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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 10 Firms, 99 Lawyers, $5.1B

January 25, 2022 Claire Poole & Allen Pusey

Enverus, the Austin-based energy data collector, came out with 2021 M&A statistics in the upstream, or exploration and production, part of the U.S. oil and gas business, and what they found was meh.

The good news: M&A rose 25% year-over-year to reach $66 billion. The bad news: Activity was uneven with a slow beginning and end to 2021, including a 50% drop to only $9 billion worth of transactions in the fourth quarter. That kept the yearly total below the $72 billion average from 2015 through 2019.

It’s a similar to what Rystad found around the world, in which global upstream M&A deals rebounded to reach a total of $181 billion, a 70% jump over 2020. But 2021’s performance was not quite on par with 2017 ($205 billion) and 2018 ($199 billion).

Andrew Dittmar, a director at Enverus, said since the emergence of Covid, upstream M&A has been characterized by fewer but larger deals.

“During 2020, that took the form of public companies consolidating amongst themselves and in 2021 transitioned to a focus on rolling up private E&Ps,” he said.

But the volume of deals remained depressed with 172 in 2020 and 179 transactions in 2021 versus an average of nearly 400 deals per year before Covid, he notes.

Private equity exits continued into the fourth quarter, with two of the top three deals involving the sale of a PE-backed E&P to a public company, Enverus said. Southwestern Energy purchased GEP Haynesville, expanding the initial Haynesville position it acquired earlier in the year via its buy of Indigo Natural Resources, and Earthstone Energy capped a run of recent purchases by acquiring Chisholm Energy in the Delaware Basin.

Indeed, the Delaware and Haynesville were the two most active plays of the fourth quarter and combined to account for 80% of the period’s deal value, Enverus said.

“The largest supply of inventory meeting buyers’ criteria is available for sale in the Delaware for oil and the Haynesville for gas,” Dittmar said. “That is largely because both these plays had significant private investment in prior years that the sponsors are now looking to monetize via sales to a public company.”

But buying a private equity-backed E&P isn’t the only way to secure inventory in these basins, Enverus said. Continental Resources entered the Delaware Basin in the fourth quarter by purchasing Pioneer Natural Resources’ position for $3.25 billion. Pioneer had, in turn, picked up this asset when it merged with Parsley Energy during the height of the public company M&A boom in late 2020.

“Big time corporate M&A often leads to a subsequent wave of asset deals as buyers prune their expanded portfolios,” Dittmar said. “There was a bit of this during 2021 with non-core asset sales by Pioneer and Diamondback Energy, another buyer from the 2020 merger wave. There should still be plenty of room to run for deals though and we anticipate this to drive a resurgence in mid-size, asset-level deal making.”

Overall, the M&A market should be set for an active 2022, Enverus predicts. Pricing on inventory in areas like the Delaware Basin and Haynesville is still attractive for buyers, but there is also high-quality inventory remaining in other plays like the Midland Basin and northeast Marcellus dry gas and in more mature regions like the Williston Basin in the Bakken and the Eagle Ford.

“A return to higher asset-level deal flow would smooth the boom-or-bust cycle of M&A that has characterized the two years since the emergence of Covid,” Enverus said. “However, strong commodity prices lessen the pressure on smaller companies to sell.”

Rystad also believes the upstream M&A market looks set to continue to strengthen, with deals in the U.S. likely to remain a crucial driver of the global deal value. Large sales in other regions may also materialize in 2022, particularly if majors continue to streamline their portfolios.

For the week ending Jan. 22, there were 13 deals reported with a total value of $5.1 billion worked by 99 mostly Texas lawyers at 10 different firms. The deals include 12 M&A transactions for $4.8 billion and one capital markets deal for $301 million.

That compares to 12 deals for $7.6 billion last week and 13 deals for $7.4 billion for approximately the same week last year.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
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

M&A/FUNDINGS

Melody closes on $1.95B communications infrastructure fund

Deal Description: Melody Investment Advisors, an alternative asset manager focused on communications infrastructure led by former investment banker Omar Jaffrey, announced Jan. 18 the final close of Melody Communications Infrastructure Fund II at $1.95 billion. The fund was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of $1.5 billion by nearly 30%. Current fund investments include CTI Towers, a leading owner and manager of wireless towers in the U.S., Harmoni Towers (formerly Uniti Towers), one of the largest tower builders in the U.S., and a cell sites and easements portfolio managed by Symphony Wireless. The unnamed investors include several large institutional infrastructure investors, including public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments, fund of funds, insurance companies and charitable trusts.

