 | |
| October 2, 2017 | 8 | $3,100 | 11 | 19 | 3 | $1,630 | 5 | $1,750 |
| September 25, 2017 | 8 | $4,880 | 8 | 79 | 5 | $2,660 | 5 | $2,070 |
| September 18, 2017 | 9 | $4,770 | 3 | $300 | 6 | $4,470 | ||
| September 12, 2017 | 11 | $4,430 | 8 | $2,030 | 3 | $2,400 | ||
| September 1, 2017 | 4 | $1,310 | 3 | $317 | 1 | $1,000 | ||
| August 23, 2017 | 11 | $13,640 | 9 | 8 | $11,840 | 3 | $1,800 |
Ten firms and 84 Texas lawyers were involved in the activity, which included 10 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals totaling $2.56 billion and two capital markets transactions worth $1.13 billion.
M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL
Dell sells RSA cybersecurity unit to STG, others for $2B
After reports of an impending deal, a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and AlpInvest Partners announced Feb. 18 that it agreed to buy Massachusetts cybersecurity provider RSA from billionaire Michael Dell’s Dell Technologies for $2.075 billion.
Dell tapped Hogan Lovells lawyers in Washington, D.C., and Virginia to work on the transaction. Dell’s in-house counsel included Robert Potts, senior VP of corporate; Kim Erlanson, VP of corporate transactions; Alyssia Bernazal, senior counsel for mergers and acquisitions; and Tyler Cotton, counsel for corporate securities. Richard Rothberg is the company’s general counsel.
Davis Polk & Wardwell counseled the buyers while UBS Investment Bank and Jefferies provided financial advice and financing for the acquisition.
Symphony, known as STG, is a private equity firm focused on data, software and analytics. Its portfolio includes RedSeal, a provider of cyber risk modeling solutions.
STG managing partner William Chisholm said in the release that RSA is one of the world’s elite security brands and represents “a great opportunity for solving some of the rapidly developing customer challenges that go along with digital transformation.”
RSA president Rohit Ghai said with a more independent configuration, the company expects to be in a better position to accelerate innovation, ensure customer success with its portfolio of solutions and expand opportunities for its partner ecosystem.
Dell vice chairman Jeff Clarke said the move was the right long-term strategy for Dell, RSA and their customers and partners.
“The transaction will further simplify our business and product portfolio [and] also allows Dell Technologies to focus on our strategy to build automated and intelligent security into infrastructure, platforms and devices to keep data safe, protected and resilient,” he said.
The parties expect to close the transaction in the next six to nine months.
Round Round-based Dell has explored a sale of RSA since it picked it up as part of its $67 billion acquisition of EMC in 2016, which added a lot of debt to its balance sheet. Bloomberg reported last fall that the unit could fetch at least $1 billion.
The company has said the business has 30,000 customers, including banks and consumer products manufacturers, which it helps confirm user identities and manage other digital security risks.
Dell also owns Secureworks, another security-related business that has been the subject of buyout rumors (Bloomberg reported in December that the company was considering purchasing the 13.8% of Secureworks it didn’t already own and fully consolidating the business). Dell’s VMware business also owns Carbon Black, another cybersecurity services provider.
Venture capital and private equity firms have been active in the cybersecurity market, including in Texas. Earlier this month, Austin cybersecurity startup Praetorian said it raised $10 million in Series A funding from Bill Wood Ventures and McKinsey & Co.
Norton Rose Fulbright aids Dean Foods on $425M Dairy Farmers purchase offer
Bankrupt Dallas milk producer Dean Foods Co. announced Feb. 17 that it agreed to sell a substantial portion of its business to the U.S.’ largest milk cooperative, Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America, or DFA, for $425 million.
The deal would include 44 of Dean’s 57 facilities and the real estate, inventory, equipment and other assets needed to operate them along with their liabilities.
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Norton Rose Fulbright advised Dean Foods. The Norton Rose team including Dallas counsel William Greendyke, Dallas partner Jason Boland and Houston senior associates Bob Bruner and Julie Goodrich Harrison.
Evercore is Dean Foods’ investment banker and Alvarez & Marsal is its financial advisor.
DFA used Latham & Watkins, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Houlihan Lokey.
The merger has to clear a U.S. bankruptcy court, whose hearing about the deal is set for March 12, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, which reportedly has already been investigating how the deal would affect pricing and competition given the two companies’ dominance in the industry.
Other bids for Dean’s business are due April 13 with a possible auction scheduled for April 20. But Dean’s CEO and president Eric Beringause expressed confidence in the release that DFA’s offer will go through.
