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CDT Roundup: 23 Deals, 17 Firms, 230 Lawyers, $6.4B

September 26, 2023 Allen Pusey & Claire Poole

H” is for hydrogen, the lightest element, and the element that bears the atomic number 1. And for Alan Alexander it’s quickly rising toward “Number 1” in his energy transition practice.

Alexander, a partner at Vinson & Elkins in Houston, has developed an intimate familiarity with H and its molecular form H2. So much so that he’s the lead author for a white paper that outlines both the potential and the potential pitfalls in an industry-wide effort to produce cleaner forms of hydrogen across the refining process, as well as uses for the highly combustible element as its own clean power source.

“The problem is that hydrogen is more of an energy carrier than an energy source,” said Alexander in a chat with The Texas Lawbook. “Where fossil fuels are extracted, hydrogen has to be produced, and it’s that production process that leaves a carbon footprint.”

Hydrogen has long been an important element in the Texas energy firmament, particularly in the refining and production of petrochemicals and fertilizers. And while its production results in a major contribution to CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, Alexander believes that the relation to ordinary fossil fuel production is exactly why new technologies like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) are driving a growing Texas leadership in energy transition.

“The beauty of CCS is that it’s not so far afield from what they do well,” Alexander said. “It’s a process that is evolving — and like most energy transition — needs to evolve over time.”

Drawing by William Pelic

Alan Alexander

Alexander says his expertise with hydrogen came via traditional contract work in the energy business. Developing that knowledge came as a result of due diligence work on industrial gas contracts for plants producing ammonia products and fertilizers.

“When you’re a young associate you get some of the work no one else wants to do,” Alexander explained. “Those contracts used very industry-specific language, and part of my job became understanding the molecule — what it’s used for and how it’s made.”

Alexander views “clean” hydrogen production as promising. Incentives created under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) he says are making it attractive for companies to create scalable technologies, particularly in CSS, but that some more ambitious claims for hydrogen remain aspirational from a practical point of view.

While hydrogen holds tantalizing possibilities for industrial use – like utility-grade battery storage and the cleaner production of “carbon black” for use in steel fabrication, it is CCS that is provoking major movement among the largest energy providers.

Data from Corporate Deal Tracker reveals three large-scale deals for carbon capture technology in 2023 — all of them linked to larger-scale production processes that are gaining momentum in Texas M&A.

  • Last year, in Port Arthur, Chevron and its partners, including Talos Energy and Carbonvert, announced an offshore hub for carbon sequestration storage in the Gulf of Mexico. In March, the project — known as Bayou Bend CCS — was expanded to include more than 100,000 acres in Chambers and Jefferson Counties.
  • In June, NextDecade announced that its Rio Grande LNG production project would include a major CCS project, as well.
  • And in July, ExxonMobil announced its $4.9 billion all-stock acquisition of Plano-based Denbury Inc., a developer of carbon capture, utilization and storage solutions.

Alexander doesn’t see low-carbon hydrogen production as a simple solution for carbon-based fuels; but he does see it as a useful tool for broader goals aimed at reducing some of the most invidious effects of fossil fuels while we figure out newer, cleaner, more economic and scalable technologies.

“But energy companies need to continue to do what they do well to make sure that we can still turn on a light with a switch,” Alexander says.

Thanks to seven capital markets transactions valued at $5 billion, the week ending September 23 produced 23 total transactions valued at $6.4 billion. The 16 M&A and funding deals clocked a reported aggregate value of $1.4 billion. While that’s a bit better than the 18 deals for $5.2 billion this time last year, it falls pretty short of the 25 transactions for $23.2 billion just last 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
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

M&A/FUNDINGS

Invitation Homes closes $650M acquisition

Deal Description: Dallas-based Invitation Homes closed Sept. 18 the acquisition of nearly 1,900 homes for about $650 million. The seller was undisclosed. The company funded the transaction primarily with cash on hand with the remainder by its previously undrawn revolving credit facility. The deal was first announced July 26 as part of the company’s second quarter earnings.

