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CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 12 Firms, 186 Lawyers, $5.3B

December 16, 2024 Allen Pusey

The big deal this week, as you can see below, is the $2.4 billion sale of a 40 percent stake in Dow InfraCo, an affiliate of Dow, the chemical giant.

Dow, which reports revenues of $35 billion to $60 billion each year, sold the stake in joint venture Dow InfraCo to Macquarie with a six-month option to purchase another 9 percent for an additional $600 million, a potential $3 billion in cash for what Dow describes as “non-core” assets, essentially industrial real estate and its supporting infrastructure adjacent to several LNG plants on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast.

It’s a phrase we’re seeing a lot these days — “non-core” — as businesses of all sizes and business sectors find their comfort zone in a new age of cautious economic optimism. For some, it is a path to consolidation, another phrase we hear a lot, whether in core services, market focus or business sector.

In July, for instance, Spain’s Enagás SA sold its 30.2 percent interest in Tallgrass Energy to Blackstone for $1.1 billion. For Enagás, it provided cash to return its focus on developing green energy in Europe. For Blackstone, it was a consolidation of ownership of an important mid-west pipeline system. The deal involved Latham & Watkins and Vinson & Elkins.

In September, APA Corp, the energy company formerly known as Apache, announced the $950 million sale of its non-core producing unconventional assets in the Permian Basin to an undisclosed buyer.

In October, Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced the $950 million sale and leaseback of 7,000 cell towers in Central America to SBA Communications Corporation. Millicom, headquartered in Luxembourg, said the sale was part of a plan to monetize its non-core assets to help finance a return to its focus as one of the largest fiber-delivered telecom services in Latin America.

And just recently, in a filing with the SEC, Occidental revealed that it sold “non-core” Texas and New Mexico assets in the Powder River and Delaware basins to Denver-based Anschutz Exploration for a total of $779 million. The sale, otherwise unannounced by either company, took place during the third quarter.

Still, not everyone was thrilled with Dow’s move to outsource some of its non-core assets. Moody’s, which had changed Dow’s rating from stable to negative in October, said the deal was, at best, a short-term cash surge.

In a report last week, Moody’s regarded the move with a shrug. Over time, Moody’s noted, the money would make up for the company’s cash flow shortfall, but there remain such major commitments as a net-zero ethylene cracker in Alberta, which will require a $5 billion commitment over the next several years.

Moreover, the Gulf Coast assets, adjacent to the growing concentration of LNG exports,   are some of Dow’s “most stable and high quality assets relative to the more volatile business of producing and selling chemicals.” In other words, they aren’t necessarily “non-core.” And selling them to an alternative asset manager can, as Moody’s notes, “diminish the company’s future cash flow available to servicing existing creditors’ debt.”

And bankers will be bankers.

For the week ending Dec. 14, there were 15 deals for $5.3 billion. That pretty much squares with 16 deals for $4.8 billion the week prior, but a bit shy, at least in value, of the 13 deals for $16.4 billion 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)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

M&A/Funding

Macquarie acquires 40% stake in Dow Gulf Coast assets for $2.4B

Deal Description: Dow, the industrial chemicals giant, announced Dec. 9 that it has agreed to sell a 40 percent stake in five non-producing infrastructure assets located throughout the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast to a fund managed by Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management. Assets to be included in a newly created partnership involve power and steam production, pipelines and general industrial site infrastructure in Freeport and Seadrift, in Texas and Plaquemine and St. Charles in Louisiana, along with pipeline and storage assets adjacent to NGL and olefin hubs. The resulting partnership will be known as Diamond Infrastructure Solutions and will focus on expansion of the tenant and client bases for the various assets. The transaction includes a $2.4 billion cash payment for a 40 percent stake in the new company with an option for Macquarie to upsize their purchase before closing to as much as a 49 percent stake of Diamond for a total of $3 billion. Closing is expected within the first half of 2025. Linklaters advised Dow; Sidley Austin counseled Macquarie. For more details, please see The Lawbook’s daily coverage here.

