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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 14 Deals, 10 Law Firms, 110 Lawyers, $6.4B

February 12, 2019 Claire Poole

Get ready for slow growth in mergers and acquisitions for the first half of the year.

Intralinks, which provides electronic data rooms to the dealmaking industry, is forecasting that the number of announced deals in North America will increase by only 5 percent during the first half of this year over the same period last year and global dealmaking will only advance 3 percent.

The firm bases those projections on sell-side M&A transactions that are in preparation or have begun their due diligence stage and are six months away on average from their public announcement.

Intralinks expects the energy and power sector to lead the North American activity followed by the industrial and financial industries. Consumer and retail, materials and technology/media/telecom deals should be stable while real estate and healthcare may see a drop-off in transactions.

Why such low projections? The firm believes that the pace of the global M&A up-cycle, which began in 2014, may have peaked and that dealmakers face considerable headwinds in 2019. It blames a slowing global economy, partly driven by the trade war between the U.S. and China; rising interest rates; and depressed global equity markets, which fell 10 percent last year.

Intralinks also cites M&A valuations at 30-year highs; increasing nationalism and protectionism against cross-border M&A; and the uncertainty and potential damage to European economic growth caused by the political chaos of the Brexit process.

Here in Texas, deals involving Texas lawyers slipped slightly this past week. There were 14 deals worth $6.4 billion versus 18 transactions valued at $6.72 billion the previous week. 

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
14-Jun-20259$4788133603$478
07-Jun-202516$26,2101119611$24,7445$1,466
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

Ten law firms and 110 Texas lawyers took part in the activity, which was all M&A and private equity. Industries represented included energy, industrial, technology and real estate (by an investment fund of the late real estate developer Trammel Crow).

M&A, PRIVATE EQUITY AND VENTURE CAPITAL

Sidley, Latham aids WhiteWater on sale to First Infrastructure for estimated $2B

Austin-based WhiteWater Midstream, which is backed by Denham Capital Management and Ridgemont Equity Partners, announced Feb. 4 that it agreed to be sold to funds managed by Quanta Services affiliate First Infrastructure Capital Advisors.
Terms weren’t disclosed, but the pipeline was said to be worth more than $2 billion, including debt.

The deal includes WhiteWater’s 60 percent stake in Agua Blanca, a Delaware Basin intrastate natural gas pipeline system that began operating last year, as well as WPX Energy’s 20 percent interest. MarkWest is the other 20 percent owner.

Sidley Austin counseled WhiteWater and Denham with a team led by partners Cliff Vrielink in Houston and Marc Rose in Dallas. Others were tax associate Zack Pullin in Houston, senior M&A associate Ryan Scofield in Dallas, energy associate Jeremy Pettit in Dallas, energy associate Chelsie Gonzales in Houston and M&A associate Robert Uhl in Dallas.

Latham & Watkins was lead counsel for WhiteWater management. That team was led by Houston partners Michael Dillard and Thom Brandt in Houston with associates Blake Berkey, Om Pandya and Rebecca Kendall. Houston partners Tim Fenn and Bryant Lee and associate Michael Rowe worked on tax matters.

Troutman Sanders represented Ridgemont while Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy counseled First Infrastructure Capital out of New York.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Credit Suisse were financial advisors to WhiteWater, Denham and Ridgemont, with Aaron Blomquist and John Chapman from TPH and Brian McCabe from CS.

Simmons Energy, a unit of Piper Jaffray, assisted First Infrastructure, including Michael Sutton.

Reuters reported in late November that WhiteWater was exploring a sale that its private equity owners hoped would value it at more than $2 billion, including debt, citing people familiar with the matter.

WhiteWater management is staying on to expand Agua Blanca to provide services to its customer base. Closing is expected in the first quarter.

Agua Blanca is a natural gas residue pipeline servicing the Delaware Basin. It’s supported by several long-term take or pay contracts and has several direct downstream connections to provide shippers access to multiple markets.

WhiteWater CEO Christer Rundlof said in a statement that its new sponsor has a long investment horizon that will allow it to continue to manage the asset for the long term.

