What a difference a week makes.
Mergers and acquisitions surged across the globe in November, pushing this year’s totals close to last year’s mark, according to Bloomberg. This year is already the sixth best year of the past 20, with 26,321 pending and completed transactions announced globally amounting to $2.73 trillion compared with 30,225 valued at $3.07 trillion last year.
Activity was particularly strong last week before the Thanksgiving holiday, with more than $60 billion in deals announced on Monday, according to Axios. The big one: Charles Schwab Corp.’s $26 billion purchase of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., creating a discount brokerage powerhouse.
Other whopper deals announced last week were LVMH’s proposal to buy Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion; Novartis’s purchase of cholesterol drug developer Medicines Co. for $9.7 billion; Mitsubishi Corp. buying Dutch utility Eneco for $4.5 billion (beating out KKR and Royal Dutch Shell); Viagog picking up StubHub from eBay for $4.05 billion; and Silver Lake acquiring background check/drug screening provider First Advantage from Symphony Technology Group for $1.5 billion.
More deal flow is expected. Intralinks said that dealmaking confidence has returned, forecasting that the next two quarters could see 6% growth in global M&A announcements, 7% in North America alone. The firm said it’s a marked turnaround from the 7% year-over-year decline in worldwide deal announcements in the first half of 2019.
Dealmaking involving Texas lawyers was down last week on a volume basis, with 14 transactions valued at $2.45 billion versus 16 transactions worth $2 billion the previous week and 15 transactions worth $4.5 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)
| Deal Count | Amount | Firms | Lawyers | M&A Count | M&A Value $M | CapM Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-24 | 14 | $2,110 | 12 | 139 | 12 | $1,410 | 2 | $700 |
| 02-Nov-24 | 12 | $52,788 | 11 | 107 | 11 | $52,738 | 1 | $50 |
| 26-Oct-24 | 8 | $3,160 | 8 | 65 | 7 | $3,065 | 1 | $75 |
| 19-Oct-24 | 12 | $5,304 | 11 | 136 | 11 | $4,554 | 1 | $750 |
| 12-Oct-24 | 17 | $8,438 | 12 | 150 | 15 | $8,116 | 2 | $322 |
| 05-Oct-24 | 22 | $23,181 | 12 | 189 | 15 | $19,980 | 7 | $3,201 |
| 28-Sep-24 | 11 | $2,356 | 7 | 144 | 7 | $53 | 4 | $2,303 |
| 21-Sep-24 | 12 | $9,568 | 10 | 169 | 5 | $4,101 | 7 | $5,467 |
| 14-Sep-24 | 24 | $10,988 | 12 | 235 | 16 | $7,175 | 8 | $3,813 |
| 7-Sep-24 | 12 | $20,420 | 16 | 168 | 11 | $20,307 | 1 | $112.9 |
| 31-Aug-24 | 13 | $20,631 | 9 | 134 | 12 | $14,775 | 1 | $5,856 |
| 24-Aug-24 | 19 | $8,452 | 21 | 325 | 16 | $7,102 | 3 | $1,350 |
| 17-Aug-24 | 25 | $49,196 | 16 | 304 | 11 | $39,386 | 14 | $9,810 |
| 10-Aug-24 | 20 | $12,264 | 15 | 312 | 16 | $9,794 | 4 | $2,470 |
| 03-Aug-24 | 26 | $16,498 | 16 | 334 | 18 | $8,137 | 8 | $8,361 |
| 27-Jul-24 | 19 | $16,442 | 21 | 271 | 15 | $13,838 | 4 | $2,604 |
| 20-Jul-24 | 15 | $16,016 | 14 | 184 | 10 | $14,232 | 5 | $1,784 |
| 13-Jul-24 | 20 | $17,220 | 14 | 265 | 18 | $7,146 | 2 | $10,074 |
| 6-Jul-24 | 11 | $3,941 | 11 | 95 | 8 | $2,650 | 3 | $1,291 |
| 29-Jun-24 | 14 | $6,296 | 15 | 224 | 8 | $6,296 | 6 | $1,927 |
| 22-Jun-24 | 12 | $5,679 | 8 | 137 | 5 | $210 | 7 | $5,469 |
| 15-Jun-24 | 13 | $9,895 | 16 | 214 | 10 | $5,280 | 3 | $4,615 |
| 8-Jun-24 | 19 | $23,859 | 13 | 239 | 12 | $19,436 | 7 | $4,423 |
| 1-Jun-24 | 12 | $34,510 | 11 | 147 | 9 | $26,110 | 3 | $8,400 |
| 25-May-24 | 13 | $9,684 | 15 | 171 | 10 | $4,434 | 3 | $5,250 |
| 18-May-24 | 11 | $5,490 | 11 | 173 | 8 | $3,129 | 3 | $2,361 |
| 11-May-24 | 22 | $14,855 | 14 | 227 | 16 | $11,105 | 6 | $3,750 |
| 4-May-24 | 13 | $3,139 | 9 | 87 | 10 | $1,297 | 3 | $1,842 |
| 27-Apr-24 | 10 | $6,684 | 6 | 28 | 10 | $6,684 | 0 | 0 |
| 20-Apr-24 | 19 | $15,989 | 11 | 147 | 9 | $5,208 | 10 | $10,781 |
| 13-Apr-24 | 13 | $8,952 | 9 | 76 | 10 | $1,652 | 3 | $7,300 |
| 6-Apr-24 | 22 | $22,616 | 14 | 222 | 14 | $13,501 | 8 | $13,116 |
| 30-Mar-24 | 12 | $9,286 | 8 | 136 | 8 | $4,299 | 4 | $4,987 |
| 23-Mar-24 | 18 | $5,451 | 17 | 266 | 16 | $4,759 | 2 | $692 |
| 16-Mar-24 | 21 | $11,437 | 13 | 186 | 14 | $9,316 | 6 | $2,070 |
| 9-Mar-24 | 23 | $4,695 | 21 | 218 | 19 | $2,723 | 4 | $1,972 |
| 2-Mar-24 | 20 | $9,108 | 19 | 372 | 14 | $4,558 | 6 | $4,550 |
| 24-Feb-24 | 19 | $16,382 | 12 | 248 | 15 | $9,507 | 4 | $6,875 |
| 17-Feb-24 | 16 | $29,932 | 15 | 157 | 12 | $29,216 | 4 | $716 |
| 10-Feb-24 | 25 | $10,750 | 17 | 196 | 19 | $5,372 | 6 | $5,379 |
| 3-Feb-24 | 12 | $8,416 | 18 | 125 | 9 | $3,416 | 3 | $5,000 |
| 27-Jan-24 | 9 | $8,165 | 9 | 87 | 8 | $7,815 | 1 | $800 |
| 20-Jan-24 | 14 | $4,084 | 12 | 109 | 12 | $3,219 | 2 | $865 |
| 13-Jan-24 | 17 | $33,588 | 12 | 256 | 12 | $26,765 | 5 | $6,823 |
| 6-Jan-24 | 8 | $7,915 | 8 | 84 | 6 | $7,265 | 2 | $650 |
| 30-Dec-23 | 17 | $14,599 | 12 | 99 | 15 | $2,714 | 2 | $11,885 |
| 23-Dec-23 | 23 | $4,182 | 13 | 219 | 16 | $1,813 | 7 | $2,370 |
| 16-Dec-23 | 13 | $16,436 | 13 | 280 | 7 | $15,150 | 5 | $1,286 |
| 9-Dec-23 | 26 | $14,633.90 | 17 | 244 | 16 | $8,095 | 10 | $6,538.90 |
| 2-Dec-23 | 13 | $6,720 | 9 | 57 | 12 | $6,630 | 1 | $90 |
| 25-Nov-23 | 9 | $4,835 | 9 | 131 | 6 | $1,785 | 3 | $3,050 |
| 18-Nov-23 | 22 | $6,568.70 | 17 | 184 | 14 | $4,709.20 | 8 | $1,859.50 |