Invitation Homes’ Outside Counsel: Jones Day led by Ryan Girnun

Invitation Homes’ In-house Counsel: Chief Legal Officer Mark Solis

Hipgnosis Songs Capital buys music catalogues from Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $440M

Deal Description: Kirkland & Ellis said Sept. 16 it advised Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a partnership between Hipgnosis Song Management and funds managed and/or advised by Blackstone, on its acquisition of 29 music catalogues from Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd., a UK listed investment company, for cash consideration of $440 million. The acquisition includes the catalogues of Nelly, Shakira, Barry Manilow, Rick James and Kaiser Chiefs. In 2021, Kirkland advised Blackstone on the launch of its $1 billion partnership with Hipgnosis Song Management to acquire music rights and manage catalogues.

From Kirkland: The team was led by corporate partners Aprajita Dhundia and David Higgins and IP/music partners Seth Traxler and Rory Wellever with assistance from corporate partners Francesca Storey-Harris and associates Christopher Weale and Joe Timmins; IP/music partner Shellie Freedman and associates Michael James, Justin Garfinkle, Maggie King and Kyla Risko (in Texas); corporate partners Hayley Hollender and John Kaercher and Patrick Salvo (in Texas) and associates Marc Holloway and Toshi Mahapatra; antitrust partner Athina Van Melkebeke and associate Lucy Mahon; and tax partner James Seddon and associate Alexandria Solomou, who provided additional support.

Green Plains, Green Plains Partners plan $180M merger

Deal Description: Green Plains Inc. and Green Plains Partners announced Sept. 18 that they entered into a merger agreement in which Green Plains will acquire all of the publicly held common units of the partnership it does not already own in exchange for a combination of Green Plains common stock and cash worth about $180 million. Each outstanding common unit of the partnership will be converted into the right to receive 0.405 shares of Green Plains common stock and $2 in cash plus an amount of cash equal to unpaid distributions from the end of the last quarter. The consideration represents a value of around $15.69 per partnership common unit as of Sept. 15, a 20 percent premium over the closing price of the partnership’s common units of $13.08 on May 3, the day immediately before Green Plains’ initial proposal. Green Plains expects that the transaction will simplify its corporate structure and governance, generate near-term earnings and cash flow accretion and reduce SG&A expense related to the partnership, among other things.

Green Plains’ Financial Advisor: BofA Securities

Green Plains’ Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a corporate deal team led by Houston partners Ryan Maierson and Thomas Brandt with associates Monika Kluziak, Brent Wagner, Corynn Wilson and Justin Reinking. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partners Tim Fenn and Bryant Lee with associate Dylan White; on employment, compensation and benefits by Washington, D.C., partner Adam Kestenbaum with associate Dane Rebkowec; on environmental matters by Orange County partner Christopher Norton; and on antitrust by Washington, D.C., partner Jason Cruise and counsel Joseph Simei.

Conflicts Committee’s Financial Advisor: Evercore

Conflicts Committee’s Outside Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher with a corporate team that included partners Tull Florey, Hillary Holmes and Gerry Spedale and associates Stella Tang and Caitlyn Fiebrich.  Senior counsel Gregory Nelson and associate Hayden Theis advised on tax aspects and partner Krista Hanvey on benefits.

Evercore’s Outside Counsel: Bracewell including partner Will Anderson and associate Andrew Monk in Houston

Hess Midstream signs $100M sponsor unit repurchase

Deal Description: Hess Midstream announced Sept. 20 the execution of a definitive agreement providing for the repurchase of $100 million of Class B units by its subsidiary, Hess Midstream Operations, from affiliates of Hess Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners, Hess Midstream’s sponsors. The terms of the proposed unit repurchase transaction were unanimously approved by the board of Hess Midstream’s general partner based on the unanimous approval and recommendation of its conflicts committee composed of independent directors. Hess Midstream CFO Jonathan Stein said the unit repurchase transaction is expected to provide immediate accretion to its shareholders and he expects to continue to have more than $1 billion of financial flexibility through 2025 that can be used to support potential incremental unit repurchases.