Melody’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by investment funds partner Susan Eisenberg in Houston along with partners Kelly Ryan in Chicago and Marty Voelker in New York and associates Robert Holowka in Washington, D.C., Katherine Chernova in Houston, Randy Coffey in Austin, Lenny Licht in New York and Rehab Abdelwahab in Houston. Other team members were based in New York, London, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

International lottery operator going public through $1.2B SPAC transaction

Deal Description: Taking advantage of a surge in gaming investments worldwide, Prague-based lottery operator SAZKA Entertainment is taking its Allwyn Entertainment brand public with its merger with blank check Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp announced Jan. 21. The deal, which asserts an enterprise value at $9.3 billion includes $825 million from CRHC’s IPO trust account, along with a PIPE of $350 million.

Financial Advisors to Allwyn: PJT Partners

Financial Advisors to CRHC: Citi is financial advisor; Credit Suisse is capital advisor.

Outside Counsel to CRHC: Skadden Arps led by New York M&A partners Howard Ellin and June Dipchand

PIPE Placement Agent: PJT Partners

PIPE Outside Counsel: Winston & Strawn advised on PIPE placement with a team led from Houston by partner Mike Blankenship with London partner Paul Amiss and Houston associates John Niedzwiecki, Robbie Oakes, Luisa Patoni and Ben Smolij.

Notes: The principals of Cohn Robbins include Gary Cohn, former economic advisor to the Trump administration. The SPAC had originally filed with the SEC as CSR Acquisition Corp. with an IPO planned at $300M. The blank check company was renamed and upsized with the addition of Cohn, a former COO of Goldman Sachs. Upon closing, expected in the second quarter of 2022, Cohn will become a special advisor to the chairman of Allwyn. Cliff Robbins, founder and former CEO of the Blue Harbour Group, will join the Allwyn board.

DataBank acquires Houston data centers from CyrusOne for $670M

Deal Description: Dallas-based DataBank, the largest U.S. data edge infrastructure provider, announced Jan. 19 the acquisition of four data centers in Houston from CyrusOne, also based in Dallas. The four centers include CyrusOne’s Galleria data center and three from its West Parkway Boulevard campus, just west of downtown Houston. The acquisition was valued at $670 million. The acquisition is the 27th for DataBank, adding 300,000 square feet of raised-floor capacity and 42.5MW of critical IT load. The so-called edge centers, located near metropolitan areas, provide cloud-based capacity and data services for such data-heavy sectors as healthcare, fintech and media, as well as on-ramps from AWS (Amazon) and Google.

DataBank Financial Advisors: TD Securities; CIT provided debt financing

DataBank Outside Counsel: Jones Day advised DataBank with a team led by Cleveland partner George Hunter.

Notes: In November, CyrusOne was taken private in a blockbuster $15 billion transaction by a consortium of KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners.

ProKidney enters public trading via $825M deal with SPAC

Deal Description: ProKidney, a North Caroliina company seeking to capitalize on what it claims is the first biotherapeutic treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD), has agreed to take the SPAC route to become publicly traded. The company announced Jan. 18 that it has agreed to a merger with Social Capital Survetta Holdings Corp. III, a blank check company. The deal involves up to $825 million in cash proceeds to ProKidney, including $250 million from the SCS IPO trust account and a fully committed PIPE of $575 million.

ProKidney Financial Advisors: Citigroup

ProKidney Legal Counsel: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

SCS Financial Advisors: BofA Securities

SCS Legal Advisors: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

PIPE Agents: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Evercore, Jefferies and UBS

PIPE Legal Counsel: Winston & Strawn with a team led from Houston by partner Mike Blankenship with associates John Niedzwiecki, Robbie Oakes and Luisa Patoni.

Notes: ProKidney, headquartered in Winston-Salem, says its lead product, a Renal Autologous Cell Therapy called REACT, has been shown not only to slow the progression of CDK, but in some cases drive meaningful improvement in kidney function. The treatment involves a “minimally invasive” procedure that removes some of the patient’s kidney cells, which are then treated with lab-grown and purified progenitor cells which are then returned to the patient’s kidney.

Restore raises $100M from General Atlantic

Deal Description: Restore Hyper Wellness, a health and wellness company, raised more than $100 million in an equity offering led by private equity firm General Atlantic. Founded in 2015, Restore is designing an integrated wellness experience and creating proprietary protocols to address consumers’ near- and long-term health goals. Restore said that it plans to leverage the investment to help accelerate its rapid growth and deliver innovative technology. It has 115 predominantly franchised locations in 34 states. Restore plans to open one new store about every four days during 2022.

Restore’s Financial Advisor: Piper Sandler & Co.

Restore’s Outside Counsel: Greenberg Traurig led by corporate practice shareholder Thomas Woolsey in the firm’s Dallas office. Others included associate Richard D. Dusenbury; from the tax practice, shareholder Labry Welty and associate Josh Prywes; and from the health care and FDA practice, shareholder Charles C. Dunham IV and associate Ben Nipper.