Dan Shapiro, managing partner at First Infrastructure, said it plans to invest significant capital in expansions of the system and other related projects.

Jordan Marye, who led the investment from Denham out of Houston, said the firm hopes to partner with WhiteWater, First Infrastructure Capital and Ridgemont on future projects under development.

Denham has more than $9.7 billion of invested and committed capital across 10 fund vehicles while Ridgemont has invested $4.4 billion. 

First Infrastructure is a Houston-based investment firm specializing in greenfield projects and companies operating in the midstream, downstream, electric power, telecommunications and renewable energy industries.

Baker Botts, Akin, Bracewell involved in SunCoke’s $1.5B simplification deal

Lisle, Ill.-based  SunCoke Energy, Inc. said Feb. 5 that it will acquire the units it doesn’t own of affiliate SunCoke Energy Partners in a stock swap.

The parties didn’t disclose the value of the transaction, but the deal gives SunCoke Energy Partners an estimated enterprise value of $1.52 billion.

Baker Botts counseled SunCoke Energy, including two partners in New York as well as senior associate Jennifer Wu in Austin.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld assisted the conflicts committee of SunCoke Energy Partners’ general partner. The team included partners John Goodgame, Lisa Hearn and associate Lisa Garrett from the global energy and transactions practice and Jocelyn Tau from tax.

Bracewell partner Will Anderson represented Evercore, which provided financial advice to SunCoke Energy’s board. White & Case lawyers in New York aided Citi, which was financial advisor to the conflicts committee of SunCoke Energy Partners’ general partner.

Michael Jamieson, Brad Epstein, Brian Spear and Mark Senter worked on the deal from Citi’s office in Houston while Rob Pacha and John McGraw did so from Evercore.

The transaction is expected to close late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter if it clears a majority of both entities’ holders as well as regulators.

SunCoke Energy Partners unitholders will receive 1.40 of a SynCoke Energy common share for each of their units. That works out to a 9.3 percent premium over their closing price Feb. 4 and a 12.7 percent premium based on both entities’ 30-day volume weighted average prices ending Feb. 4.

SunCoke Energy CEO and president Mike Rippey said in a statement that with a simplified corporate structure, increased liquidity and improved financial flexibility, the company will be better positioned to execute on strategic growth opportunities and generate immediate and long-term value for both sets of stakeholders.

The company said the deal will be immediately accretive to stockholders, who will get a 24 cents per share annual dividend in the first full year after the deal closes. The transaction also will improve SunCoke Energy’s credit profile, enhance its access to capital markets and lower its cost of capital.

SynCoke also estimates cost synergies of $2 million per year from eliminating dual public company requirements, cash tax savings of around $40 million over the next five years and more cash flow available to deploy for organic growth projects, attractive M&A opportunities and/or to return to shareholders.

SynCoke Energy Partners’ incentive distribution rights will be eliminated but its 7.50 percent senior notes due 2025 will remain outstanding. 

Nexeo sells plastics distribution unit to One Rock for $640M

Nexeo Solutions Inc. and Univar Inc., which agreed to buy Nexeo this past fall for $2 billion, announced Feb. 8 that they’re selling Nexeo’s plastics distribution business to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners for an enterprise value of $640 million.

Univar was represented by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which also represented Univar on the Nexeo transaction, while Weil Gotshal & Manges assisted Nexeo, both with teams out of New York. Hogan Lovells counseled One Rock.

Nexeo’s chief legal officer is Michael Farnell Jr., who also serves as the company’s chief administrative officer. 

Before joining Nexeo, Farnell was legal counsel for TPG between 2006 and 2011 and a corporate attorney at Weil in Dallas between 1998 and 2006. The SMU-trained lawyer also was on the board at TPG-backed Vita Group, a U.K. foam rubber maker that was sold last year to investor Strategic Value Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Goldman Sachs provided financial advice to Univar while Nexeo used Moelis & Co. and One Rock tapped Jefferies.

The deal is expected to close in the first half of this year with $615 million in net proceeds to be used to pay down debt.
Nexeo Plastics distributes polymer products and engineering resins to plastics processors in 60 countries. The business will continue to be led by Shawn Williams, executive VP of Nexeo Plastics.