“We have had a relationship with DFA over the past 20 years and we are confident in their ability to succeed in the current market and serve our customers with the same commitment to quality and service they have come to expect,” he said.
DFA CEO and president Rick Smith said as a family farmer-owned and governed cooperative, no one has a greater interest in preserving and expanding milk markets than DFA. “We are pleased that we have come to an agreement on a deal that we believe is fair for both parties,” he said.
The November bankruptcy of Dean Foods – the largest processor and direct-to-store distributor of fresh milk and other dairy and dairy case products in the U.S. – followed a sales decline in its main business, fluid milk, which many consumers are replacing with plant-based milk alternatives.
Dean’s milk products also have had to compete with those at large supermarket chains that sell their own store label brands at lower prices. At the time of its filing, Dean had lost money on a net basis in seven of its last eight quarters.
The target isn’t alone in its struggles. Fellow Texas dairy company Borden Dairy Co. filed for bankruptcy in January, also citing lower milk consumption and having to compete with cheaper retail store brands.
V&E, LW aid on Phillips 66 Partners’ $75M Liberty Pipeline purchase from Phillips 66
Houston-based oil and gas midstream services provider Phillips 66 Partners said Feb. 21 it agreed to buy a 50% interest in Liberty Pipeline LLC from affiliate Phillips 66 for $75 million in cash.
Vinson & Elkins advised the conflicts committee of the board of Phillips 66 Partners’ general partner with Evercore serving as financial advisor.
Counsel Alan Bogdanow and partner Peter Marshall led the deal team with assistance from associates Lucy Liu, Cameron Land and Luke Strieber.
Others were counsel Damien Lyster and associate Melan Patel on regulatory matters; counsel Scot Dixon on real estate; counsel Brandon Tuck and senior associate Jennifer Cornejo on environmental; and partner Jim Meyer and associate David Gilbert on tax.
Latham & Watkins assisted Phillips 66, including Houston partner Thomas Brandt and associates Samantha Seley and Erin Lee.
Paula Johnson is general counsel of Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Partners. She joined in 2012 after 10 years at ConocoPhillips and in private practice at Fulbright & Jaworski.
Phillips 66 Partners plans to fund the deal with cash on hand and through its revolver. The parties expect to close the transaction March 2.
The unit is developing the Liberty Pipeline, which will transport crude oil from the Rockies and the Bakken production areas to Cushing, Okla. It’s expected to cost $1.6 billion, or $800 million net to Phillips 66 Partners, and start up in the first half of next year with long-term volume commitments.
Phillips 66 Partners chairman and CEO Greg Garland said the pipeline is a great addition to the partnership’s portfolio as part of its strategy to expand via stable fee-based cash flows supported by long-term volume commitments. The project follows its successful start-up of the Gray Oak Pipeline.
The purchase price reflects the reimbursement of project costs incurred by Phillips 66 prior to the transaction, the parties said.
Jones Day aids Westwood Residential on apartment purchase valued at $45.3M
Jones Day said Feb. 19 that it advised Westwood Residential Co. on the sale of Villas of Chapel Creek to Beverly Hills-based FSC Realty.
Terms weren’t disclosed, but the Dallas Central Appraisal District last assessed the property at $45.3 million.
Jones Day partner Michael Ording in Dallas led the deal. He also advises Trammel Crow Residential and Mill Creek Residential on transactions.
Villas of Chapel Creek is a 304-unit multifamily residential development in Frisco, Texas.
Shearman advises Eventus on $10.5M Series A funding from Jump, LiveOak
Austin-based Eventus Systems Inc., a global trade surveillance and market risk software provider, said Feb. 19 it secured $10.5 million in Series A funding from investors led by Jump Capital in Chicago and LiveOak Venture Partners in Austin.
Also participating in the round were existing customers and investors, including Coinbase Ventures and Chimera Securities.
Shearman & Sterling partner Matt Lyons and associate Jonathan Browalski counseled Eventus and a New York firm represented the investors. Rosenblatt Securities advised Eventus on the funding round.
Eventus said the funds will help it further enhance its technology, increase its sales, development and service staff globally and continue to expand its customer base.
Jump principal Peter Johnson and LiveOak founding partner Krishna Srinivasan have joined Eventus’ board as part of the funding.
Johnson said in the release that Eventus is disrupting the trade surveillance space and its innovative technology, scalable model and seasoned leadership position it to be the unparalleled market leader in the coming year.