Notes: GT’s Woolsey represented health care clients in connection with M&A in transactions valued at nearly $2 billion.

Split Rock purchases Permian Basin properties for $97.5M

Deal Description: Fort Worth-based Split Rock Resources, backed by Houston private equity firm North Hudson Resource Partners, announced Jan. 18 that it purchased non-operated Permian Basin oil and gas properties from a private unnamed seller for $97.5 million in cash. The acquisition consists of non-operated assets in the Delaware Basin in Eddy and Lea counties, New Mexico, and in the Midland Basin in Glasscock County, Texas. The assets are producing around 2,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and include about 1,000 net acres with drilling inventory targeting the Wolfcamp, Bone Spring and additional formations. The assets are operated by a group of top-tier companies and development activities this year are expected to more than double the daily production rates, Split Rock said.

Split Rock’s Outside Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher led by partner Steven Torello in Houston

Clearfork acquires Azure, secures commitment from EnCap Flatrock

Deal Description: Fort Worth-based Clearfork Midstream announced Jan. 18 it secured a capital commitment from EnCap Flatrock Midstream and agreed to purchase Energy Spectrum Capital-backed Azure Midstream Energy. Terms weren’t disclosed. The transaction, which must clear regulators, is expected to close in the first quarter. Clearfork was formed in 2020 to provide midstream solutions for oil and gas producers with an emphasis on unconventional natural gas production in the Haynesville/Bossier Shale formation of North Louisiana and East Texas. Before forming Clearfork, CEO Kipper Overstreet served as Azure’s VP of corporate development and gas supply from 2017 to 2020.

EnCap Flatrock’s Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins led by Houston partner James Garrett with Houston associates John Daywalt and Josh Blankenship. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partner Jim Cole; on benefits and compensation matters by Washington, D.C., partner Adam Kestenbaum; on finance matters by Houston counsel Bryce Kaufman; and on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C., counsel Kieran Dickinson.

Clearfork’s Outside Counsel on the Acquisition: Vinson & Elkins led by partner Matthew Falcone and senior associate Yong Eoh with assistance from associates Kara Chung, Erik Slavin and Darren Fox. Other team members included partner Sarah Mitchell and associate Victoria Bahrami-Negad (insurance); partner David Peck, senior associate Peter Rogers and associate Jeff Slusher (tax); partner Sean Becker, counsel Martin Luff and associate Annie Blanc (labor/employment); partner Julia Petty and associate Brian DeShannon (executive compensation/benefits); partner Matt Dobbins and associate Kelly Rondinelli (environmental and natural resources); partner John Decker, senior associate Andrew DeVore and associate Michael Carroll (energy regulatory); partner Chris Popov (litigation); partner Darren Tucker and senior associate Evan Miller (HSR/antitrust); counsel Rajesh Patel and associate Ricky Legg (technology transactions/IP); partner Dave Wicklund, counsel Zach Rider and associate Ariel Guerrero-Stewart (finance); and counsel Scot Dixon (real estate).

Clearfork’s Outside Counsel on the Funding: Vinson & Elkins led by partner Matthew Falcone and senior associate Will White with assistance from associates Bobbi Ingram and Carli Gish. Also advising were partner Sean Becker and counsel Martin Luff (labor/employment); partner Julia Petty and Brian DeShannon, senior associate Peter Rogers and associate Jeff Slusher.

Azure’s Outside Counsel: Porter Hedges including partner Kevin Poli and associate Allison Wilbanks Pearce in Houston with help from Geoff Schultz, Nick Nicholas, Riki Thomas and Ray Torgerson

Clearfork’s Financial Advisor: Donovan Ventures (John Donovan)

Azure’s Financial Advisor: Jefferies (Peter Bowden, Brian Conner, Chris Howey and Preston Martin)

Notes: V&E also advised Clearfork in connection with its $400 million capital commitment from Encap Flatrock. This is the second significant transaction in which Vinson & Elkins has represented an Encap Flatrock portfolio company in the past six months, with the other being Moda Midstream’s sale to Enbridge in October 2021.

Blue Point-backed TAS acquires Texas Water Management

Deal Description: Cleveland-based Blue Point Capital Partners announced Jan. 11 that its portfolio company, TAS Environmental Services has agreed to acquire Texas Water Management, a liquid waste transportation company. Based in Conroe and founded in 1997, Texas Water Management services industrial sites throughout the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast regions on both scheduled and emergency bases. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. TAS is in Blue Point’s BPCP IV portfolio.

Blue Point Outside Counsel: Denise Carkhuff led Jones Day from Cleveland.