Univar CEO David Jukes said in a statement that the sale will enable the company to concentrate on its core chemical distribution business.

Tony Lee and Scott Spielvogel led the deal from One Rock, which manages $1.4 billion in capital with a focus on high-potential middle-market businesses. It has offices in New York and Los Angeles. Lee and Spielvogel used to work at Ripplewood Holdings.

V&E, Latham advise on Noble Midstream’s pipeline purchases from EPIC

Vinson & Elkins advised Noble Energy affiliate Noble Midstream on exercising its right to purchase interests in two Epic Permian Basin-to-Corpus Christi pipelines.

The V&E team included Doug Bland, Brittany Sakowitz, John Slaybaugh, Caroline McDonald, Mike Marek and Burke Wendt; Todd Way, Ryan Carney, Julia Pashin and Christine Mainguy on tax; Darrin Schultz, Jason Blackmer and Brittany Simington on finance; and Megan Menniti on energy transactions and projects.

Latham & Watkins counseled Epic with a team that included partners Michael Chambers and Chris Bennett and associates Sam Seley, Madeleine Neet and Rebecca Kendall.

Both pipelines are expected to be funded through project level debt along with equity commitments from project partners. 
Noble Midstream expects to invest between $330 million and $350 million in cash for 30 percent of the Epic Crude Oil Pipeline and $165 million to $180 million for 15 percent of the Epic Y-Grade Pipeline.

It plans to fund its equity investment with its revolving credit facility and is exploring a private co-investment in the Epic Crude Oil Pipeline.

Kirkland, Sidley aid on Blackstone’s $500M Waterfield backing

Blackstone announced Feb. 5 that funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners formed Waterfield Midstream with a $500 million equity commitment.

Waterfield plans to provide water gathering, treatment, recycling and disposal to oil and gas producers in West Texas’ and New Mexico’s Permian Basin through greenfield development and acquisitions of water-related infrastructure.

Kirkland represented Blackstone, including partners Rhett van Syoc, Chad Smith and Kyle Watson and associates Tom Hillebrand, Michelle Williamson and Morgan Moore.

Sidley Austin partner David Denechaud aided the management team, which includes co-CEOs Scott Mitchell and Mark Cahill. The two previously built and led Anadarko’s and Western Gas’s Permian Basin commercial water infrastructure platform. 

Waterfield has partnered with Blackstone since last summer. It recently signed a 15-year contract with Guidon Energy to construct a new system to handle its water gathering and disposal needs across its 40,000 acre position in Martin County, Texas. It’s targeting deeper disposal zones to provide long-term flow assurance and support optimal drilling conditions for its upstream customers. 

The company also has entered into an agreement with EagleClaw Midstream to operate its water assets in Reeves County, Texas. Those assets consist of 58 miles of gathering lines and 390,000 barrels per day of permitted water disposal capacity.

Angelo Acconcia and Erik Belz led the investment from Blackstone, whose Blackstone Energy Partners has invested and committed $16 billion in equity globally across the energy industry. Blackstone’s asset management businesses has $472 billion in assets under management.

Bracewell advises Three Rivers IV on $500M Riverstone commitment

Riverstone Holdings said it’s committed up to $500 million in Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings IV along with management.

Bracewell advised Three Rivers with a team led by Houston partner Charles H. Still Jr., co-chair of the firm’s corporate and securities department. Assisting him were associate Jonathan Bates in Houston and tax partners in the firm’s New York office.

Latham & Watkins represented Riverstone out of Washington, D.C.

Based in Austin, Three Rivers IV is an oil and gas company focused on opportunities in the Permian Basin. 

It’s the fourth partnership between Riverstone and Three Rivers’ management team after the successful sales of almost all of the assets of Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings, Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings II and Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings III.

The Three Rivers IV team will continue to be led by CEO Mike Wichterich, CFO Drew Pinzur, VP of land David Goodman and VP of business development Leanne Churchward.

Robert Tichio led the investment from Riverstone, which was founded in 2000 by David M. Leuschen and Pierre F. Lapeyre Jr. It has raised $39 billion in equity capital.