“Jump Capital is excited to utilize our resources and deep fintech and capital markets experience to help further accelerate Eventus’ impressive growth,” he said.
Srinivasan said his firm looks for Texas-based startups that can grow into world-class, category-dominating companies.
“The team at Eventus has many decades of hands-on experience as market practitioners with an intimate knowledge of the challenges that clients face,” he said. “Its track record in just over five years in business – addressing mission-critical challenges of numerous top firms in the financial services industry – is impressive.”
Eventus CEO Travis Schwab said the company had its third straight year of doubling customers and revenue and it’s looking to add experienced sales, development and service professionals to its team.
“Our plans include growing our emerging presence and client base in Europe – where we have strong tools for addressing MiFID II [the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation legislative framework] and related regulatory requirements – and in Asia, where we have tailored our platform to meet the needs of multiple regional jurisdictions,” he said.
The company’s Validus software platform helps firms monitor for all trading surveillance requirements, including market manipulation such as spoofing, layering and wash trading. It has hundreds of pre-built surveillance procedures and in real time processes billions of trade lifecycle messages per day across equities, equity options, futures, fixed income, foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies.
Eventus claims the product is the only trade surveillance solution to offer machine learning and a procedural approach in a seamless package to reduce alert noise and assist customers in intelligent issue resolution.
V&E advises Swivel on $8M capital raise from Breyer, JLL
Turnkey office space provider Swivel said it raised $8 million from Breyer Capital and JLL Spark to help fund its national expansion.
Vinson & Elkins advised Swivel, including partners Wes Watts and Wes Jones and associate Chris Kirby in Austin, a Swivel spokeswoman said.
Breyer Capital is led by Jim Breyer, who has backed Facebook and Spotify and is putting $5 million into Swivel, Crunchbase said. JLL Spark, the venture arm of commercial real estate brokerage giant JLL, put up the other $3 million.
The financing brings Swivel’s total raised to $14.6 million, according to Crunchbase. The company had early funding from Floodgate co-founder Mike Maples, who had partnered with Swivel founder Scott Harmon previously on Motive.
Pre-qualified member companies can contract with Swivel’s landlord partners for turnkey office space on flexible terms with little or no upfront capital expenditure and no lease lock-in, according to Crunchbase. “We’re more like a VRBO for office space,” Harmon said, rather than like WeWork and Knotel.
The company has been testing its model with 30 landlords representing 150 properties in Texas, mostly in Austin but also in Dallas and Houston. It has worked with tenants such as Sana Benefits, Dremio, Graylog, Guideline, hOp, Plivo, Samcart, TalentRobot and Vertify.
Akin Gump advises Rattler on Midland Basin JV with ArcLight
ArcLight Capital Partners-backed Amarillo Midstream and Diamondback Energy affiliate Rattler Midstream said Feb. 20 they entered into a 50/50 joint venture to own, operate and expand a natural gas gathering and processing system in the Midland basin. Terms weren’t disclosed.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld counseled Rattler, including corporate partners Seth Molay in Dallas and Gabe Procaccini, Lisa Leiman Hearn and Matt Kapinos in Houston, senior counsel Vera Neinast in Houston on regulatory, senior counsel Rich Frank in Dallas on real estate and partner Jocelyn Tau in Houston on tax.
The venture, called Amarillo Rattler, owns and operates the Yellow Rose gas gathering and cryogenic processing system, including 84 miles of gathering and regional transportation pipelines in Dawson, Martin and Andrews Counties, Texas.
The JV also plans to construct and operate a new natural gas cryogenic processing plant in Martin County, Texas, and other gas gathering and regional transportation pipelines. It expects the new plant will be fully up and running by the middle of next year.
Midland-based Diamondback has contracted for part of the new plant’s capacity, which could be expanded.
Dan Revers, founder and managing partner of ArcLight, said in the release that capturing and processing natural gas in the Permian Basin is a key part of the “U.S. energy transition” to the fuel.
Travis Stice, CEO of Rattler’s general partner, said enhanced planning and coordination between its gas gathering and processing partners in the venture and across its operations increases the capital efficiency and reliability of the integrated systems and minimizes natural gas flaring, which releases carbon dioxide into the air.
Boston-based ArcLight is an infrastructure firms focused on North American energy assets, investing $22 billion in more than 100 transactions since inception.
Diamondback formed Rattler in 2018 to own, operate, develop and acquire midstream infrastructure assets in the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian. It provides crude oil, natural gas and water-related midstream services to Diamondback under long-term, fixed-fee contracts.