| 11-Nov-23 | 15 | $9,825 | 13 | 179 | 12 | $6,581 | 3 | $3,244 |
| 4-Nov-23 | 15 | $20,582.50 | 14 | 193 | 12 | $19,417.50 | 3 | $1,165 |
| 28-Oct-23 | 18 | $68,419.10 | 18 | 152 | 15 | $66,646 | 3 | $1,773.10 |
| 21-Oct-23 | 16 | $6,755.90 | 16 | 165 | 15 | $6,755.90 | 1 | $3 |
| 14-Oct-23 | 14 | $67,851.20 | 13 | 125 | 9 | $61,998.50 | 5 | $5,852.70 |
| 7-Oct-23 | 17 | $6,595.50 | 13 | 228 | 16 | $5,995.50 | 1 | $600 |
| 30-Sep-23 | 17 | $1,896.45 | 13 | 189 | 14 | $806.45 | 3 | $1,090 |
| 23-Sep-23 | 23 | $6,432.70 | 17 | 230 | 16 | $1,402.80 | 7 | $5,029.90 |
| 16-Sep-23 | 25 | $23,226.70 | 23 | 353 | 16 | $17,239 | 9 | $5,987.70 |
| 9-Sep-23 | 12 | $6,369 | 8 | 102 | 7 | $4,311 | 5 | $2,058 |
| 2-Sep-23 | 14 | $2,522 | 6 | 92 | 13 | $1,322 | 1 | $1,200 |
| 26-Aug-23 | 17 | $12,160.25 | 13 | 202 | 15 | $6,573.25 | 2 | $5,587.00 |
| 19-Aug-23 | 19 | $11,505 | 13 | 213 | 15 | $11,255 | 4 | $250 |
| 12-Aug-23 | 19 | $9,698.80 | 13 | 184 | 7 | $3,270 | 12 | $6,428.80 |
| 5-Aug-23 | 13 | $5,201 | 12 | 118 | 12 | $5,051 | 1 | $150 |
| 29-Jul-23 | 15 | $21,031.60 | 13 | 196 | 11 | $18,292.00 | 4 | $2,739.60 |
| 22-Jul-23 | 18 | $3,992 | 12 | 130 | 13 | $2,808 | 5 | $1,184 |
| 15-Jul-23 | 13 | $8,254.95 | 13 | 81 | 13 | $8,254.95 | 0 | 0 |
| 8-Jul-23 | 16 | $5,441.45 | 12 | 172 | 11 | $2,443 | 5 | $2,998.45 |
| 1-Jul-23 | 16 | $6,872 | 10 | 105 | 12 | $5,474 | 4 | $1,398 |
| 24-Jun-23 | 13 | $10,914 | 16 | 201 | 10 | $7,874 | 3 | $3,040 |
| 17-Jun-23 | 17 | $5,880.70 | 15 | 151 | 15 | $4,705.70 | 2 | $1,175 |
| 10-Jun-23 | 19 | $8,516.10 | 13 | 111 | 16 | $6,252.40 | 3 | $2,263.70 |
| June 3 2023 | 12 | $6,104.42 | 12 | 138 | 8 | $4,256.92 | 4 | $1,847.50 |
| 27-May-23 | 17 | $12,200 | 10 | 67 | 11 | $6,165 | 6 | $6,035 |
| 20-May-23 | 11 | $22,458.10 | 8 | 103 | 4 | $19,455 | 7 | $3,003 |
| 13-May-23 | 12 | $7,034 | 10 | 101 | 8 | $5,460 | 4 | $1,574 |
| 6-May-23 | 20 | $3,297.60 | 18 | 196 | 17 | $2,985.60 | 3 | $312 |
| 29-Apr-23 | 23 | $3,691.20 | 18 | 135 | 17 | $1,969.70 | 6 | $1,721.50 |
| 22-Apr-23 | 16 | $5,570 | 14 | 104 | 14 | $4,750 | 2 | $1,000 |
| 15-Apr-23 | 12 | $23,818.10 | 9 | 59 | 10 | $21,618.10 | 2 | $2,200 |
| 8-Apr-23 | 16 | $7,949 | 9 | 173 | 9 | $5,472 | 7 | $3,477 |
| 1-Apr-23 | 21 | $18,676.70 | 12 | 175 | 11 | $10,926.70 | 10 | $7,750 |
| 25-Mar-23 | 15 | $8,779.50 | 10 | 141 | 5 | $2,362 | 10 | $6,416.50 |
| 18-Mar-23 | 7 | $14,048.80 | 6 | 69 | 5 | $13,345 | 2 | $703.80 |
| 11-Mar-23 | 21 | $11,576 | 16 | 165 | 16 | $8,131 | 5 | $3,445 |
| 4-Mar-23 | 20 | $9,668 | 11 | 228 | 16 | $8,209 | 4 | $1,459 |
| 25-Feb-23 | 13 | $5,335 | 13 | 130 | 12 | $4,235 | 1 | $1,200 |
| 18-Feb-23 | 14 | $5,743.70 | 13 | 158 | 8 | $898.70 | 6 | $4,845 |
| 11-Feb-23 | 16 | $12,088 | 12 | 137 | 12 | $9,965 | 4 | $2,123 |
| 4-Feb-23 | 17 | $8,066 | 15 | 140 | 13 | $5,614 | 4 | $2,452 |
| 28-Jan-23 | 7 | $2,180 | 7 | 75 | 5 | $1,692.75 | 2 | $488 |
| 21-Jan-23 | 17 | $5,768 | 16 | 174 | 12 | $1,918 | 5 | $3,850 |
| 14-Jan-23 | 11 | $2, 800 | 10 | 102 | 8 | $421 | 3 | $2,400 |
| 7-Jan-23 | 18 | $8,296 | 11 | 167 | 14 | $6,461 | 3 | $1,835 |
| 31-Dec-22 | 14 | $2,732 | 11 | 99 | 12 | $2,092 | 2 | $640 |
| 17-Dec | 14 | $7,919 | 13 | 115 | 12 | $7,419 | 1 | $500 |
| 10-Dec-22 | 14 | $10,093 | 12 | 88 | 11 | $7,093 | 3 | $3,000 |
| 3-Dec-22 | 26 | $12,800.90 | 11 | 172 | 20 | $4,141 | 6 | $8,659.90 |
| 26-Nov-22 | 8 | $2,266.70 | 8 | 5 | 3 | $76 | 5 | $2,190.70 |
| 19-Nov-22 | 21 | $2,886 | 15 | 212 | 19 | $2,550 | 2 | $336 |
| 12-Nov-22 | 13 | $15,093.70 | 9 | 81 | 9 | $14,200 | 4 | $893.70 |
| 5-Nov-22 | 25 | 19,337.20 | 16 | 509 | 22 | $8,267.20 | 3 | $11,070 |
| 29-Oct-22 | 15 | $7,805.30 | 9 | 116 | 14 | $7,180.30 | 1 | $625 |
| 22-Oct-22 | 20 | $8,193.50 | 13 | 253 | 13 | $5,442 | 7 | $2,751.50 |
| 15-Oct-22 | 9 | $3,046.10 | 9 | 139 | 7 | $2,588.30 | 2 | $457.80 |
| 8-Oct-22 | 19 | $2,011.80 | 12 | 114 | 16 | $833.80 | 3 | $1,178 |
| 1-Oct-22 | 23 | $5,532.90 | 16 | 156 | 18 | $4,952.30 | 5 | $580.60 |
| 24-Sep-22 | 18 | $5,194 | 14 | 216 | 15 | $4,050 | 3 | $1,144 |
| 17-Sep-22 | 21 | $8,352.30 | 12 | 320 | 15 | $4,759.60 | 6 | $3,592.70 |
| 10-Sep-22 | 15 | $19,853.50 | 10 | 126 | 13 | $19,403.60 | 2 | $450 |
| 3-Sep-22 | 9 | $2,312 | 9 | 62 | 9 | $2,312 | 0 | 0 |
| 27-Aug-22 | 16 | $30,891.70 | 10 | 135 | 15 | $30,666.40 | 1 | 227.7 |
| 20-Aug-22 | 12 | $1,977 | 8 | 152 | 9 | 925 | 3 | $1,052 |
| 13-Aug-22 | 18 | $8,004.70 | 11 | 242 | 11 | $2,844.70 | 7 | $5,160 |
| 6-Aug-22 | 24 | $7,948.90 | 12 | 240 | 17 | $3,577 | 7 | $4,371.90 |
| 30-Jul-22 | 8 | $6,941 | 9 | 78 | 7 | $6,839 | 1 | $102 |
| 23-Jul-22 | 11 | $801 | 11 | 92 | 10 | $801 | 1 | 0 |
| 16-Jul-22 | 14 | $3,650 | 10 | 122 | 14 | $3,650 | 0 | 0 |
| 9-Jul-22 | 10 | $3,557.70 | 7 | 68 | 9 | $3,557.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 2-Jul-22 | 18 | $8,609.40 | 13 | 152 | 15 | $2,754.40 | 3 | $5,855 |
| 25-Jun-22 | 15 | $6,142 | 13 | 146 | 9 | $2,017 | 6 | $4,125 |
| 18-Jun-22 | 17 | $11,890.10 | 14 | 228 | 15 | $11,410 | 2 | 479.7 |
| 11-Jun-22 | 17 | $7,600 | 12 | 123 | 10 | $2,300 | 7 | $5,300 |
| 4-Jun-22 | 12 | $2,937 | 10 | 127 | 9 | $692 | 3 | $2,245 |
| 28-May-22 | 9 | $3,197.60 | 11 | 86 | 9 | $3,197.60 | 0 | 0 |
| 21-May-22 | 14 | $7,284.50 | 12 | 185 | 11 | $6,609 | 3 | $675.50 |
| 14-May-22 | 11 | $306.60 | 9 | 80 | 10 | $306.60 | 1 | $225 |