Conflicts Committee’s Outside Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher with a corporate team that included partner Hillary Holmes and associates Stella Tang and Iris Hill Crabtree

Outside Counsel to Undisclosed Financial Advisor Assisting Conflicts Committee: Baker Botts including corporate partner Josh Davidson and associate Catherine Baker Ellis in Houston

Diligent Robotics raises $25M

Deal Description: Diligent Robotics, an Austin-based developer of robotic automation for health care, said Sept. 21 it raised $25 million. Canaan Partners led the investor group and was joined by True Ventures, DNX Ventures, Next Coast Venture and Northwestern Medicine Innovation. Rich Boyle from Canaan will join the board. The company will use the funds to fuel system-wide expansions of its Moxi robot across hospitals across the U.S., enhance product development and triple its market reach.

Amenities Health attracts $6.3M in funding

Deal Description: Amenities Health, a Dallas-based maker of digital patient engagement tools for hospitals, said Sept. 19 it raised $6.3 million in Series A funding. MemorialCare Innovation Fund led and was joined by Epic Ventures, a venture capital firm which headed Amenities’ seed round. Amenities plans to use the additional capital to further accelerate adoption of its Digital Front Door platform designed to help health systems improve access to care, deliver personalized patient experiences and earn loyalty through membership programs.

Amenities’ Outside Counsel: Corporate: DLA Piper, specifically Tyler Hollenbeck;

IT IP: Holland & Knight, specifically Robert Hill

MCIF’s Outside Counsel: Nixon Peabody, specifically Michael Lawhead

Catalyte raises $1.5M from Green Street Impact Partners

Deal Description: Baltimore-based Catalyte announced Sept. 18 it closed $1.5 million in funding from Green Street Impact Partners, an Austin ed-tech private equity fund. This is in addition to the $1.5 million that the company secured in July. Catalyte will use the investment to accelerate the growth of its apprenticeship programs, which deliver talent to employers, helping both private and public sector organizations de-risk their hiring processes, increase productivity, lower costs and drive sustainable diversity. Founded in 2000, Catalyte has amassed nearly 25 years worth of real-world data on employee performance. It leverages that data to continuously refine its AI-powered, end-to-end reskilling platform to discover, develop and deploy talent into new careers, regardless of their background.

Green Street’s Outside Counsel: Locke Lord team led by Kanasha S. Herbert (Chicago and Boston). Additional assistance was provided by Lori Basilico (Providence), Michael Bennett (Chicago), Gil Greber (West Palm Beach) and Emily Howard (Houston).

Aramco to enter South American retail market with Esmax acquisition

Deal Description: Aramco, one of the world’s top integrated energy and chemicals companies, announced Sept. 15 it agreed to purchase all of Esmax Distribución SpA from Southern Cross Group, a Latin America-focused private equity company. Terms weren’t disclosed. Last year Esmax recorded revenue of $2.5 billion and profits of $57.7 million, according to Reuters. The transaction has to clear regulators. Esmax is a 100-year-old downstream fuels and lubricants retailer in Chile whose national presence includes retail fuel stations, airport operations, fuel distribution terminals and a lubricant blending plant. Aramco’s acquisition of Esmax would be its first downstream retail investment in South America, recognizing the potential and attractiveness of those markets while advancing its strategy of strengthening its downstream value chain, Aramco said. The transaction would enable Aramco to secure outlets for its refined products and help expand its retail business internationally. It would also further unlock new market opportunities for Valvoline branded lubricants following Aramco’s acquisition of Valvoline Inc.’s global products business for $2.65 billion in February.

Aramco’s Outside Counsel: White & Case with a team led by Houston M&A partner Bill Parish and including Houston-based team members partner Taylor Pullins and associates Luisa Muskus, Carlos Díaz, Luis Leos and Neil Clausen. The group also included partners Sonia Abdul-Rahman and Ivan Paskal (both in Dubai), Hansel Pham (Washington, D.C.), Strati Sakellariou-Witt (Brussels) and Clark Wohlferd (New York); and associates Giuseppe Tantulli, Tommaso Poli, Marios Gavriiloglou, Diego Garcia (Brussels) and Blair Trahan (Washington, D.C.).

Entact acquires White Lake Dock & Dredge

Deal Description: Entact, a Dallas provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services backed by J.F. Lehman & Co., announced Sept. 18 that it completed the acquisition of White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. Terms weren’t disclosed. White Lake is a environmental dredging, sediment capping and marine construction provider with 20 years of project execution across the U.S.