Sidley, Shearman work on Twin Eagle Liquids’ asset sale to Phoenix Park Energy
Sidley Austin said Feb. 18 it represented Houston-based Twin Eagle Liquids Marketing on the sale of its natural gas liquids assets to Phoenix Park Energy Marketing for an undisclosed sum.
The team members included counsel Atman Shukla, partner Cliff Vrielink and associate Kayleigh McNelis, all of Houston.
Shearman & Sterling assisted Phoenix Park Energy Marketing, including partners Hugh Tucker and Omar Samji and associates Brian Finch and Brianna Lozito, all of Houston. Other Texas team members were partner Todd Lowther in Houston and associates Julia Pashin in Dallas and Molly Harding in Houston on tax and associate Jacob Fields in Austin on litigation matters.
Phoenix Park Energy Marketing is the U.S. unit of Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd., which was formed in 1989 and started production in 1991. It is owned by NGC NGL Co. Ltd. (51%), Trinidad and Tobago NGL Ltd. (39%) and Pan West Engineers and Constructors LLC (10%)
Twin Eagle Liquids markets, trades and transports natural gas liquids in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico via rail.
The acquisition adds a new source of revenue to Phoenix Park’s portfolio, further diversifying its business and providing a focal point for an expansion thrust in the North American natural gas market, the buyer said.
President Dominic Rampersad said the move represents a new chapter for Phoenix Park and its shareholders as it establishes a presence in other territories and adds value for state-owned National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago.
Jackson Walker advises Blue River Partners on sale to IQ-EQ
IQ-EQ said Feb. 18 it acquired Blue River Partners, a Dallas-based provider of outsourced services to alternative asset managers. Terms weren’t disclosed.
The deal marks the European buyer’s entrance into the U.S. market and makes it a major player in the industry with 200 professionals at seven offices and 450-plus clients in the U.S. with assets under management of $1.3 trillion.
Jackson Walker counseled Blue River with a team led by partner Cale McDowell and associates Rony Kishinevsky and Cade Satterfield in Austin.
Others in the group were Austin senior counsel Argyrios C. Saccopoulos, Dallas partner Ronald D. Kerridge and Austin partner Chuck Campbell along with associate Meredith Silliman and partners Raman N. Dewan and Alicia R. Duleba, all of Austin. Also pitching in were San Antonio partners Steven R. Jacobs and Ann M. Leafstedt.
IQ-EQ was represented in the transaction by the New York and Paris offices of Latham & Watkins as well as Stibbe in Luxembourg, where it is headquartered along with London and Jersey. Jackson Walker had assistance of Globalaw affiliate Molitor with respect to matters of Luxembourg law.
Michael Minces is a founding partner, president and general counsel of Blue River. Before forming Blue River in 2009, he was general counsel of Swank Capital, legal counsel at Highland Capital Management and an associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Dallas and at Skadden in New York.
Minces and co-founding partner and CEO Mark Fordyce will lead IQ-EQ’s U.S. operations. They said in the release that the combination will allow Blue River to provide global capabilities and solutions to its clients, including a fund servicing platform in Europe and Asia and supporting clients’ ambitions to raise capital outside of the U.S.
IQ-EQ group executive chairman Serge Krancenblum said that the deal strategically increases its presence in the U.S., the largest and fastest growing fund administration and regulatory compliance market in the world, and cements its position as one of the top four investor services firms globally.
Foley advises Sky Island Capital on investment in Polished Metals
Dallas-based Sky Island Capital said Feb. 18 It made a majority undisclosed investment in Polished Metals Ltd., a polisher and supplier of architectural and ornamental metals. The middle market private equity firm invested alongside the founding Lazarus family.
Sky Island managing partner Jack Waterstreet told The Texas Lawbook that Foley advised him on the deal with a group led by Milwaukee partner Spencer Moats. Moats said Dallas partner Chris Converse, Houston tax partner James Howard and Dallas senior counsel Chris Babcock provided him with support.
Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Hillside, N.J., Polished Metals claims to be one of the largest companies of its kind in the U.S. offering a variety of finishes and metals to several end markets, including the architecture and design community, elevators, escalators and transportation.
It said its mirror‐ and satin‐finished sheets, bars, tubes and angles have been featured in architectural projects such as Hudson Yards, the National Museum of the U.S. Army and One World Trade Center.
Sky Island partner Pat Murley said the firm aims to expand the business while Sky Island’s Waterstreet said it’s looking for add-on acquisitions to bolster Polished Metals’ product portfolio and customer base. Company president David Lazarus said the transaction will allow it to take advantage of new growth opportunities and better serve its customers.