Vistra buys Crius Energy Trust for $436M 

Vistra Energy announced Feb. 7 that it agreed to buy Toronto-traded Crius Energy Trust for $436 million, which will make it the top residential electricity provider in the U.S.

The Irving-based buyer offered C$7.57 per trust unit, a 38 percent premium over Crius’ closing price Feb. 6.

Vistra intends to fund the purchase price with cash on hand plus assume Crius’ $108 million in net debt.

Once the deal closes, which is expected in the second quarter, Vistra said it will have operations in 19 states and the District of Columbia. It currently serves 2.9 million customers with more than 40 gigawatts of generation.

The deal has to clear two-thirds of Crius’ unitholders and regulators. Crius unitholders representing around 17 percent of its units have agreed to vote for the transaction.

Baker Botts advised Crius and Latham represented Vistra but no one in their Texas offices. Bennett Jones was Crius’ Canadian counsel.

Guggenheim Securities provided financial advice to Crius and RBC Capital Markets did so for Vistra.

Vistra’s general counsel is Stephanie Zapata Moore, who previously was general counsel of Luminant, a unit of Vistra and its predecessor Energy Future Holdings. Before joining Luminant in 2005, the graduate of the William & Mary School of Law was an associate at Gardere Wynne Sewell.

Vistra CEO Curt Morgan said Crius’s portfolio overlaps with Vistra’s generation fleet and complements its municipal aggregation and large commercial and industrial portfolio in the Midwest and Northeast.  

Morgan said the transaction is consistent with Vistra’s strategy to grow its retail business at attractive multiples while remaining committed to its capital allocation and deleveraging plans.
The transaction follows a competitive strategic review process led and unanimously recommended by Crius’ independent directors and its board.

Crius chairman Brian Burden said the transaction is the result of a review of strategic alternatives to maximize unitholder value and unlock the company’s intrinsic value while eliminating execution risk. 

CEO Michael Fallquist said that partnered with Vistra, Crius will be well-positioned to continue providing its customers and strategic partners with differentiated products and services.

Munck aids Tyler Tech on $185M MicroPact deal

Munck Wilson Mandala said Feb. 9 it assisted Plano software provider Tyler Technologies on its $185 million acquisition of MicroPact Inc.

The deal, which was announced Feb. 1, was the second largest acquisition in the company’s history, Tyler president and CEO Lynn Moore said in a statement.

The MWM team that worked on the deal included Randy Ray, Richard Dusenbury, Robin Wheatley and Audrey Mross.  

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton attorneys in Washington, D.C., represented MicroPact, whose financial advisor was Spurrier Capital Partners.

Tyler’s chief legal officer is Abby Diaz, who joined the company in 2012 as a contracts specialist. She previously practiced at Kirkland & Ellis and was a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She graduated from Cornell Law School. 

MicroPact is a case management and business process management software company in Herndon, Va., backed by private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners. The parties expect to close the deal March 15, funding it with cash on hand. “The acquisition of MicroPact will augment our product solutions, position us in new practice areas such as health and human services and present opportunities to expand our business across new and complementary markets,” Moore said.

MicroPact is led by CEO Kristoffer Collo, who founded the company – then known as MicroPact Engineering – in 1997. 

The company generates $70 million in annual sales from 350 public sector clients, including the U.S. Departments of Justice and the Treasury, NASA and the Social Security Administration as well as state agencies in California and Tennessee. It has 470 employees, who are expected to remain.

Tyler also announced last week it acquired MyCivic, a rapidly growing provider of citizen engagement applications, for an undisclosed sum. Tyler handled that deal in-house.

V&E, Baker Botts aid EnCap’s $151.3M asset sale to Kimbell Royalty

Vinson & Elkins said Feb. 7 it advised EnCap Investments LP on the sale of royalty assets to Fort Worth-based Kimbell Royalty Partners for $151.3 million in stock. Partner Bryan Loocke led the deal team with assistance from capital markets partners David Oelman and Thomas Zentner and corporate partner James Garrett. 