| 7-May-22 | 16 | $10,451.75 | 12 | 108 | 12 | $1,827 | 4 | $8,624.75 |
| 30-Apr-22 | 16 | $2,296.50 | 16 | 157 | 12 | $895.50 | 4 | $1,401 |
| 23-Apr-22 | 10 | $2,241 | 11 | 58 | 8 | $1,641 | 2 | $600 |
| 16-Apr-22 | 11 | $6,643 | 7 | 156 | 8 | $2,359 | 3 | $4,284 |
| 9-Apr-22 | 17 | $4,429 | 14 | 184 | 11 | $1,690 | 6 | $2,739 |
| 2-Apr-22 | 13 | $1,755 | 8 | 84 | 10 | $1,145 | 3 | $610 |
| 26-Mar-22 | 11 | $3,205 | 8 | 65 | 6 | $200 | 5 | $3,005 |
| 19-Mar-22 | 13 | $2,239.17 | 9 | 106 | 13 | $2,239.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12-Mar-22 | 18 | $12,016 | 11 | 239 | 15 | $11,965 | 2 | $51.35 |
| 5-Mar-22 | 17 | $6,786 | 13 | 137 | 13 | $5,161 | 4 | $1,625 |
| 26-Feb-22 | 12 | $5,095 | 8 | 149 | 9 | $4,437.50 | 3 | $658 |
| 19-Feb-22 | 17 | $22,229 | 17 | 174 | 14 | $21,354 | 3 | $875 |
| 12-Feb-22 | 12 | $2,344.70 | 10 | 73 | 8 | $641.70 | 4 | $1,703 |
| 5-Feb-22 | 11 | $2,503 | 8 | 99 | 11 | $2,503 | 0 | 0 |
| 29-Jan-22 | 11 | $3,872 | 12 | 101 | 12 | $3,872 | 0 | 0 |
| 22-Jan-22 | 13 | $5,143.50 | 10 | 99 | 12 | $4,842.50 | 1 | $301 |
| 15-Jan-22 | 12 | $7,605 | 9 | 155 | 9 | $6,480 | 3 | $1,025 |
| 8-Jan-22 | 13 | $8,256.20 | 11 | 102 | 13 | $8,256.20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1-Jan-22 | 9 | $1,273.80 | 6 | 50 | 9 | $1,273.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 25-Dec-21 | 21 | $4,734.75 | 11 | 176 | 16 | $3,410 | 5 | $1,324.75 |
| 18-Dec-21 | 26 | $7,325.20 | 15 | 193 | 18 | $3,640.20 | 8 | $3,685.20 |
| 11-Dec-21 | 16 | $5,017 | 10 | 109 | 13 | $1,417 | 3 | $3,600 |
| 4-Dec-21 | 14 | $2,310 | 8 | 86 | 8 | $2,310 | 6 | $1,882.05 |
| 27-Nov-21 | 9 | $3.460.1 | 10 | 101 | 6 | $1,758 | 3 | $1,702.60 |
| 20-Nov-21 | 20 | $22,792 | 15 | 157 | 12 | $18,864.50 | 8 | $3,928 |
| 13-Nov-21 | 21 | $26,729 | 12 | 178 | 13 | $11,822 | 8 | $14,907 |
| 6-Nov-21 | 12 | $8,303 | 13 | 157 | 10 | $6,682 | 3 | $1,621 |
| 30-Oct-21 | 21 | $10,368 | 15 | 218 | 15 | $9,24.4 | 6 | $1,103.00 |
| 23-Oct-21 | 21 | $18.783.1 | 15 | 222 | 11 | $12,314 | 10 | $6,468.60 |
| 16-Oct-21 | 15 | $3,868 | 11 | 118 | 15 | $2,293 | 2 | $1,575 |
| 9-Oct-21 | 20 | $8,610 | 16 | 175 | 16 | $7,795 | 4 | $815 |
| 2-Oct-21 | 14 | $6,250 | 11 | 137 | 10 | $5,200 | 4 | $1,050 |
| 25-Sep-21 | 11 | $11,460 | 9 | 93 | 7 | $10,200 | 4 | $1,250 |
| 18-Sep-21 | 11 | $16,603 | 8 | 99 | 8 | $15,084 | 3 | $1,519 |
| 11-Sep-21 | 17 | $10,653 | 11 | 103 | 13 | $8,503 | 4 | $2,150 |
| 4-Sep-21 | 13 | $7,222 | 10 | 89 | 11 | $6,715 | 2 | $507 |
| 28-Aug-21 | 12 | $763 | 9 | 63 | 11 | $663 | 1 | $100 |
| 21-Aug-21 | 12 | $29,659 | 7 | 79 | 11 | $29,579 | 1 | $80 |
| 14-Aug-21 | 22 | $17,845 | 11 | 199 | 12 | $12,805 | 10 | $5,04 |
| 7-Aug-21 | 17 | $13,670 | 12 | 139 | 15 | $11,766 | 2 | $1,904 |
| 31-Jul-21 | 21 | $8,160 | 11 | 134 | 10 | $3,574 | 10 | $4,586 |
| July 24,2021 | 21 | $6,367 | 11 | 139 | 15 | $3,712 | 6 | $2,655 |
| 17-Jul-21 | 14 | $4,009 | 11 | 124 | 12 | $2,015 | 2 | $1,994 |
| 10-Jul-21 | 16 | $3,997 | 13 | 143 | 11 | $1,597 | 4 | $2,4 |
| 3-Jul-21 | 24 | $7,492 | 13 | 94 | 16 | $3,769 | 8 | $3,722 |
| 26-Jun-21 | 10 | $4,995 | 7 | 85 | 8 | $3,847 | 2 | $1,148 |
| 19-Jun-21 | 28 | $16,830 | 8 | 228 | 9 | $1,861 | 19 | $14,968 |
| 12-Jun-21 | 26 | $27,238 | 15 | 209 | 19 | $25,602 | 7 | $1,636 |
| 5-Jun-21 | 15 | $15,539 | 13 | 100 | 13 | $14,709 | 2 | $600 |
| 29-May-21 | 35 | $20,279 | 11 | 145 | 28 | $18,64 | 7 | $1,639 |
| 22-May-21 | 24 | $53,208 | 14 | 174 | 17 | $51,047 | 7 | $2,161 |
| 15-May-21 | 18 | $10,620 | 13 | 220 | 11 | $5,870 | 7 | $4,809 |
| 8-May-21 | 17 | $10,400 | 11 | 156 | 15 | $8,386 | 2 | $2,500 |
| 1-May-21 | 21 | $7,200 | 16 | 115 | 12 | $3,808 | 9 | $3,392 |
| 24-Apr-21 | 8 | $20,200 | 9 | 31 | 8 | $20,200 | 0 | 0 |
| 17-Apr-21 | 14 | $6,270 | 8 | 102 | 11 | $40,180 | 3 | $2,260 |
| 10-Apr-21 | 15 | $8,940 | 13 | 129 | 14 | $7,990 | 1 | $950 |
| 3-Apr-21 | 18 | $19,513 | 10 | 151 | 12 | $16,923 | 6 | $2,590 |
| 27-Mar-21 | 27 | $13,942 | 15 | 244 | 14 | $4,300 | 13 | $9,633.50 |
| 20-Mar-21 | 11 | $2,046 | 4 | 102 | 3 | $270 | 8 | $1,776 |
| 13-Mar-21 | 15 | $3,270 | 9 | 109 | 6 | $538 | 9 | $2,732 |
| 6-Mar-21 | 24 | $13,617 | 10 | 196 | 13 | $10,395 | 11 | $3,222 |
| 27-Feb-21 | 19 | $8,105 | 12 | 139 | 15 | $4,970 | 4 | $3,135 |
| 20-Feb-21 | 9 | $8,820 | 9 | 153 | 8 | $8,520 | 1 | $300 |
| 13-Feb-21 | 12 | $4,852.60 | 7 | 81 | 7 | 2,766 | 5 | $2,086.60 |
| 6-Feb-21 | 18 | $9,752 | 13 | 153 | 14 | $5,222 | 4 | $4,530 |
| 30-Jan-21 | 18 | $9,449 | 9 | 182 | 15 | $8,753.80 | 3 | $695.30 |
| 23-Jan-21 | 14 | $8,150 | 8 | 118 | 6 | $4,000 | 8 | $4,150 |
| 16-Jan-21 | 17 | $6,783 | 13 | 138 | 11 | $2,400 | 6 | $4,382.90 |
| 9-Jan-21 | 22 | $6,829 | 14 | 135 | 18 | $3,139.30 | 4 | $3,690 |
| 2-Jan-21 | 7 | $1,466 | 7 | 60 | 7 | $1,466 | 0 | 0 |
| 26-Dec-20 | 18 | $15,900 | 12 | 163 | 16 | $5,300 | 1 | $600 |
| 19-Dec-20 | 18 | $9,769 | 14 | 110 | 14 | $8,426 | 4 | $1,343 |
| 12-Dec-20 | 10 | $7,200 | 9 | 100 | 9 | $3,325 | 1 | $3,830 |
| 5-Dec-20 | 15 | $4,261 | 9 | 122 | 9 | $2,780 | 6 | $1,481 |
| 28-Nov-20 | 19 | $7,758 | 10 | 110 | 13 | $4,003 | 6 | $3,755 |
| 14-Nov-20 | 14 | $864.10 | 14 | 157 | 12 | $289.10 | 2 | $575 |
| 7-Nov-20 | 13 | $6,332 | 9 | 129 | 9 | $2,483.50 | 4 | $3,849 |
| 31-Oct-20 | 10 | $3,995.80 | 8 | 103 | 6 | $3,231.10 | 4 | $754.70 |