Sky Island said it makes control investments in strategically viable North American manufacturing companies with upside potential. It has $135 million in assets under management.
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V&E counsels underwriters on $700M National Retail Properties notes offering
Vinson & Elkins said Feb. 19 it’s counseling the underwriters on National Retail Properties Inc.’s public offering of $400 million in 2.500% senior unsecured notes due 2030 and $300 million in 3.100% senior unsecured notes due 2050.
The V&E corporate team included Houston partner David Stone and Dallas tax associate Miron Klimkowski. The parties expect to close the offerings March 3.
The joint book-running managers and underwriters’ representatives include BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. U.S. Bancorp Investments also is a joint book-running manager and Morgan Stanley & Co., TD Securities, Capital One Securities and Raymond James & Associates are senior co-managers.
National Retail Properties intends to use the net proceeds to redeem all of its outstanding 3.80% notes due 2022, repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility and fund future property acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.
Orlando, Fla.-based National Retail Properties said it invests primarily in high-quality retail properties mostly with long-term, net leases. At the end of last year, it owned 3,118 properties in 48 states with gross leasable area of 32.5 million square feet and with a weighted average remaining lease term of 11.2 years.
V&E, Baker Botts aid on $430M notes offering by Tallgrass
Vinson & Elkins said Feb. 20 it advised the initial purchasers in connection with an offering by Tallgrass Energy LP affiliates Tallgrass Energy Partners LP and Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. of $430 million in 6% senior notes due 2027.
The offering priced on Feb. 18 equal to 98.591% of par and closed Feb. 20.
Partners Sarah Morgan and David Stone led the team with assistance from senior associate Bo Shi and associates Michael Pascual, Danny Wicoff and Miles Fortenberry.
Others in the group were partner Wendy Salinas and associate Liz Snyder on tax matters; partner Suzanne Clevenger and senior associate Victoria Galvez on regulatory; and partner Matthew Dobbins and associate Austin Pierce on environmental.
Baker Botts counseled Tallgrass Energy Partners, including Austin partners Mollie Duckworth and Courtney Fore, Houston partner Dan Tristan and Austin associates Michael Portillo, Patrick Samper and Jenna Kabrich. Austin partner Jon Nelsen and senior associate Leah Patrick assisted on tax.
Tallgrass intends to use the offering’s net proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings under its senior secured revolving credit facility.
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EnVen Energy, a Houston-based oil and gas explorer and producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, withdrew its plans for an initial public offering, according to a Feb. 19 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It filed its initial plans in late 2018. The company is backed by Bain Capital Partners, Adage Capital Partners and EIG Global Equity Partners. Citi, J.P. Morgan, Stifel and BMO Capital Markets were scheduled to be the underwriters. Davis Polk & Wardwell was advising EnVen and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was assisting the underwriters, both out of New York. The company’s general counsel is Jeffrey A. Starzec, who previously was GC at Cobalt International Energy, which filed for bankruptcy in 2017. He started his legal career at Baker Botts and later was at V&E, where he worked on deals for Cobalt.
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Water Island Capital urged shareholders of wind and solar power plant operator Pattern Energy Group Inc. to reject a $2.63 billion buyout offer from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board because it was undervalued, Reuters reported last week. As The Lawbook previously reported, Shearman & Sterling had advised CPPIB on the deal with a team out of New York but included tax associate – now partner – Ryan Bray, who offices out of the firm’s new Dallas office. The deal, which came with a 14.8% premium, was expected to close in the second quarter of this year.
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Deal catchup: Hogan Lovells advised an international consortium consisting of Applegreen plc, IST3 Infrastruktur Global and TD Greystone Asset Management on its $229 million acquisition of JLIF Holdings U.S Inc. and unit Project Services LLC. The deal closed Sept. 30 following approval by the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The Hogan Lovells team also represented the consortium on the project financing provided by ING and KeyBank. Houston partner David Locascio led the Hogan Lovells team, which included Houston finance associate Kyle Hamilton as well as lawyers in its Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York offices. Project Services operates 23 on-highway travel plazas in Connecticut across Interstate 95, Interstate 395 and Route 15, three heavily trafficked routes between New York and Boston. It has exclusive rights along the routes under a concession agreement with CDOT that has 25 years remaining with the potential to extend for 10 more years. The plazas offer fuel, quick-service food and beverage, retail and restrooms.