Other team members were senior associates Joclynn Townsend, Andrew Schulte, Ayman Haq and Ali Choate and associates Bassam Chain and Tukeni Obasi, Jing Tong and John Daywalt. Partners Todd Way and John Lynch, senior associate Julia Pashin and associates Megan James and Emily Fawcett helped on tax.

Baker Botts counseled Kimbell, including partners Jason Rocha and Joshua Davidson, senior associate Eileen Boyce and associates Jennifer Gasser and Steven Lackey.

Others were partner Erin Hopkins and associate Rachel Briley on global projects and partner Michael Bresson, special counsel Chuck Campbell and associate Katie McEvilly on tax.

RBC Richardson Barr was EnCap’s financial advisor on the transaction, including managing director Rusty Shepherd.

The purchase price is made up of 9.4 million newly issued units in Kimbell Royalty Operating. 

The parties expect the deal to close in late March and immediately add to distributable cash flow per unit. The sellers are subject to a 120-day lockup after the closing.

Kimbell is a leading owner of oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests across 28 states.

The oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests being sold are controlled by EnCap through Phillips Energy Partners, Phillips Energy Partners II and Phillips Energy Partners III.

The assets are in the Eagle Ford Shale, the Permian Basin, the Haynesville Shale and the Powder River Basin and produce 1,600 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 17 active rigs.

“With this acquisition, we have now completed over $700 million in acquisitions in less than six months and have positioned ourselves as one of the leading consolidators within the U.S. royalty and minerals space,”

Kimbell CEO Bob Ravnaas said in a statement, noting its $445 million Haymaker acquisition and its $107.5 million purchase of properties from affiliated sellers in November.

Ravnaas added the acquisition kicks off what he believes will be another year of consolidation within the oil and gas mineral and royalty space in the U.S. He said Kimbell has nearly quadrupled its production since its initial public offering in 2017 and has royalty interests in 95,000 wells across the U.S.

Marty Phillips led the deal from EnCap, which has raised more than $37 billion in commitments from 21 institutional investors. It’s invested $22 billion in 240 companies since 1988.

Kirkland, V&E advise on Salt Creek-Noble Midstream JV

Noble Midstream announced Feb. 8 that it closed its previously announced 50/50 joint venture with Salt Creek Midstream called Delaware Crossing. 
The JV will provide crude oil gathering and transportation services, including a 95-mile pipeline in the southern Delaware Basin originating in Pecos County, Texas, with additional connections in Reeves County and Winkler County, Texas.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Salt Creek on the JV with a team led by corporate partners Bill Benitez, Chad Smith and John Furlow and associates Brice Lipman, Adam Whitehouse, Colin Mize and Efren Lemus.

Others were debt finance partner Lucas Spivey and associate Mitch McClellan and tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Joe Tobias.

V&E counseled Noble Midstream on the venture. Partners Alan Beck and Brittany Sakowitz led the team with assistance from senior associates John Slaybaugh and Ali Choate and associates Megan Menniti, Jordan Fossee and Danny Wicoff. 

Also advising were partner Todd Way and senior associate Julia Pashin (tax); counsel Damien Lyster and associate RJ Colwell (energy regulatory); and counsel Scot Dixon (real estate).

Jones Day advises TI on Scottish facility sale to Diodes Semiconductors

Jones Day said Feb. 6 that it represented Texas Instruments Inc.’s U.K. unit on the sale of its semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Greenock, Scotland, to Diodes Inc. unit Diodes Semiconductors GB Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

The team was led by partners Scott Cohen and Robert Cardone in Dallas.

Cynthia Hoff Trochu is general counsel at Dallas-based TI. She joined the company in 1993 as legal counsel after working as a commercial litigator at Jones Day. She earned a juris doctor degree from Southern Methodist University Law School.

Diodes said it plans to integrate the Greenock facility and fab operations, including the transfer of all employees, to Diodes. Diodes also will continue to make TI’s analog products as part of a multi-year wafer supply agreement.

TI’s 318,782 square-foot facility has a potential capacity of up to 21,666 wafer starts or 256,000 8-inch equivalent layers per month depending on product mix. Diodes president and CEO Keh-Shew Lu said in a statement that the proposed acquisition aligns well with its strategic plan for significant revenue and profit dollar growth over the next several years.