Intersect Power partners with Google, TPG Rise Climate with $800M raise

Deal Description: In a deal designed to accelerate the role of scalable and renewable energy to data centers, Houston-based Intersect Power announced Dec. 10, a strategic partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate. The partnership was inaugurated with an $800 million fund raise with participation led by the two firms, along with participation by Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and Greenbelt Capital Partners. The deal is part of an evolving “power-first” approach to data center development designed to ease grid burden in the face of growing competition for uninterrupted energy between consumers and hyperscale computing networks. The trend includes co-locating data center load with large amounts of high-capacity, low-cost, clean electricity and added battery storage. Said Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power: “Deep, collaborative partnerships combined with creative problem-solving are the only way that we can meet the explosion of AI growth, as well as society’s accelerating electricity demand.”

Financial Advisor: Morgan Stanley

Permian Resources sells non-core NG gathering assets to Kinetik for $180M

Deal Description: Permian Resources Corp. announced Dec. 10 an agreement to sell its Reeves County natural gas and oil gathering systems to Houston-headquartered Kinetik Holdings for $180 million in cash. The divested natural gas and oil pipeline systems include a combination of recently purchased and legacy-owned midstream infrastructure and exclude any water infrastructure or surface acreage. The sale is part of Midland-based Permian’s aggressive effort to shed itself of non-core assets. The transaction also allows Permian to sell more of its residue natural gas at Gulf Coast pricing rather than in-basin Waha pricing.

Financial Advisors to Permian: Jefferies

Permian Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by partners Chad M. Smith in Houston and Will Eiland in Dallas with Mohammad Alkadhem and Dakota Priest; tax lawyers David Wheat, David Gilbert and Brooke Schafer; environmental transactions lawyers Jon Kidwell and Alyssa Huang; antitrust & competition lawyers Chuck Boyars and Rebekah Scherr; and energy regulatory lawyers Damien Lyster and Lilla Grisham.

Kinetik Outside Legal Counsel: Locke Lord led by Bill Swanstrom (Houston) and Henry Benton (Dallas), along with Van Jolas, Jack Dougherty, Marc Lipscomb (all of Dallas) and Buddy Sanders (Houston).

Northern O&G joins 2025 Appalachian drilling venture for $160M

Deal Description: Northern Oil & Gas announced Dec. 12 that it has entered a joint development program with an unidentified Appalachian operator for which it plans to commit up to $160 million for a 15 percent working interest at an average net revenue of 84 percent in the program, which includes the operator’s 2025 drilling calendar. The program provides for participation in Appalachia wells to be spud during 2025 and adds to its gas inventory.

NOG Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis advised with a team led by Houston partner David Castro Jr and Dallas partner William Eiland, along with associates Patrick Lingwall and Lyle Paul; debt finance lawyer Mary Kogut; and tax lawyer Mark Dundon.

Eagle Materials acquires Bullskin Stone & Lime for $152.5M

Deal Description: Eagle Materials announced Dec. 10 that it has acquired Bullskin Stone & Lime, a pure-play provider of construction aggregates headquartered in Latrobe, Pa. The agreement provides for a $152.5 million cash payment and is expected to close within 60 days. Based in Dallas, Eagle is a manufacturer of light building materials, including the Portland Cement and Gypsum Wallboard brands. Eagle CEO Michael Haack said the deal extends the company’s presence in the northeast.

Eagle Outside Legal Counsel: Sidley Austin advised with a team led by Dallas partner S. Scott Parel with senior managing associate Hannah Marshall, managing associates Courtney Luster and Estella Serrano (all of Dallas) and antitrust partner Vadim Brusser in Washington, D.C.

Innovex International acquires ownership of Downhole Well Solutions for $104M

Deal Description: Innovex International, a Houston-based well services company, announced its $103.7 million acquisition of an 80 percent interest in Downhole Well Services. Founded in 2019, DWS is a provider of proprietary drilling friction reduction tools that are rented to operators in multiple U.S. markets. Innovex was created in March 2024 with the $1.5 billion all-stock merger of Dril-Quip Inc. and Innovex Downhole Solutions. The deal completes an Innovex acquisition which began in May 2023 with the purchase of a minority stake in DWS, based in Spring. Besides its presence in North America, Innovex has locations throughout Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The deal closed on Dec. 2.