| 24-Oct-20 | 6 | $18,100 | 6 | 58 | 5 | $17,709 | 1 | $350 |
| 17-Oct-20 | 8 | $351.90 | 5 | 55 | 8 | $351.90 | 0 | 0 |
| 10-Oct-20 | 7 | $5,229 | 3 | 50 | 4 | $735 | 3 | $4,494 |
| 3-Oct-20 | 14 | $21,428 | 9 | 173 | 9 | $17,535 | 5 | $3,893 |
| 26-Sep-20 | 10 | $12,770 | 8 | 93 | 5 | $10,300 | 5 | $2,470 |
| 19-Sep-20 | 14 | $8,365 | 9 | 101 | 6 | $1,020 | 8 | $7,345 |
| 12-Sep-20 | 6 | $4,406 | 8 | 59 | 3 | $1,270 | 3 | $3,136 |
| 5-Sep-20 | 11 | $5,191 | 8 | 117 | 9 | $4,061 | 2 | $1,130 |
| 29-Aug-20 | 11 | $2,531 | 9 | 94 | 5 | $1,130 | 6 | $1,401 |
| 22-Aug-20 | 18 | $6,574 | 12 | 140 | 7 | $1,930 | 11 | $4,644 |
| 15-Aug-20 | 13 | $4,991 | 10 | 97 | 7 | $1,216 | 6 | $3,775 |
| 8-Aug-20 | 12 | $32,092 | 11 | 112 | 9 | $30,457 | 3 | $1,635 |
| 1-Aug-20 | 7 | $5,287 | 8 | 76 | 5 | $3,687 | 2 | $1,600 |
| 25-Jul-20 | 9 | $18,751 | 6 | 67 | 7 | $18,403 | 2 | $348 |
| 18-Jul-20 | 6 | $1,982.50 | 5 | 50 | 4 | $1,407.50 | 2 | $575 |
| 11-Jul-20 | 11 | $565.10 | 12 | 75 | 10 | $65.10 | 1 | $500 |
| 4-Jul-20 | 10 | $8,889 | 8 | 98 | 9 | $8,788 | 1 | $100.30 |
| 27-Jun-20 | 8 | $6,874 | 10 | 50 | 5 | $4,972.50 | 3 | $2,081.50 |
| 20-Jun-20 | 12 | $4,444 | 9 | 115 | 7 | $2,829 | 5 | $1,615 |
| 13-Jun-20 | 6 | $3,582 | 4 | 37 | 2 | $350 | 4 | $3,232 |
| 6-Jun-20 | 11 | $3,213.70 | 8 | 65 | 7 | $470 | 4 | $2,743.70 |
| 30-May-20 | 8 | $7,335 | 7 | 48 | 6 | $4,639 | 2 | $2,697 |
| 23-May-20 | 4 | $432.40 | 4 | 34 | 3 | $432.40 | 1 | 0 |
| 16-May-20 | 6 | $310 | 6 | 34 | 5 | $310 | 1 | 0 |
| 9-May-20 | 18 | $5,630 | 16 | 124 | 14 | $3,180 | 4 | $2,450 |
| 2-May-20 | 15 | 10,400 | 10 | 90 | 8 | $1,900 | 7 | $,8,500 |
| 25-Apr-20 | 8 | $3,400 | 9 | 36 | 5 | $1,000 | 3 | $2,450 |
| 18-Apr-20 | 19 | $9,500 | 14 | 92 | 8 | $185.70 | 11 | $9,360 |
| 11-Apr-20 | 12 | $6,000 | 9 | 40 | 5 | $190 | 7 | $5,800 |
| 4-Apr-20 | 14 | $8,200 | 11 | 68 | 10 | $2,200 | 4 | $6,000 |
| 28-Mar-20 | 16 | $6,500 | 13 | 96 | 10 | $3,700 | 6 | $2,800 |
| 21-Mar-20 | 11 | $11,910 | 7 | 33 | 7 | $2,250 | 4 | $9,960 |
| 14-Mar-20 | 7 | 809.8 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 684.8 | 1 | 125 |
| 7-Mar-20 | 16 | $2,500 | 15 | 70 | 13 | $669 | 3 | $1,400 |
| 29-Feb-20 | 13 | $15,260 | 13 | 128 | 11 | $11,760 | 2 | $3,500 |
| 22-Feb-20 | 12 | $3,700 | 10 | 92 | 10 | $2,560 | 2 | $1,130 |
| 15-Feb-20 | 16 | $1,250 | 10 | 84 | 12 | $35 | 4 | $1,222 |
| 8-Feb-20 | 18 | $6,080 | 14 | 123 | 14 | $2,595 | 4 | $3,485 |
| 1-Feb-20 | 21 | $20,900 | 12 | 101 | 14 | $17,860 | 7 | $3,060 |
| 25-Jan-20 | 13 | $7,430 | 13 | 62 | 12 | $6,430 | 1 | $1,000 |
| 18-Jan-20 | 23 | $9,580 | 15 | 120 | 19 | $6,580 | 4 | $3,000 |
| 11-Jan-20 | 21 | $14,200 | 18 | 199 | 16 | $1,020 | 5 | $13,200 |
| 4-Jan-20 | 22 | $6,400 | 11 | 119 | 16 | $3,204 | 6 | $3,245 |
| 28-Dec-19 | 22 | $7,150 | 19 | 175 | 18 | $6,800 | 4 | $327.40 |
| 14-Dec-19 | 24 | $36,300 | 23 | 167 | 19 | $9,500 | 5 | $26,800 |
| 7-Dec-19 | 11 | $10,400 | 11 | 55 | 7 | $1,082 | 4 | $9,370 |
| November 30. 2019 | 14 | $2,450 | 12 | 126 | 12 | $1,760 | 2 | $692.50 |
| 23-Nov-19 | 16 | $1,995 | 10 | 41 | 11 | $615 | 5 | $1,380 |
| 16-Nov-19 | 15 | $3,820 | 13 | 135 | 11 | $2,500 | 4 | $1,271 |
| 9-Nov-19 | 25 | $12,900 | 17 | 182 | 23 | $12,200 | 2 | $575 |
| 2-Nov-19 | 10 | $2,470 | 12 | 61 | 9 | 2,450 | 3 | $22 |
| 26-Oct-19 | 12 | $5,560 | 14 | 70 | 11 | $3,860 | 1 | $1,700 |
| 19-Oct-19 | 8 | $6,600 | 8 | 138 | 8 | $6,600 | 0 | 0 |
| 12-Oct-19 | 19 | $4,300 | 14 | 55 | 16 | $3,800 | 3 | $500 |
| 5-Oct-19 | 18 | $14,500 | 19 | 166 | 15 | $11,100 | 3 | $3,400 |
| 28-Sep-19 | 19 | $8,100 | 18 | 132 | 18 | $7,560 | 1 | $550 |
| 21-Sep-19 | 14 | $6,300 | 16 | 66 | 11 | $2,160 | 3 | $4,170 |
| 14-Sep-19 | 15 | $23,800 | 12 | 56 | 11 | $21,250 | 4 | $2,570 |
| 7-Sep-19 | 17 | $3,500 | 15 | 98 | 14 | $1,900 | 3 | $1,600 |
| 31-Aug-19 | 5 | $8,700 | 6 | 50 | 5 | $8,700 | 0 | 0 |
| 24-Aug-19 | 16 | $10,000 | 14 | 82 | 15 | $4,250 | 1 | $5,750 |
| 16-Aug-19 | 10 | $1,680 | 5 | 52 | 7 | $650 | 3 | $950 |
| 9-Aug-19 | 17 | $17,700 | 15 | 68 | 14 | $3,900 | 3 | $13,800 |
| 2-Aug-19 | 13 | $5,760 | 12 | 108 | 13 | $5,760 | NA | NA |
| 27-Jul-19 | 11 | $7,300 | 13 | 76 | 8 | $6,570 | 3 | $730 |
| 20-Jul-19 | 13 | $11,800 | 13 | 125 | 11 | $5,300 | 2 | $6,500 |
| 13-Jul-19 | 10 | $775 | 7 | 46 | 8 | $542.50 | 2 | $233 |
| 6-Jul-19 | 7 | $2,500 | 9 | 85 | 7 | $2,500 | 0 | 0 |
| 29-Jun-19 | 23 | $8,290 | 15 | 154 | 17 | $2,300 | 6 | $5,970 |
| 22-Jun-19 | 17 | $10,700 | 10 | 139 | 14 | $7,700 | 3 | $3,000 |
| 15-Jun-19 | 11 | $13,500 | 14 | 160 | 11 | $13,500 | NA | NA |
| 8-Jun-19 | 13 | $2,870 | 17 | 55 | 11 | $1,570 | 2 | $1,300 |
| 1-Jun-19 | 10 | $4,460 | 11 | 60 | 8 | $4,140 | 2 | $315 |
| 25-May-19 | 17 | $4,360 | 14 | 79 | 14 | $3,700 | 3 | $612 |
| 18-May-19 | 22 | $9,000 | 17 | 150 | 16 | $3,400 | 6 | $5,600 |
| 11-May-19 | 18 | $19,800 | 17 | 177 | 15 | $18,300 | 3 | $1,500 |
| 4-May-19 | 10 | $7,075 | 6 | 32 | 8 | $6,900 | 2 | $175 |
| 27-Apr-19 | 15 | $3,200 | 14 | 117 | 14 | $3,160 | 1 | $40 |
| 20-Apr-19 | 13 | $13,500 | 10 | 90 | 9 | $12,200 | 4 | $1,300 |
| 13-Apr-19 | 16 | $38,900 | 14 | 91 | 14 | $37,800 | 2 | $1,100 |
| 6-Apr-19 | 12 | $6,870 | 11 | 94 | 10 | $6,730 | 2 | $50 |
| 30-Mar-19 | 15 | $6,470 | 12 | 84 | 10 | $7,91.5 | 5 | $5,677 |