Entact/JFLCO’s Outside Counsel: Jones Day led by Andy Levine and Justin Farra

Entact/JFLCO’s Financial Advisor: Houlihan Lokey

White Lake’s Outside Counsel: Holland & Knight led by partner Roddy Bailey with assistance from associates William Kent and Grayson Lowery

Electra invests in Balanced Rock Power

Deal Description: Willkie said Sept. 14 it represented a unit of Israeli public company Electra Power Ltd. in connection with the admission of a new co-investor into Balanced Rock Power, a Utah-based developer of utility scale solar projects in North America. Electra completed its initial acquisition of a 30 percent interest in Balanced Rock on Aug. 4. The co-investment represents a 34 percent interest in Balanced Rock, backed by an equity-line commitment to support build-out and completion of utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects in various stages of development primarily in the southwestern U.S. Electra is an Israeli energy firm traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and controlled by the Elco Group, an Israeli holding company. Electra is focused on the U.S. renewable energy market with the goal of promoting and realizing solar energy and storage projects through partnerships, investments and entrepreneurship.

From Willkie: The deal team was led by partners Jay Hughes, Archie Fallon and Ryan Giggs and included associate Christian Truman.

Legence acquires A.O. Reed 

Deal Description: Blackstone-backed Legence announced Sept. 19 the acquisition of San Diego-based A.O. Reed & Co., a mechanical contractor focused on building and servicing complex systems in mission-critical facilities. For over a century, A.O. Reed & Co. has played a role in shaping the performance of the built environment in Southern California, having spearheaded major infrastructure improvements to schools, hospitals, museums, ballparks, amusement parks, hotels, resorts, courthouses, advanced laboratories, offices and government buildings. The addition of A.O. Reed & Co. will provide clients expanded coverage to optimize systems and decarbonize the built environment, San Jose, Calif.-based Legence said.

Legence’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by corporate partners Zach Savrick and Kyle Watson and associate Mike Bassi. The team also included corporate partner Rhett Van Syoc and associate Markus Wang; tax partners Mark Dundon and Joe Tobias; and executive compensation partners Stephen Jacobson and Jake Ebers.

Varsity forms United Aesthetics Alliance, invests in Edina Plastic Surgery

Deal Description: Varsity Healthcare Partners, a lower middle market healthcare services private equity investment firm, announced Sept. 19 the formation of a new investment platform, United Aesthetics Alliance, a holding company created to consolidate cosmetic surgery practices and affiliated medical spa service providers. Along with the creation of UAA, Varsity announced that the company completed its initial platform investment, a recapitalization and growth capital partnership with Edina Plastic Surgery, Edina Surgery Center and Skin Artisans, a provider of cosmetic surgery and medical spa services in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Terms weren’t disclosed on the investment. Founded in 1977 and led by a team of four physician shareholders, EPS provides patients with a suite of plastic surgery procedures, injectables and aesthetic services. VHP’s capital partnership with UAA comes from the recently closed Varsity Healthcare Partners IV, a $700 milion investment vehicle.

Edina Plastic Surgery/Skin Artisans’ Financial Advisor: Madeira Partners

Edina Plastic Surgery/Skin Artisans’ Outside Counsel: Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Varsity’s Outside Counsel: Massumi + Consoli

Varsity’s Regulatory/Compliance Counsel: Morgan Lewis partner Banee Pachuca in Houston with FDA and healthcare partners Amy Magnano and Reece Hirsch and associates Rachel Lamparelli, Sydney Swanson and Michael Madderra and associate Lauren Hutton-Work.

Intrepid Directional Drilling buys Double Barrel Rotary Steerable Systems

Deal Description: Intrepid Directional Drilling Specialists announced Sept. 7 it closed the acquisition of Double Barrel Rotary Steerable Systems. Terms weren’t disclosed. The integration of Double Barrel RSS enhances Intrepid’s portfolio of directional drilling technology solutions. Intrepid said the acquisition marks a significant stride in pursuing its vision of becoming a vertically integrated directional drilling services provider.