Innovex Outside Legal Counsel: Akin led from Houston by partners Rob Shearer and Matt Kapinos

Austin-based RapidCanvas raises $16M led by Peak XV

Deal Description: RapidCanvas, an Austin-based SaaS provider of AI applications that aim to replicate such services as data analysis and engineering, announced Dec. 11, a $16 million funding round led by Peak XV, alongside Titanium Ventures and the company’s existing investors Accel and Valley Capital Partners. The investments bring total funding for the company to $23.4 million since its founding by Rahul Pangam and Uttam Phalnikar in 2021. The company describes its approach as a “hybrid approach that combines the power of AI agents with human expertise.”

Homrich Berg acquires a family office and RIA WMS Partners

Deal Description: Homrich Berg Wealth Management, an Atlanta-based wealth adviser, announced on Dec. 11 that it acquired a $6.4 billion Towson, Maryland-based multi-family office and RIA in WMS Partners. The deal is expected to close officially in early Q1 of 2025 and will increase HB’s total AUM number to over $24 billion. In addition, it will grow the firm’s office presence, with it now having ten offices across five states and more than 300 team members sitting in those offices.

Outside Legal Counsel to Homrich Berg: Alston & Bird represented HB in the deal spearheaded by an all-Atlanta-based team, including partners Chris Frieden, Ian Calhoun, Brian Harvel and senior associate Nate Tyre.

Outside Legal Counsel to WMS Partners: Willkie Farr & Gallagher represented WMS Partners in the deal, with partners Manuel Miranda (New York), Bissie Bonner (New York), Elliot Gluck (New York), and associate Erin Kaufman (Houston) handling the process. 

Nippon Life adds $3.25B in anchor capital to TCW

Deal Description: The TCW Group, a Los Angeles-based global asset manager, announced on Dec. 12 that it secured an additional $3.25 billion in anchor capital from one of Japan’s largest private life insurers, Nippon Life Insurance Company, to support growth amongst its alternative credit strategies. Furthermore, the deal will continue to aid in TCW’s goal of becoming a leading advisor in the global insurance space and expedite several of its other strategic growth plans for the long term. In addition, the deal increased Nippon’s minority ownership stake in the asset management firm after it acquired a 24.75 percent stake in 2017. 

Financial Advisor to TCW: Jefferies

TCW Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis advised TCW on the deal led by corporate lawyers Michael A. Reeves (Los Angeles), Julia Danforth (New York), Rami Totari (Dallas), Van Whiting (Los Angeles), Tarah Lorraine Sullivan (Los Angeles), Elise Wang (Los Angeles) and Joelle Ibrahim (Los Angeles); investment funds lawyers Erica Berthou (New York) and Carrie VanFleet (New York); and tax lawyers Anne Kim (Los Angeles) and Mike Conroy (Chicago).

Gravity to sell water infrastructure assets to Delek Logistics

Deal Description: Gravity Oilfield Services, a water infrastructure company backed by Clearlake Capital, announced Dec. 12 that it has agreed to sell its Gravity Water Midstream affiliate to Delek Logistics Partners. Gravity Water Midstream includes more than 200 miles of pipeline, 14 SWD facilities and 14 freshwater facilities across the Midland and Williston Basins. Clearlake acquired Gravity in 2017 to develop its water infrastructure. Gravity will continue to provide critical power generation across the region. Delek Logistics is based in Brentwood, Tenn. Gravity Oilfield Services is headquartered in Odessa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Financial Advisors to Gravity: Piper Sandler

Gravity Outside Legal Counsel: Vinson & Elkins advised with a team led from Houston by partners Mike Marek and Matt Strock, with assistance from associates Chandler Jones and Phil Greenfield. Other key team members included partner Jason McIntosh and associate Steve Campbell; partner Hill Wellford, counsel Ryan Will and associate Rami Rashmawi; partner Jackson O’Maley and associate Walt Baker; partner Becky Baker and associate Ashley Plunk; partner Sarah Mitchell and senior associate Victoria Bahrami; counsel Rajesh Patel and associate Haley Titcomb; counsel Scot Dixon; partner Matt Dobbins; and partner Dario Mendoza.