| 23-Mar-19 | 18 | $6,450 | 14 | 91 | 14 | $5,042 | 4 | $1,408 |
| 16-Mar-19 | 14 | $10,180 | 12 | 115 | 11 | $8,800 | 3 | $1,300 |
| 9-Mar-19 | 9 | $1,800 | 6 | 49 | 8 | $1,300 | 1 | $500 |
| 2-Mar-19 | 20 | $3,033 | 16 | 107 | 14 | $1,817 | 6 | $1,262 |
| 23-Feb-19 | 12 | $2,040 | 8 | 69 | 9 | $614.60 | 3 | $1,430 |
| 16-Feb-19 | 16 | $9,970 | 18 | 77 | 16 | $9,970 | 0 | 0 |
| 9-Feb-19 | 14 | $6,400 | 10 | 110 | 14 | $6,400 | 0 | 0 |
| 2-Feb-19 | 18 | $6,740 | 15 | 99 | 16 | $5,720 | 2 | $950 |
| 26-Jan-19 | 13 | $2,770 | 11 | 67 | 11 | $918.95 | 2 | $1,850 |
| 19-Jan-19 | 15 | $3,819 | 16 | 76 | 12 | $2,594 | 3 | $1,225 |
| 12-Jan-19 | 18 | $7,283 | 14 | 92 | 15 | $1,683 | 3 | $5,600 |
| 5-Jan-19 | 10 | $529 | 12 | 50 | 10 | $529 | 0 | 0 |
| 22-Dec-18 | 17 | $2,570 | 13 | 87 | 14 | $941 | 3 | $1,629 |
| 15-Dec-18 | 10 | $2,860 | 8 | 26 | 8 | $264 | 2 | $2,600 |
| 8-Dec-18 | 15 | $1,819 | 16 | 65 | 12 | $552 | 3 | $1,267 |
| 1-Dec-18 | 12 | $7,500 | 10 | 90 | 9 | $1,200 | 3 | $6,200 |
| 28-Nov-18 | 15 | $4,500 | 11 | 107 | 14 | $4,000 | 1 | $500 |
| 19-Nov-18 | 18 | $6,137 | 13 | 98 | 13 | $2,142 | 5 | $3,995 |
| 14-Nov-18 | 18 | $9,200 | 13 | 152 | 15 | $8,500 | 3 | $694 |
| 6-Nov-18 | 16 | $17,300 | 16 | 183 | 14 | $16,361 | 2 | $950 |
| 29-Oct-18 | 14 | $14,400 | 18 | 127 | 17 | $13,800 | 1 | $600 |
| 24-Oct-18 | 13 | $6,140 | 13 | 126 | 11 | $5,122 | 2 | $1,018 |
| 17-Oct-18 | 18 | $18,390 | 15 | 125 | 14 | $12,292 | 4 | $6,098 |
| 10-Oct-18 | 29 | $3,149 | 18 | 104 | 20 | $1,647 | 9 | $819 |
| 2-Oct-18 | 18 | $9,300 | 11 | 67 | 14 | $7,300 | 4 | $2,000 |
| 25-Sep-18 | 13 | $7,000 | 11 | 75 | 10 | $6,000 | 3 | $995 |
| 18-Sep-18 | 9 | $3,570 | 7 | 44 | 9 | $3,570 | 0 | 0 |
| 11-Sep-18 | 13 | $5,900 | 10 | 132 | 13 | $5,900 | 0 | 0 |
| 7-Sep-18 | 14 | $5,000 | 15 | 86 | 11 | $4,000 | 3 | $1,000 |
| 29-Aug-18 | 15 | $20,700 | 14 | 79 | 13 | $4,700 | 2 | $16,000 |
| 20-Aug-18 | 10 | $12,400 | 11 | 53 | 8 | $11,380 | 3 | $1,057 |
| 14-Aug-18 | 12 | $19,900 | 12 | 132 | 9 | $18,889 | 3 | $1,011 |
| 7-Aug-18 | 16 | $68,600 | 11 | 106 | 13 | $67,259 | 3 | $1,340 |
| 31-Jul-18 | 15 | $15,100 | 15 | 95 | 11 | $13,060 | 4 | $2,060 |
| 23-Jul-18 | 13 | $2,130 | 15 | 60 | 10 | $1,804 | 3 | $1,100 |
| 17-Jul-18 | 14 | $5,370 | 17 | 98 | 9 | $4,310 | 5 | $1,100 |
| 9-Jul-18 | 16 | $11,200 | 15 | 74 | 10 | $11,080 | 6 | $862 |
| 3-Jul-18 | 13 | $7,000 | 7 | 81 | 12 | $6,330 | 1 | $750 |
| 25-Jun-18 | 15 | $8,800 | 13 | 97 | 9 | $4,970 | 6 | $3,930 |
| 18-Jun-18 | 13 | $14,200 | 14 | 80 | 7 | $221 | 6 | $14,290 |
| 11-Jun-18 | 12 | $6,300 | 8 | 96 | 8 | $5,910 | 4 | $803 |
| 6-Jun-18 | 13 | $14,500 | 10 | 88 | 8 | $14,154 | 5 | $579 |
| 31-May-18 | 11 | $4,890 | 10 | 63 | 8 | $3,240 | 3 | $1,790 |
| 22-May-18 | 15 | $20,400 | 11 | 63 | 9 | $19,808 | 6 | $885 |
| 15-May-18 | 15 | $4,700 | 15 | 106 | 10 | $3,900 | 5 | $643 |
| 9-May-18 | 11 | $1,400 | 13 | 88 | 9 | $1,300 | 2 | $560 |
| 1-May-18 | 8 | $14,250 | 7 | 88 | 7 | $13,400 | 1 | $450 |
| 24-Apr-18 | 12 | $5,300 | 6 | 61 | 11 | $4,470 | 1 | $800 |
| 17-Apr-18 | 9 | $1,800 | 10 | 44 | 7 | $2,330 | 2 | $1,434 |
| 11-Apr-18 | 11 | $2,500 | 8 | 32 | 6 | $1,690 | 5 | $809 |
| 3-Apr-18 | 15 | $13,400 | 11 | 121 | 9 | $12,020 | 6 | $1,090 |
| 28-Mar-18 | 10 | $4,000 | 10 | 92 | 7 | $3,870 | 3 | $215 |
| 19-Mar-18 | 17 | $5,800 | 13 | 51 | 10 | $590 | 7 | $5,165 |
| 12-Mar-18 | 15 | $3,130 | 11 | 43 | 11 | $2,360 | 4 | $788 |
| 6-Mar-18 | 19 | $5,400 | 13 | 116 | 10 | $1,530 | 9 | $4,860 |
| 27-Feb-18 | 20 | $6,600 | 13 | 69 | 14 | $5,530 | 6 | $1,030 |
| 19-Feb-18 | 15 | $5,500 | 14 | 111 | 10 | $3,990 | 6 | $1,980 |
| 12-Feb-18 | 23 | $10,900 | 17 | 157 | 12 | $7,110 | 11 | $3,840 |
| 5-Feb-18 | 16 | $8,600 | 13 | 100 | 7 | $1,330 | 9 | $7,800 |
| 30-Jan-18 | 11 | $12,600 | 11 | 68 | 5 | $7,300 | 6 | $4,982 |
| 24-Jan-18 | 19 | $9,400 | 15 | 129 | 5 | $2,010 | 14 | $7,337 |
| 18-Jan-18 | 10 | $6,280 | 8 | 49 | 2 | $2,100 | 8 | $4,188 |
| 9-Jan-18 | 12 | $16,500 | 12 | 92 | 9 | $15,890 | 3 | $475 |
| 3-Jan-18 | 10 | $2,500 | 9 | 47 | 8 | $2,350 | 2 | $150 |
| 27-Dec-17 | 15 | $9,000 | 15 | 113 | 9 | $7,568 | 6 | $1,784 |
| 18-Dec-17 | 15 | $13,800 | 16 | 164 | 9 | $13,010 | 7 | $1,118 |
| 11-Dec-17 | 14 | $9,700 | 10 | 126 | 12 | $2,940 | 4 | $8,500 |
| 4-Dec-17 | 6 | $1,800 | 6 | 31 | 5 | $1,510 | 1 | $300 |
| 28-Nov-17 | 7 | $3,850 | 8 | 76 | 4 | $3,260 | 3 | $285 |
| 16-Nov-17 | 10 | $2,700 | 10 | 48 | 6 | $1,840 | 4 | $856 |
| 8-Nov-17 | 15 | $2,380 | 17 | 91 | 10 | $1,860 | 5 | $516 |
| 1-Nov-17 | 12 | $4,700 | 17 | 94 | 9 | $3,400 | 4 | $1,300 |
| 23-Oct-17 | 15 | $10,500 | 10 | 67 | 10 | $9,780 | 4 | $1,530 |
| 18-Oct-17 | 6 | $2,000 | 37 | 3 | $225 | 3 | $1,820 | |
| 10-Oct-17 | 12 | $6,570 | 100 | 9 | $3,880 | 3 | $3,360 | |
| 2-Oct-17 | 8 | $3,100 | 11 | 19 | 3 | $1,630 | 5 | $1,750 |
| 25-Sep-17 | 8 | $4,880 | 8 | 79 | 5 | $2,660 | 5 | $2,070 |
| 18-Sep-17 | 9 | $4,770 | 3 | $300 | 6 | $4,470 | ||
| 12-Sep-17 | 11 | $4,430 | 8 | $2,030 | 3 | $2,400 | ||
| 1-Sep-17 | 4 | $1,310 | 3 | $317 | 1 | $1,000 | ||
| 23-Aug-17 | 11 | $13,640 | 9 | 8 | $11,840 | 3 | $1,800 |
There were 12 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals worth $1.76 billion and two capital markets transactions valued at $692.5 million. Twelve law firms and 129 Texas lawyers handled the work.