Double Barrel’s Outside Counsel: Locke Lord led by Dallas partner Henry Benton with additional assistance provided by Buddy Sanders, Laura L. Ferguson and Andrew Nelson in Houston and Claire Cook and Jack Dougherty in Dallas.

Silver Ventures sells NatureSweet to Blue Road Capital

Deal Description: Silver Ventures of San Antonio announced Sept. 19 the sale of NatureSweet, an agricultural company that produces snacking tomatoes as well as greenhouse-grown peppers and cucumbers, to New York-based Blue Road Capital, an independent investment firm focused on vertically integrated food and agricultural business. Terms weren’t disclosed. Kit Goldsbury is chairman of Silver Ventures, which was established in 1995 and is best known for its mixed-use, master-planned community developed from the ruins of the former Pearl Brewery and for bringing the Culinary Institute of America’s third campus to the Alamo City.

Silver Ventures’ Outside Counsel: Norton Rose Fulbright led by Daryl Lansdale (San Antonio and Austin) and included Charlie Hord (New York), Ben Montanez (San Antonio) and Cassidy Tennyson and Olivia Sone (Dallas). Additional support was provided by Todd Schroeder and Alex Clark (Dallas), Todd Chelius and Hersh Verma (Houston) on tax, Kimberly Perdue, Will Badcock and Spencer Brown (Dallas) on finance, Amanda Wait and Andy Eklund (Washington, D.C.) on antitrust and Katie Van Dyk and Valerie Medina (Austin) on real estate.

Notes: Billionaire Goldsbury made his fortune by selling salsa maker Pace Foods to Campbell Soup in 1994 for $1.12 billion.

Trive-backed Forward Slope acquires Soar Technology

Deal Description: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman said Sept. 23 it counseled Soar Technology Inc. on its sale to Forward Slope Inc., which is backed by Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital. The deal, announced Aug. 24, represents another acquisition by Forward Slope that expands the platform’s competencies and customer base in a strategic way to deliver more comprehensive solutions to defense and national security customers. The SoarTech team invested alongside Trive and will continue to serve as senior leaders of the platform. SoarTech is a provider of artificial intelligence solutions to address complex Department of Defense mission requirements.

From Pillsbury: IP senior associate Sandro Serra and partner Ed Cavazos in Austin

Trive’s Outside Counsel: Haynes Boone led by partner Brandon McCoy

Appspace attracts investment from Accel-KKR

Deal Description: Appspace, a Dallas workplace experience platform, said Sept. 21 it received a “significant” investment from Accel-KKR Capital Partners VI, a technology-focused private equity firm. Terms weren’t disclosed. Menlo Park-based Accel-KKR joins LLR Partners of Philadelphia as a financial backer. Appspace delivers digital signage, an employee app, a modern intranet, space reservation and wayfinding solutions in a single platform that more than 160 Fortune 500 companies and 10 million employees use. The investment will help accelerate AI innovations across the platform, connections to Internet of Things devices and deeper integrations with technology partners like Microsoft and Google.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

Gran Tierra Energy announces $2.1B in note exchange offers

Deal Description: Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced Sept. 19 the commencement of offers to eligible holders to exchange any of the outstanding 6.25 percent senior notes due 2025 issued by Gran Tierra Energy International Holdings Ltd. on Feb. 15, 2018 and any of the outstanding 7.750 percent senior notes due 2027 issued by the company on May 23, 2019 for newly issued 9.5 percent senior secured amortizing notes due 2029. Gran Tierra is also soliciting consents to proposed amendments to existing Indentures.

Gran Tierra’s Outside Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher with a corporate team that included partners Hillary Holmes, Shalla Prichard and Doug Rayburn; of counsel Melissa Barshop; and associates Rodrigo Surcan, Justine Robinson, Kyle Clendenon and To Nhu Huynh. Partner Pamela Lawrence Endreny and associate Kate Long advised on tax aspects.