Brookfield acquires 510MW in solar assets from SunEnergy1

Deal Description: SunEnergy1 and Brookfield announced Dec. 10 their agreement to jointly acquire and construct utility scale solar projects in North Carolina and Virginia. The transaction provides Brookfield with exclusivity over an incremental 330 megawatts of the projects, as well as the potential to add new projects. Brookfield says long-term agreements have already been put in place for the initial 510-megawatt portfolio which is to be strategically placed in the PJM power market. The projects, to be constructed by SunEnergy1, will be acquired by Brookfield when they are completed. Brookfield is headquartered in Toronto; SunEnergy1 in Bethel, N.C.

SunEnergy1 Outside Legal Counsel: Holland & Knight led by partners Stephen Humes in New York and Trevor Ruff in Atlanta. The team also included associates Kitty Xie in Houston and Emily Smith in Dallas.

China sells Gulf Offshore assets to UK-based INEOS

Deal Description: British E&P INEOS announced Dec. 14 its acquisition of assets Gulf of Mexico assets from CNOOC, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. The deal includes a portfolio of non-operated assets built around two deep water early production sites, Appomattox and Stampede. No price was attached to the announcement, but the deal — the third major US investment by INEOS — will increase the company’s global energy production by 90,000bpd. In May 2023, INEOS acquired South Texas upstream assets from Chesapeake Energy to pair up with the company’s 1.4 mtpa LNG long-term sales agreement in December 2022.

INEOS Outside Legal Counsel: Latham & Watkins advised with a team led from Houston by partner Justin Stolte and from London by partner Simon Tysoe. They were supported by Monika Kluziak, Cesar Leyva, and Jordan Armstrong. Advice was also provided by Damara Chambers, Jason Cruise, Tim Fenn, Jared Grimley, Robin Hulshizer, Joshua Marnitz, Patrick Nevins, Catherine Ozdogan, Janice Schneider, Peter Todaro, Krisa Benskin, Robert Brown, Kieran Dickinson, Ruchi Gill, Natalie McFarland, Ben Bouwman, Julie Lee Choi, Dominick Constantino, Elliot Hecht, Brian McCall, Jacqueline Zhang and Joanna Zhao.

CNOOC Outside Legal Counsel: White & Case with a team led from Houston and Beijing by M&A partners Mingda Zhao, Emery Choi (both in Houston) and Alan Bao (Beijing), and debt finance partner David Li (Beijing). Other Houston-based team members included: partners Taylor Pullins and Chad McCormick, and associates Kabir Phaguda, Daniel Miller, Yuxi Wang, Sam McCombs, Neil Clausen and Kealan Hannes.

Note: Sidley Austin advised INEOS on the 2022 Sempra long-term sales agreement.

Capital Markets/Credit

Crescent closes $700M offering to pay for Ridgemar acquisition

Deal Description: Crescent Energy announced the closing Dec. 4 of its $300 million common stock offering, along with its offering of another $400 million in 7.625 percent senior notes due 2034. The net proceeds of the offerings will be used to help pay for Crescent’s announced acquisition of Ridgemar (Eagle Ford) on Dec. 3.

Underwriters: Wells Fargo Securities, KKR Capital Markets and Raymond James

Underwriters/Initial Purchasers Counsel: Simpson Thacher led by partners David Azarkh and Brian Rosenzweig (Houston), and associates Richie Ragusa (Houston), Ryan Poché (Houston), Suzannah Ranzo (Houston) and Michael O’Rear (Houston) on capital Markets; counsel Michael Mann on tax; associate Paige Brinton on intellectual property; associate Pasco Struhs on compensation/benefits; senior counsel Michael Isby and counsel Deepa Sarkar on environmental; and counsel Jennie Getsin on Blue Sky issues. All non-Texas attorneys are based in New York.