TI began to talk in 2016 about shuttering the facility, but Scottish authorities jumped in and offered support for Diodes’ investment to help save jobs.

The parties expect to close in the deal at the end of this quarter.
Diodes products are sold into the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets.

Locke Lord advises NextEra on plant sale to Hull Street 

Hull Street Energy said Feb. 6 that it agreed to buy interests in the Bayswater and Jamaica Bay natural gas-fired electric generating stations from Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy Resources for undisclosed terms.

The two facilities are in Far Rockaway, N.Y., and provide 110 megawatts of start power generation capacity to the region.

Locke Lord represented NextEra with a team led by partner Mark Miller in Houston. Troutman Sanders and Hogan Lovells counseled Hull Street Energy. The deal has to clear regulators.

Bethesda, Md.-based Hull Street was established to deploy capital into the North American power sector as the grid transitions to a more sustainable asset base. The firm said that the two facilities and their employees will be quality additions to its portfolio of critical power infrastructure. 

Hull Street was founded in 2014 by Sarah Wright, who previously assisted in the launch of Goldman Sachs Power and its development of Constellation Power Source, a joint venture with Constellation Energy Group. She also helped establish energy-focused private equity firm Energy Capital Partners.

The firm said the acquisition will help it support the state, local community and other stakeholders integrate new variable renewable energy resources and maintain regional reliability standards. New York has a goal to supply half of its electricity needs from clean renewable energy resources by 2030.

Including the deal, Hull Street affiliates will own 21 power generation stations providing 640 megawatts of renewable, gas-fired and dual-fueled generation capacity to the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and western U.S.

Last year, it bought Eversource’s nine hydroelectric stations in New Hampshire, also for an undisclosed sum. It’s also bought plants from Carlyle and Maxim Power Corp.

Preiss, Crow buy UTSA student housing

The Preiss Co. and a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital paid an undisclosed sum for the 694-bed Luxx, a student housing community that serves the University of Texas at San Antonio. 

The seller was Houston-based apartment developer the NRP Group.

It’s the second acquisition by Preiss and Crow in San Antonio, the first being the purchase of the Estate at San Antonio, a 104-unit student housing community located near UTSA.

Kevin Bryant is general counsel of Crow Holdings, which he joined in 1997. He chairs the due diligence committee and sits on the real estate investment committee.

The Oklahoma City University-trained lawyer began his legal career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he focused primarily on commercial real estate, corporate finance and partnership law and worked with real estate and private equity funds. 

UPDATE/OTHER NEWS:

Dell is considering selling its publicly traded SecureWorks cybersecurity unit, according to a report last week on Reuters. Janet Bawcom, Dell’s corporate, securities and finance counsel, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Rich Rothberg is Dell’s general counsel.

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Last month, V&E said it advised TPG-backed restaurant operator and franchisor Taco Bueno on its prepetition debt sale transaction and subsequent prepackaged chapter 11 cases. 

Those cases equitized $140 million in secured debt and transitioned ownership to an affiliate of Sun Holdings Inc., one of the largest franchise operators in the United States. V&E also assisted Taco Bueno in renegotiating its lease portfolio. 

The V&E restructuring team was led in part by Paul Heath in Dallas with assistance from associates Garrick Smith, Matt Pyeatt and Matt Struble in Dallas and Andrew Geppert in Houston.

Also advising were counsel Shaun Rogers, associate P.J. Tatum and partner Cris Dewar, all of Dallas; associates Caitlin Snelson  and Joe Higdon in Houston; and partner Matt Moran, counsel Jordan Leu, senior associate Jeremy Reichman and associates Holly Meyers and Tom Mitsch, all of Dallas.

Taco Bueno emerged from Chapter 11 less than two months after entering with a reorganization plan that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stacy Jernigan in the Northern Texas District said preserved jobs, a tenant for numerous landlords and a customer for several vendors as well as right-sizing the company. 

“[T]his case could have drug on much, much longer, and at the end of the day, I don’t think there would be more value for creditors because it would be very costly,” the court said.

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