Vistra prices private offerings of $650M of secured notes, $1.1B of unsecured notes

Deal Description: Irving, Texas-based Vistra Corp. announced Sept. 12 the pricing of $650 million of senior secured notes due 2033 in a private offering and $1.1 billion of senior unsecured notes due 2031 in a concurrent private offering. The secured notes will be senior, secured obligations of Vistra Operations Co., a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the company and the unsecured notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of the issuer. The secured notes will bear interest at the rate of 6.95 percent per year and the unsecured notes will bear interest at 7.75 percent per year. The company intends to use the proceeds to fund the cash component of the acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp., for general corporate purposes, including to refinance outstanding indebtedness, and to pay fees and expenses related to the offerings. If the merger is not consummated, the company intends to use the proceeds from the offerings for general corporate purposes, including to refinance outstanding indebtedness, and to pay fees and expenses related to the offerings. The offerings were expected to close on Sep. 26.

Vistra’s Outside Counsel: Sidley including Bill Howell, Jocelyne Kelly, J.D. Swancoat, Molly Byman, Kelly Dybala, Dane Rupley and Brian DiFilippo on the secured notes and Howell, Kelly, Swancoat, Byman, Dybala, Quan Lu, Rupley and DiFilippo on the unsecured notes.

Vital Energy prices $900M in notes

Deal Description: Vital Energy Inc. announced Sept. 18 the pricing of $400 million in 10.125 percent senior unsecured notes due 2028 and $500 million in 9.750 percent senior unsecured notes due 2030 in an upsized registered underwritten offering for a total of $900 million. The offering was expected to close on Sept. 25. The company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering of the notes and a concurrent offering of common stock to fund the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture governing its 9.5 percent senior unsecured notes due 2025 and repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its senior secured credit facility, using any excess for general corporate purposes. Vital is an independent energy company with headquarters in Tulsa, Okla., focused on the acquiring, exploring and developing oil and natural gas properties in West Texas’ Permian Basin.

Book-Running Managers: Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, Mizuho and Truist Securities

Underwriters’ Outside Counsel: Baker Botts with a team led by, from corporate: Douglas Getten (partner, Houston), Clint Culpepper (finance partner, Austin), Garrett Hughey (senior associate, Houston), Parker Hinman (associate, Houston), Reagan Vicknair (finance associate, Houston) and Austin Lee (associate, Houston). On tax: Jon Lobb (partner, Houston); on environmental: Elizabeth Singleton (special counsel, Houston); and on global projects: Kyle Doherty (senior associate, Houston).

Vital’s Outside Counsel: Akin led by corporate partner Christopher Centrich and including fellow corporate partners Chip Cowell, Patrick Hurley and Eric Munoz; tax partner Alison Chen; corporate senior counsel Alexandra Reuss; corporate counsel Dasha Hodge and Kevin Schott; tax counsel Aaron Vera and corporate associates Mary Day Royston, Madeline Sullivan, Marissa Etter, Bryce Couch, Grace Seidl, Cameron Jones and Andrew McDonough.

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric issues $500M general mortgage bond offering

Deal Description: CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy Inc., announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of $500 million in 5.20 percent general mortgage bonds, series AM, due 2028. CEHE intends to use the net proceeds for general limited liability company purposes, including capital expenditures and the repayment of all or a portion of its borrowings under the CenterPoint Energy money pool. CEHE provides electric transmission service to transmission service customers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas region and distribution service to retail electric providers serving about 2.7 million metered customers in the Texas Gulf Coast area, including the city of Houston.

Book-Running Managers: MUFG Securities Americas Inc., PNC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and TD Securities (USA); and Blaylock Van and Cabrera Capital Markets

CEHE’s Outside Counsel: Baker Botts including Houston corporate partners Tim Taylor and Clint Rancher, senior associate Josh Gonzales and associate Chandler Block and tax partner Michael Bresson and senior associate Jared Meier

Underwriters‘ Outside Counsel: Hunton Andrews Kurth including Peter O’Brien, Brendan Harney, Reuben Pearlman and Jingyi “Alice” Yao. Robert McNamara, William Freeman and Drew Hermiller provided tax advice.

Sunnova announces pricing of $400M “Green Bond” offering

Deal Description: Sunnova Energy Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunnova Energy International Inc., announced Sept. 22 the pricing of $400 million in green 11.75 percent senior notes due 2028 in a private placement. The notes will yield 12.5 percent. The offering launched on Sept. 20 and was expected to close on Sept. 26.