M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL
Baker Botts advises Eagle Materials Inc. on $665M cement plant purchase from Cemex
Dallas-based Eagle Materials Inc. said Nov. 26 it has agreed to buy a cement plant and related assets in Louisville, Ky., from Kosmos Cement Co. – a joint venture between Mexico’s Cemex and Italy’s Buzzi Unicem – for $665 million.
The company said the assets include seven distribution terminals and substantial raw material reserves. The plant has the capacity to produce nearly 1.7 million tons of cement per year.
James Graass, general counsel of Eagle Materials, said all three of his in-house lawyers were involved, but the effort was led by associate general counsel Matt Newby, who joined the company in 2012 from Weil.
Eagle’s outside counsel included Baker Botts partners Geoff Newton and Bryan Henderson and associate Rosemary Maberry in Dallas, along with special counsel Patrick Matthews on real estate and partner Steve Marcus on tax.
Kosmos used Skadden out of New York (partner Sean Doyle and counsel Dohyun Kim).
Goldman, Sachs & Co. provided financial advice to Eagle on the transaction, including Nat Bristol in New York.
The company expects certain tax benefits arising from the transaction, the net present value of which is expected to be around $120 million.
Eagle expects to close the deal in the first quarter of next year if it clears regulators. The assets are anticipated to generate $56 million in EBITDA on $170 million in sales this year before synergies. The acquisition will increase Eagle’s U.S. cement capacity by roughly 25% and should be accretive to earnings and cash flow in the first full year of ownership.
Eagle CEO and president Michael Haack said in a statement that the agreement represented a significant milestone in the company’s growth strategy.
“At Eagle we have been disciplined in the strategic growth of our integrated network of cement plants in the U.S. heartland and the Kosmos facilities are a natural fit,” he said. “The Kosmos facilities are high-quality, low-cost assets that align with our long-term strategic growth plans and meet our criteria for new investment. These assets will also enable us to participate more significantly in U.S. construction and infrastructure market growth.”
Eagle chairman Mike Nicolais said not only does the addition extend the company’s reach in key U.S. markets but also enhances the near and long-term cash flow generation capabilities of its businesses. It’s also timely given its plans to separate its heavy and light materials businesses into two independent, publicly traded corporations.
Eagle expects to finance the deal with cash on hand and borrowings under a new term loan. It said it Eagle remains focused on maintaining a prudent capital structure and a strong financial position following the close and financing of the transaction.
Eagle makes and distributes cement, gypsum wallboard, recycled paperboard, concrete, sand and aggregates from 75 facilities across the U.S.
V&E, Latham, HuntonAK, TK work on HighPeak/Grenadier deal involving $465M in cash
Vinson & Elkins said Nov. 27 it advised HighPeak Energy Partners and Grenadier Energy Partners II on two separate transactions. Dollar terms weren’t disclosed.
One is a combination among HighPeak Funds, Pure Acquisition Corp. and Pure unit HighPeak Energy Inc. The other was a contribution agreement involving Pure, HighPeak Energy and EnCap- and Kayne Anderson-backed Grenadier that involves 15.76 million shares of HighPeak Energy common stock, 2.5 million warrants to purchase HighPeak Energy common stock and and $465 million in cash.
The team advising HighPeak Funds on the combination was led by partner Sarah Morgan with assistance from partners Jeff Floyd, John Grand and Scott Rubinsky, senior associate Michael Gibson and associates Jackson O’Maley, Nettie Downs, KJ Pedersen, Alex Lewis, Jonathan Villa, Ximena Kuri and Markeya Scott.
Specialists included partner Shane Tucker and associates Gina Hancock and Maddison Riddick (executive compensation/benefits); partner John Lynch and associate Megan James (tax) and a partner on antitrust issues out of its Washington, D.C., office.
The team advising Grenadier on the contribution agreement was led by partner Bryan Loocke with assistance from partner Doug McWilliams and associates Cesar Leyva, Ed Vaunder, Alicia Vesely and Sam Garforth-Bles.
The specialists were partners Todd Way and Lina Dimachkieh and associate Christine Mainguy (tax); partner Stephen Jacobson and senior associate Kristy Fields (executive compensation/benefits); partner Sean Becker (labor/employment); and partner Larry Nettles and senior associate Matt Dobbins (environmental).
On the combination, Hunton Andrews Kurth represented the special committee of Pure’s board. The team included tax partners Tom Ford and Allison Mantor, tax associate Tim Strother, corporate co-head partner Mike O’Leary, corporate associates Michael Wright and Amanda Thienpont, oil and gas co-head Hal Haltom and oil and gas associate Ming Lei and environmental partner Lisa Shelton.
Latham & Watkins counseled the committee’s financial advisor Jefferies, including partner Michael Chambers and associates Dan Harrist and Hillarie James.
On the Grenadier contribution agreement, Jefferies was the financial advisor and Thompson & Knight partner Hunter White was HighPeak Funds’ legal counsel.
Fort Worth-based Pure Acquisition is an oil and gas exploration and production-focused special purpose acquisition entity.
Pure’s stockholders will receive one share of common stock of HighPeak Energy for each share of Pure stock. HighPeak Energy will then acquire certain assets from the HighPeak Funds in exchange for shares of its common stock as well as certain assets from Grenadier in exchange for shares of its common stock, warrants to purchase shares of its common stock and cash.
After the business combination, HighPeak Energy will be an independent oil and natural gas company that acquires, develops and produces oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids reserves with assets in the northeastern part of the oil-rich Midland Basin.
HighPeak Energy intends to list its common stock and warrants on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Capital Market. Pure’s securities will be delisted from the Nasdaq. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter if it clears Pure’s shareholders.
HighPeak Energy chairman, CEO and president Jack Hightower said in a statement that its area of focus provides for one of the best on-shore domestic U.S. opportunities for accelerated near-term cash flow growth, single well economics due to the high oil production content and industry leading full-cycle operating margins. He also expects to achieve economies of scale due to the contiguous nature of the assets.
Grenadier chairman, CEO and president Patrick Noyes said the deal will create a new strategic pure play company focused on a key area of the Midland basin that has been significantly de-risked over the past year.
Spirit Realty acquires 123 properties for $435M
Dallas real estate investment trust Spirit Realty Capital said Nov. 25 it bought 123 single-tenant properties spanning 26 states from undisclosed sellers for $435 million in cash.