DT Midstream announces closing of $650M debt offering

Deal Description: Detroit-based DT Midstream announced the closing of its offering of $650 million in 5.8 percent senior secured notes due 2034. The notes are secured by a first priority lien on designated assets of DT Midstream and its subsidiaries. The company said it plans to use proceeds from the offering, along with proceeds from a previous stock offering, to fund its pending $1.2 billion acquisition of three pipelines — Guardian Pipeline, Midwestern Gas Transmission and Viking Gas Transmission — from Tulsa-headquartered ONEOK, Inc. announced Nov. 20. The issue closing was announced Dec. 6.

Underwriters: Barclays Capital, J.P. Morgan Securities, PNC Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Securities, TD Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, BofA Securities, Fifth Third Securities, Mizuho Securities, Scotia Capital, Truist Securities

DT Midstream Outside Legal Counsel: A&O Shearman led by partners Bill Nelson and Emily Leitch in Houston with Ryan Robski (Toronto), Judy Little (Houston), Ilya Mamin (New York), and Daniel Kim (Houston).

Solaris Energy Infrastructure issues $161M common stock

Deal Description: Solaris Energy Infrastructure, a provider of turnkey backup power for well sites and industry, announced Dec. 11 company pricing for a public offering of 6.5 million shares of their Class A common stock. The shares are priced at $24.75 per share, a $160.9 million issue. The issue also includes a secondary offering of 975,000 shares held by Yorktown Energy Partner X on the same terms. Houston-based Solaris will receive no proceeds from the Yorktown shares but intends to use those derived from the company issue for a comparable number of units in Solaris LLC. The LLC will, in turn, use the proceeds for capital expenditures.

Underwriters: Santander is lead book-running manager. Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler and Wolfe Capital Markets and Advisory are book-running managers. Johnson Rice & Company, Pickering Energy Partners, Stifel, Capital One Securities, Janney Montgomery Scott, Morgan Stanley, Roth Capital Partners, TCBI Securities, and TPH&Co., the energy business of Perella Weinberg Partners, are acting as co-managers.

Solaris In-House Counsel: Christopher Powell, CLO

Solaris Outside Legal Counsel: The Vinson & Elkins corporate team was led by partners Jackson O’Maley and Doug McWilliams, with assistance from senior associate Ximena Kuri and associates Chase Browndorf, Shelby Shearer and Graham Buck. Also advising was partner Lina Dimachkieh and associates Jeff Slusher and Erin Fant; partner Dario Mendoza, senior associate DeShannon, and associate Henry Crowell; counsel Rajesh Patel and associate Haley Titcomb; partner Matthew Dobbins and associate Simon Willis and counsels Brian Howard and Elizabeth Krabill McIntyre.

Underwriters Outside Legal Counsel: Latham & Watkins led by Houston partner Ryan Maierson, with associates Sydney Verner, Cooper Shear, and Mary Kline. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partners Tim Fenn and Bryant Lee, with associate Molly Elkins; on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz, with associate Nolan Fargo; on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C. counsel Kieran Dickinson, with associate Kellye Quirk; and on data privacy matters by Houston/Austin counsel Robert Brown.

Late Arrivals and other matters …

Flowco Holdings Inc., a Houston-based provider of production optimization services for the oil and gas industry, announced Dec. 6, that it is going public. The company has registered a draft prospectus with the SEC announcing its intent on an equity issue of two classes of common shares. The company is said to be seeking $300 million, but no pricing, no number of shares or a date for the issue have yet been announced, but Sidley Austin is representing Flowco with Houston partners David Buck and John Stribling. The underwriters are represented by Latham & Watkins partners Ryan Maierson and Nick Dhesi, also in Houston.

Senior Reporter Nick Peck contributed to this report.

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