Note: The deal is Blue Point’s fourth bolt-on transaction since acquiring TAS in May 2019.

First Reserve-backed Trillium Flow to acquire Termomeccanica Pompe

Deal Description: First Reserve-backed Trillium Flow Technologies and Termomeccanica Pompe signed a joint agreement Jan. 19 that will bring the Termomeccanica Pompe, Gabbioneta Pumps and Begemann brands under the Trillium umbrella in Italy. Terms weren’t disclosed. Due to regulatory approvals, Trillium Flow anticipates the transaction will close in three to four months. Following the deal, Termomeccanica will concentrate its activities on developing the ecological and gas compression sectors. The 100-year-old Termomeccanica is a pump manufacturing company that provides solutions and service for power, desalination, water transmission and oil and gas markets. It operates subsidiaries in Russia, Romania, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Trillium Flow’s Outside Counsel: Morgan Lewis led by partners Sameer Mohan (Houston) and Carl Valenstein (Boston). The team also included Houston associate Tara McElhiney and lawyers from the firm’s offices in Moscow, Dubai, London and Abu Dhabi.

LCA Studio Legale in Milan was Italian counsel on the deal, including Marina Rosito and Andrea Carreri (partners) and Luca Montolivo (associate).

Trillium Flow’s In-House Counsel: Mehgan Wichuk, senior VP, general counsel and chief compliance officer, supported by senior counsel Anna Boureiko, both in Houston

Satori pours money into Torani

Deal Description: Torani, a leader in the flavor industry for nearly 100 years, and Satori Capital, a Texas-based investment firm founded upon the principles of conscious capitalism, announced Jan. 18 that Satori has completed a minority investment in Torani. Satori’s investment will support Torani’s continued growth, particularly with direct-to-consumer sales, expanded distribution, new product innovation and increased social impact. Torani, a Bay Area company, has more than 150 innovative flavors and is known for popularizing the Italian soda in the U.S. and creating the first flavored latte in the 1980s. The company has grown an average of 20% year-over-year for the last three decades under CEO Melanie Dulbecco and is the number one coffee syrup brand at retail in the U.S. with a 90% market share.

Satori’s Outside Counsel: Gibson Dunn led by Dallas partner Robert Little with associates Steve Wright, Kiel Sauerman and Cody Wilson, also of Dallas. Partner Cromwell Montgomery advised on financing from Los Angeles. Partner Michael Cannon advised on tax aspects from Dallas, and partner Michael Collins advised on benefits from Washington, D.C.

Daikin Applied invests in two equipment, services and parts reps

Deal Description: Daikin Applied, a unit of Daikin Industries, announced Jan. 12 that it made majority investments in two of its equipment, services and parts representatives, Detroit-based ThermalNetics and Philadelphia-based TriState HVAC Equipment. Terms weren’t disclosed. Daikin said combining the track record and expertise that both firms bring with the backing of the global HVAC leader gives engineers, contractors, and facility owners the comprehensive solutions and assistance they require to improve comfort, air quality and sustainability.

Daikin’s Outside Counsel: Gibson Dunn led by partner Stephen Olson and included associates Jonathan Sapp, William Bald and Gerald Kimani. Partner James Chenoweth advised on tax and partner Krista Hanvey and associate Tyler Richardson counseled on benefits.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Enviva prices $301M offering of common stock

Deal Description: Enviva Inc., the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, a renewable and sustainable energy source, announced Jan. 19 that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 4.3 million common shares at $70 per share. Enviva granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 645,000 common shares from Enviva. The offering is expected to close on Jan. 24. Enviva intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including pre-funding a portion of its capital expenditures related to ongoing development projects and the temporary repayment of debt.

Book-Running Managers: Goldman Sachs & Co., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Capital Markets and Truist Securities Inc. Loop Capital Markets, Raymond James & Associates Inc. and USCA Securities are co-managers for the offering.

Enviva Outside Counsel: The V&E corporate team was led by partner Ramey Layne and counsel Jessica Lewis, with assistance from senior associate Caroline Bailey and associates Chandler Spinks, Claire Wenholz, John Sasso and Jake Lubenow. Other key team members include partner Ryan Carney and associates Dan Henderson and Jeff Slusher (tax); and partners Maggie Peloso and Matt Dobbins and associate Austin Pierce (environmental).

Underwriters’ Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins led by Austin/Houston partner Michael Chambers and New York partner Stelios Saffos with New York associate Hana Nah and Houston associates Hunter Newell, Wole Oluborode and Dylan White. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partners Tim Fenn and Jared Grimley, with Houston associate Michael Rowe; and on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Washington, D.C. counsel Josh Marnitz.

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