Spirit Realty general counsel Jay Young told The Texas Lawbook that deputy general counsel Rochelle Thomas handled the deal in-house. Outside counsel was Thompson & Knight led by senior partner Mark Weibel.
Young joined the company in 2016. Before that the University of Oklahoma-trained lawyer was general counsel at Wingstop Restaurants and CEC Entertainment and assistant general counsel at Wachovia and UBS.
Spirit Realty said the transaction was executed at an 7.86% initial capitalization rate with rents of $34.2 million, a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.7 years and 2 million leasable square feet.
“We are excited to announce this transaction, which added many high-quality tenants and concepts to our portfolio, particularly in the restaurant, auto-related and home furnishings industries,” CEO and president Jackson Hsieh said in a statement. “This transaction provided a unique opportunity to acquire high-quality real estate, in solid trade areas with tenants we know well at an attractive risk-adjusted return.”
The industries included 23 casual dining restaurants, or 16.8% of the portfolio, followed by 11 home furnishings stores (16%), four movie theaters (15.8%) and 55 quick service restaurants (15%). Others involved education, automotive dealers, automotive service, health and fitness, specialty retail, car washes, automotive parts, apparel and deep discount stores.
As of Sept. 30, Spirit Realty had 1,623 owned properties and 43 properties securing mortgage loans. Its owned properties had an aggregate gross leasable area of 30.3 million square feet and were leased to 260 tenants across 48 states and 31 industries.
Weil aids on Advent’s Marina Tek purchase, $120M Roto-Rooter acquisition
Weil Gotshal & Manges said Nov. 27 that Dallas partner David Gail advised on two recent deals, one of which was worth $120 million.
Gail counseled Advent International on its purchase of Marina Tek, a Washington, D.C., provider of software to boutique fitness companies. Terms weren’t disclosed.
The investment was supported by Advent portfolio company Transaction Services Group and will be headed by CEO Stacey Artandi Seldin. Jeff Paduch led the deal from Advent.
Founded in 1984, Advent claims to have invested in 350 transactions in 41 counties and had $54.3 billion of assets under management as of June 30.
Weil said Gail also aided Orix Capital Partners on Hoffman Southwest Corp.’s sale of its Roto-Rooter franchise operations and Western Drain Supply in August to Chemed Corp.’s Roto-Rooter Services Co. for $120 million.
Hoffman provides video inspection, cleaning and rehabilitation services for pipelines in the U.S. while Roto-Rooter Services claims to be the country’s top provider of plumbing and drain cleaning services.
Publicly traded Chemed, which is based in Cincinnati, said the purchase was part of Roto-Rooter’s strategy of acquiring franchises to boost productivity, market share and profitability. Hoffman Southwest was Roto-Rooter’s largest independent franchise operator.
Baker Botts represents Michaels on asset acquisition from A.C. Moore for $58M
Baker Botts said it represented Dallas-based Michaels Cos. on its agreement to assume leases for 40 retail stores and acquire related trademarks, domain names and other intellectual property assets from liquidating A.C. Moore Arts & Craft Inc. for $58 million.
The team included partners Don McDermett and Jon Platt and associates Michelle Matthews, Ray Palmer and Jacqueline Scioli on the corporate side; partner Steve Marcus and associate Jordan Hahn on federal tax; partner Matthew Hunsaker on state tax; partners Samir Bhavsar and Paul Reilly and senior associate Elizabeth Rucki on intellectual property; partner Connie Taylor on real estate; and partner Omar Alaniz on restructuring.
Michaels’ in-house legal team consisted of co-interim general counsel Navin Rao, attorney Asifa Sheikh and associate general counsel Jennifer Raibon.
A.C. Moore is an arts and crafts retailer that operates more than 145 stores from Maine to Florida in the eastern U.S.
As part of the transaction, Michaels arranged for an unnamed, unaffiliated real estate investment trust to acquire from A.C. Moore a $30 million distribution center/warehouse facility in Berlin, N.J., with Michaels entering into a long-term lease for the facility.
Michaels said the transactions will allow it to enhance its position as the largest arts and crafts retailer in North America.
“This transaction enables us to further expand our presence in strategic markets and serve even more customers both online and in store,” Michaels CEO Mark Cosby said in the release. “We are looking forward to re-opening these stores under the Michaels name in 2020 and welcoming new team members.”
KRCL, Lynch Chappell advise on Petrofac’s $22M purchase of W&W Energy Services
The U.K.’s Petrofac Ltd. announced recently that it agreed to pay an initial $22 million for W&W Energy Services, marking its entry in the U.S. onshore operations and maintenance market.
Deferred true-up and earn-out payments will be paid later based on W&W’s financial performance over the three-year period ending Dec. 31, 2021.
Kane Russell Coleman Logan advised Petrofac, including directors Arthur Nathan, David Thrasher and James Prappas, senior attorney Jordan Sibley and attorney Melody Wang. The in-house attorneys who worked on the matter were Roman Zakrevsky and Iain Murray, who serves as VP of strategy and business development for the Americas out of Houston.
Thomas “Tommy” Ortloff, a shareholder of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland, represented the sellers, assisted by shareholder Paul Baxter and associate Jonathan Bodle.
The GulfStar Group was W&W’s financial advisor, including managing director Brian Lobo, senior VP Ben Stanton, associates Alex Pette and Sarah Wilson and analyst Andrew Winters.
W&W offers maintenance, repair and overhaul and pipeline tie-in services in West Texas’ Permian Basin. The company generated $6.6 million in EBITDA last year and had net debt of $2.8 million at closing.
Petrofac said the bolt-on acquisition – which came at 4.5 times expected EBITDA for 2019 through 2021 – is in line with its strategy to position engineering and production services for growth by diversifying into new markets and geographies.
“As production volumes, infrastructure support requirements and the activity of major operators rise in the Permian, we are confident that the combination of W&W’s footprint and strong local brand with Petrofac’s engineering and modifications capability and global track record can unlock growth,” John Pearson, COO of engineering and production services, said in a statement.
Foley represents Rosewood-backed Novaria on sale to KKR
KKR said last week that it agreed to buy military contractor Novaria Group from Rosewood Private Investments and Tailwind Advisors for an undisclosed sum.
The transaction is being funded through KKR’s Americas XII Fund.
Foley & Lardner said it represented Fort Worth-based Novaria, including Dallas partner Chris Converse, senior counsel Chris Babcock, counsel Dovi Adlerstein, associate Rachael Mozelewski and law graduate Molly Richey. Partners Steve Gilles and Mike Dubner and associate Nikki Smith also pitched in. Rosewood is a Foley client.
Kirkland & Ellis counseled KKR on the transaction mostly out of New York and Chicago but the team included environmental partner Jonathan Kidwell, who offices out of Dallas and Washington, D.C.
Deloitte and AeroDynamic Advisory advised KKR and Lazard and Riveron assisted Novaria.
Founded in 2011 by CEO Bryan Perkins, Novaria is an independent supplier of complex, highly engineered components and specialty processes for the aerospace and defense industry with 500 customers.
The transaction has to clear regulators but is expected to close in the first quarter of next year.
Fully committed financing was led by lead arrangers KKR Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets.
“Our team has been in search of a differentiated platform in the commercial aerospace sector and are thrilled to have found our partner in Bryan Perkins and his team at Novaria Group,” said Josh Weisenbeck, KKR member and senior leader on its Industrials investment team. “We look forward to working together to scale the company and build an aerospace engineered parts supplier that is uniquely focused on excellence in quality and customer service.”
Pete Stavros, KKR member and co-head of Americas private equity, said much like it’s done at its other industrials portfolio companies in the U.S., the firm plans to implement a broad-based employee ownership and engagement model at Novaria to recognize the employees and position the company to better serve its customers.
Axios said it’s the latest example of KKR buying an industrials company and then giving employees equity, a practice that hasn’t caught on with many other private equity shops.
Top executives and managers will be allowed to effectively buy into the leveraged buyout while hundreds of lower-paid, mostly hourly workers will get zero-cost stock options, with both groups getting to participate in any dividends, Axios said.
Perkins said KKR’s innovative employee ownership and engagement model extends the shareholder value the company plans to create to its employees.
G.T. Barden, managing director of Rosewood Private Investments, said since its initial investment in Novaria, the firm has supported several additional acquisitions and substantial organic growth at the company.
Novaria bought Acra Aerospace this past June for an undisclosed sum. It also sold John Hassall’s laboratory operations to KLX Inc. last year for an undisclosed amount.
Jones Day represents Chevron on Colombian natural gas sale to Ecopetrol’s Hocol
Jones Day said it represented Chevron Petroleum Co., a unit of Chevron Corp., on the sale of its 43% interest in two gas production fields off the coast of Colombia to Hocol, a unit of state-owned Ecopetrol, for undisclosed terms.
The team included Houston partner Jeff Schlegel and associate David Stringer and a partner who offices out of Miami and New York (Nicholas Rodríguez).