Initial Purchasers’ Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins with a corporate team led by partners David Oelman, David Stone and Crosby Scofield and counsel Brett Peace and Raleigh Wolfe with assistance from associates Nina Bhatia, Chandler Jones, Phil Greenfield, Michelle Yang and Waleed Vohra. Also advising were partner Wendy Salinas and associate Jeff Slusher (tax); partner Guy Gribov and senior associate Joe Higdon (finance); partner Matt Dobbins and associate Kevin Moscon (environmental); and partner Damien Lyster and associate Ryan Hoeffner (energy regulatory).

Sunnova’s Outside Counsel: Baker Botts, including corporate partners Travis Wofford and Doug Getten, senior associate Garrett Hughey and associates Parker Hinman and Sarah Dyer. On finance: partners Jonathan Goldstein and Caitlin Lawrence

Permian Resources prices $279.9M secondary

Deal Description: Midland-based Permian Resources Corp. announced Sept. 20 the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 21.45 million shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $13.05 per share by affiliates of NGP Energy Capital Management, or $279.9 million. Permian Resources won’t sell any shares of Class A common stock in the offering and won’t receive any proceeds. The selling stockholders also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 3.217 million shares of Class A common stock at the public offering price minus underwriting discounts and commissions. J.P. Morgan Securities, BofA Securities Inc. and Truist Securities Inc. are book-running managers, as well as Barclays Capital Inc., Capital One Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Mizuho Securities USA, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities, and PNC Capital Markets, U.S. Bancorp Investments Inc., Fifth Third Securities Inc., Comerica Securities Inc., Regions Securities, CIBC World Markets Corp., and BOK Financial Securities Inc. are co-managers. The offering was expected to close Sept. 22.

Underwriters’ Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a deal team led by Houston partners John Greer and Bill Finnegan with associates Daniel Harrist, Michael Pascual, Carol Bale and Jeffrey Romano. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partner Jim Cole with associate Dylan White and on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz with associate Joseph Kmetz

NGP’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins led by Jackson O’Maley and including Doug McWilliams, John Frey, Alex Lewis, Nathaniel Richards, Delery Perret and Cole Leveque

NGP’s In-house Counsel: Jeff Zlotky and Christina Sanders

Permian’s In-house Counsel: John Bell and Chad MacDonald

Oceaneering launches senior notes offering, cash tender offer

Deal Description: Oceaneering International Inc. announced Sept. 21 the pricing of its $200 million offering of an additional 6 percent senior notes due 2028 in a private placement. The notes will constitute an additional issuance of Oceaneering’s outstanding 6 percent senior notes due 2028, which Oceaneering issued on Feb. 6, 2018 totaling $300 million and will form a single series with such notes. The offering was expected to close on Oct. 2. Oceaneering intends to use the net proceeds from the offering together with cash on hand, if necessary, to fund the purchase of its 4.65 percent senior notes due 2024 validly tendered and accepted for purchase in a concurrent cash tender offer, which began Sept. 20. If the tender offer isn’t consummated or the net proceeds from the offering exceed the total consideration payable in the tender offer, Oceaneering intends to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment, redemption or repurchase of outstanding indebtedness. Oceaneering delivers engineered services and products and robotic solutions to the offshore energy, defense, aerospace, manufacturing and entertainment industries.

Oceaneering’s Outside Counsel: Baker Botts including corporate partner Carina Antweil, special counsel Lakshmi Ramanathan and associates Michael Mazidi and Austin Lee in Houston. On finance Luke Weedon and Regan Vicknair, on tax Jon Lobb, Houston and Phillip Clifton and on environmental Elizabeth Singleton.

OTHER MATTERS

Vinson & Elkins said Sept. 21 that the firm is advising Pacific Elm Properties on its planned development of Parkside, a 500,000 square-foot, 30-story tower along Klyde Warren Park at the corner of North Harwood St. and Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas. Vinson & Elkins also represented Pacific Elm Properties in its lease of space within Parkside to Bank of America, which will occupy 238,000 square feet of the tower. The Vinson & Elkins real estate team was led by partners Paul Martin and Russell Oshman and counsel Jenn Cooley with assistance by senior associate Genta Stafaj and associate Joe O’Connell.

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