Skadden counseled Hocol, including M&A partner Eric Otness and energy and infrastructure projects associate David Passarelli, both in Houston.
The assets are in the Caribbean Sea and Ballena fields in the province of La Guajira, Colombia. Ecopetrol owns the other 57% of the Chuchupa and Ballena fields and Hocol will replace Chevron as the operator when the deal closes.
Colombian regulators have to sign off on the transaction.
ConocoPhillips sells oil and gas lease rights near Denver to Crestone Peak
ConocoPhillips has agreed to sell oil and gas assets at the northeast edge of the Denver metro area to Denver-based Crestone Peak Resources for an undisclosed sum.
In-house and outside advisors couldn’t be determined by press time. Kelly Rose is general counsel of ConocoPhillips out of Houston.
The deal includes 97,000 acres of oil and gas lease rights in Colorado.
Denver-based Crestone Peak was formed in 2016 by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Broe Group to acquire assets in the Denver-Julesberg Basin from Encana Corp. unit Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. for $609 million.
V&E, Winston aid on Riverstone’s sale of 50% of Utopia Pipeline to South Korean consortium
Vinson & Elkins said Nov. 25 that it advised funds affiliated with Riverstone Holdings on the sale of a 50% interest in the Utopia Pipeline to Shinhan Investment Corp., Samtan Co. Ltd., EIP Investment Co., Ltd. and KDB Kaimco, a South Korean-based consortium of infrastructure investors. Terms weren’t disclosed.
The Texas team members were partners Shay Kuperman and David Peck, associate Jacob Wight and counsel Damien Lyster and Sarah Mitchell.
Winston represented the consortium with a team led by partner Jimmy Vallee in Houston. Other Texas lawyers on the team were Dallas partner Chip Gage, Houston partner Isaac Griesbaum, Houston associates Chris Cottrell, Monica Diddell and Madeline Gaffney, Dallas associate Nick Gurguis and Houston associates Brad Ratliff, Alec Tanner and Angel Torres.
CIBC Capital Markets was the financial advisor for the consortium, which also used Lee & Ko as its legal advisor. The consortium has entered into a credit agreement with CIBC Capital Markets, ING Capital and Société Générale to provide debt financing to support the transaction.
Morgan Stanley & Co. was Riverstone’s financial advisor.
Originating in Harrison County, Ohio, and delivering to the Sarnia petrochemical market in Ontario, Canada, Utopia is a recently-constructed 268-mile pipeline that transports ethane sourced from the Marcellus and Utica shales.
In 2016, Riverstone formed a joint venture with Kinder Morgan Inc. to construct Utopia. Kinder Morgan will remain the pipeline’s operator and continue its ownership in the joint venture.
Heejun (June) Park, president of EIP Investment, said in a statement that Samtan is a leading energy company in Korea with significant experience investing in power and infrastructure assets around the world and Shinhan Financial Group is a leading financial institution in Korea. Samtan and the EIP Private Equity Fund, which is backed by Shinhan Financial Group, created a joint venture for the transaction to invest in Utopia in partnership with Kinder Morgan.
“This transaction represents a landmark investment for our funds and we are pleased to be partners with a world-class operator,” he said. “Since 2017, there have been large inflows of investments in U.S. midstream assets by Korean strategic and institutional investors and we expect this trend to continue.”
Riverstone principal John Jessup said Utopia benefits from strong supply-push and demand-pull fundamentals.
Riverstone is an energy- and power-focused private investment firm founded in 2000 by David M. Leuschen and Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. with $39 billion of equity capital raised to date. The firm has committed $38 billion to160 investments in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Willkie represents Marco on acquisition of Manus Abrasive
Willkie Farr & Gallagher said Nov. 26 it advised CapStreet-backed Marco Group International on its acquisition of Canada’s Manus Abrasive Systems for an undisclosed sum.
The deal was handled by partners Bruce Herzog and Angela Olivarez.
Manus Abrasive Systems is an Edmonton, Alberta-based manufacturer and distributor of surface preparation equipment, abrasive materials and consumables. Founded by Tom MacLean, it has distributed blast equipment, parts and supplies to industrial contractors with an emphasis on the Canadian market since 1983.
Founded in 1944, Marco makes and distributes surface preparation equipment and consumables to industrial contractors in the industrial, infrastructure and downstream energy markets throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Manus president Cory MacLean said the company’s customers will benefit from Marco’s international reach and deep product portfolio. Marco CEO John Kaul said the acquisition will deepen Marco’s footprint in the Canadian market while also strengthening its presence within the industrial and infrastructure markets.
CapStreet is a Houston-based private equity firm that invests in entrepreneur, family or employee-owned, lower middle market companies in the industrial and business services sectors.
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Latham advises Hess Midstream Partners on $550M senior notes offering
Latham & Watkins said it advised Hess Midstream Partners on its $550 million senior notes offering.
The team was led by Houston partners David Miller and Thomas Brandt with associates Monica White, Om Pandya, Drew Tengler-West, Kate Wang and Sam Bentley.
Also pitching in were Houston partners Tim Fenn and Bryant Lee with associate Jared Grimley on tax matters; and Houston partner Joel Mack.
The upsized private offering involves 5.125% senior notes due 2028. Hess Midstream aims to use the net proceeds to finance the acquisition of Hess Infrastructure Partners, including to repay borrowings under Hess Infrastructure’s credit facilities, partially fund the distribution to Hess Infrastructure’s sponsors and pay related fees and expenses.
The offering is expected to close Dec. 10.
Hess Midstream is a fee-based, growth-oriented, traditional master limited partnership that was formed to own, operate, develop and acquire a diverse set of midstream assets to provide services to Hess Corp. and third-party customers.
Hess Midstream’s assets are primarily located in the Bakken and Three Forks Shale plays in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota.
V&E assists Alpine Income Property Trust on $142.5M IPO
Vinson & Elkins said it advised Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Alpine Income Property Trust Inc. on its $142.5 million initial public offering.
The team was mostly in New York and Washington, D.C., but included partner Shane Tucker in Dallas and senior associate Kristy Fields and associate Caroline Exnicios in Houston on executive compensation/benefits.
Raymond James & Associates Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., B. Riley FBR Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. were the joint book-running managers for the offering and Janney Montgomery Scott and D.A. Davidson & Co. were the co-managers.
Hunton Andrews Kurth counseled the underwriters. The team was led out of Richmond, Va., but included Houston associates Madison Amons and Jason Antrican; Dallas associate Fawaz Bham; Dallas senior attorney Kate Eberhardt; Dallas partner J.R. England; and Dallas associates Sam Johnson and Payne Roberts.
The IPO, which closed November 26, 2019, involved 7.5 million shares of common stock at $19 per share. The stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 22 under the ticker symbol PINE.
Alpine granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1.125 million more shares of common stock at the IPO price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
Alpine used around $125.9 million of the net proceeds of the offering to acquire 15 of the 20 properties in the company’s initial portfolio. The seller was Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.
Alpine is a newly organized real estate company that owns and operates a portfolio of single-tenant net lease commercial properties, all of which are leased on a long-term basis and in or near major metropolitan statistical areas. Its 16 tenants operate in 13 industries across 15 markets and in 10 states.
The company plans to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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Exeter Finance, an Irving-based subprime auto lender backed by the Blackstone Group, withdrew its initial public offering citing market conditions. It had planned to trade on the New York Stock Exchange with Citi and Wells Fargo as lead underwriters. The Texas Lawbook wrote about its initial filing in January. Skadden, Arps Slate, Meagher & Flom attorneys in New York were advising Exeter while Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyers in Washington, D.C., were representing the underwriters. Walter Evans has been Exeter’s general counsel since 2008.
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Dell Technologies is in the early stages of possibly selling its Massachusetts-based cybersecurity unit RSA Security, which could fetch at least $1 billion, Bloomberg reported last week. Dell picked up RSA in 2016 when it merged with EMC, which doled out $2.1 billion for it back in 2006.
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Bracewell partner Blakely Fernandez is advising developer Ed Cross and his company San Antonio Commercial Advisors on the city’s first neighborhood being built on “New Urbanism” principles. The 97-acre mixed-use Vicinia development, which broke ground last week, follows an urban design movement that emerged in the 1980s that promotes walkable neighborhoods with smaller blocks and narrow streets, a range of housing types and prices and various transit options. The first such development was in Seaside, Florida, and spread to Addison Circle in Dallas and the Mueller community in East Austin. According to The Rivard Report, a group of developers led by Cross acquired from VIA Metropolitan Transit more than 59 acres of land assessed at $3.6 million in 2017 and has since bought up five smaller tracts surrounding the property. Two major thoroughfares in the area also will be completed along with the project, with money for the connections to existing roads coming from a 2017 bond program, Rivard said.
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Get ready for some major asset sales from the oil and gas majors. According to various reports, energy giants like ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP plan to sell $27 billion worth of assets to cut costs and focus on their shale prospects, with Exxon alone planning to sell up to $25 billion of oil and gas fields in Europe, Asia and Africa.