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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 26 Deals, 15 Firms, 209 Lawyers, $27.2B

June 15, 2021 Anna Butler

Pressure from non-traditional players is forcing venture capital to get more specific.

New firms formed over the past 15 years have been gravitating away from generalist investing premises to more targeted or specialist management styles. 

The reason behind the move? According to a recent PitchBook analyst note, startups tend to gravitate toward VC’s with more technical prowess and understanding. PitchBook stated they also might find more advantageous financial terms as the smaller specialist shops work to differentiate themselves from the well-established players.

Over the past few months, legal and financial sources also continue to point out that the competition to back the next big thing isn’t reserved solely for VC’s, putting some venture firms in a tight spot when it comes to the next fundraise. 

In Texas over the past several years, private equity firms and family offices have started filling in the gaps for an absence of early-stage funding in some regions and such entities have even changed their investment theses to account for startups – a much riskier proposition with the potential for much higher returns.

Beyond the intercession of active family offices and private equity firms looking further and further downstream, large corporations around the country are turning to venture funding of their own to seek out solutions tied to decarbonization in addition to ESG efforts.

Just this past week, United Airlines announced the launch of a venture arm to seek out sustainable concepts. That effort, advised by Sidley Austin’s Kevin Lewis, is covered below.

The 26 deals reported last week included 19 transactions tied to M&A or funding totaling $25.6 billion and seven capital markets deals at more than $1.6 billion. Fifteen firms and 209 lawyers based in Texas participated in the activity.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

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

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

In the previous week‘s Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup, 13 firms with 95 Texas-based lawyers reported 12 M&A and funding deals valued at $14.7 billion and one senior notes offering at $600 million. The same week the previous year brought six deals valued at $3.5 billion between four firms and 37 lawyers.

Note: Texas Lawbook corporate transactions editor Claire Poole contributed to this article.

M&A/FUNDING

Worldwide Express to Merge With GlobalTranz

Dallas-based Worldwide Express is set to merge with GlobalTranz Enterprises, a combination that will create a massive logistics powerhouse should the deal close in the third quarter.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

CVC Capital Partners backed the deal and is a leading a consortium that includes the private equity firms behind the two companies on the transaction.

You can find more details on the deal by clicking here.

Worldwide Express, which is led by Tom Madine as chief executive and Rob Rose as president and is backed by Ridgemont Equity Partners, selected Harris Williams and J.P. Morgan to serve as financial advisors.

Dallas boutique Block & McNeill represented the Worldwide Express management as legal counsel.

Ridgemont selected Kirkland & Ellis as legal counsel. CVC – which has Providence Equity Partners and PSG as lead investors – tapped Dechert as legal advisor. Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised Providence on legal matters.

Boston partner Kevin J. Sullivan led the Weil private equity team along with Dallas partner Richard Frye, Boston counsel Jakub Wronski and Boston associate Emily Willey.

For Dechert, corporate and securities partners Mark Thierfelder, Gareth Clark and Jonathan Kim of New York and Allie Misner Wasserman of Philadelpia led the deal team along with associates Barrett Schitka of New York and Michael Gordon of Philadelphia.

Charlene York serves as Worldwide Express’ general counsel.

The consortium picked Fidus Partners, William Blair and Jefferies as its financial advisors (John Ross, Chris Haza and Patrick Clark from Fidus).

Vitol Inks LNG PSA with Tellurian

Houston-based Tellurian Inc. finalized a 10-year liquefied natural gas sales and purchase agreement with Vitol Inc. valued at $12 billion. 

White & Case advised Vitol on the transaction with a Houston-based team led by partners Chris Peponis and Chris Richardson with assistance from associates Jack Moxon, Chantal Carriere and Yuxi Wang.

The agreement is for 3 million tons per year on a free-on-board basis at Driftwood LNG. The move will position Vitol as one of the largest exporters of natural gas in North America. 

For Tellurian, which focuses on natural gas production, LNG marketing and trading and infrastructure, it is the second such agreement this year. It inked a similar PSA with Gunvor Singapore in March.

Tellurian is the product of co-founders Charif Souki, who started Cheniere Energy before being forced out after a dispute with activist investor Carl Icahn in 2016, and Martin Houston. 

Daniel Belhumeur, who also formerly worked at Cheniere, serves as EVP and general counsel.

Contango, Independence to Merge

In a merger agreement expected to close late in the third quarter, Fort Worth’s Contango Oil & Gas and Houston’s Independence Energy are set to combine.

The deal has an equity value of $4.8 billion and will see the combined entity based in Houston. 

For more details on the deal, click here.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher advised Contango while Jefferies acted as lead financial advisor to Contango with a team led by Ralph Eads. 

The Gibson Dunn team includes Houston partner Hillary Holmes, Dallas partner Jeffrey Chapman, New York partner Andrew Kaplan, Houston associates Monika Kluziak, Brian Downs, Zain Hassan, Stefan Koller, Josh Stout and Nathan Zhang, Los Angeles associate Sarah Graham and Orange County associate Darren Kerstien.

Houston partner Shalla Prichard is weighing in on financing. Houston partner James Chenoweth and Houston associate Collin Metcalf are counseling on tax aspects and Dallas partner Krista Hanvey and Dallas associate Gina Hancock are advising on compensation.

Chad McLawhorn serves as senior vice president and general counsel for Contango.

Vinson & Elkins acted as legal counsel to Independence and Wells Fargo Securities served as financial advisor (Kevin Adam with assistance on the coverage side from Scott Van Bergh).

The V&E corporate team, based in Houston, was led by partners Doug McWilliams and Keith Fullenweider and senior associate Robert Hughes with assistance from senior associate Jackson O’Maley and associate Jordan Fossee. 

Houston associates Alex Lewis, Markeya Brown, Breanna Kelly, Mary Busse and Chase Browndorf also advised on corporate matters; Houston and Dallas partner David D’Alessandro, Dallas counsel Dario Mendoza and Houston associate Maddison Riddick on executive compensation/benefits; and partners John Lynch and Lina Dimachkieh and associates Curt Wimberly and Lauren Nieman, all of Houston, on tax matters.

Also assisting were Houston partner Bryan Loocke, counsel Joclynn Townsend and senior associate Cesar Leyva on energy transactions/projects; Houston partner Sean Becker and associate Annie Blanc on labor/employment; partner Matt Dobbins, counsel Larry Pechacek and associate Kevin Moscon, all of Houston, on environmental matters; and Dallas counsel Sarah Mitchell on insurance.

KKR Picks Up MIC’s Atlantic Aviation

Primarily through its Global Infrastructure Investors and Core Investments strategies, private equity giant KKR plans to purchase Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.’s Atlantic Aviation platform.

The $4.475 billion deal – which works out to about 16 times EBITDA – includes one of the largest fixed-based operations businesses in the U.S., including 69 airport locations around the world.

MIC tapped White & Case as legal advisor with a team led out of New York and Lazard and Evercore as financial advisors (Rob Pacha in Houston from Evercore).

Kirkland & Ellis represented KKR on legal matters with a Houston-based corporate team led by partners John Pitts, Andy Calder and Kyle Watson and associates Stephen Noh, Ed Vaunder, Jack Kelly and Camille Walker in addition to debt finance partners Lucas Spivey of Houston, Roald Nashi of Washington, D.C., and Houston and Jordan Roberts of Houston; and Houston capital markets partners Matt Pacey and Bryan Flannery.

Jefferies served as financial advisor to KKR. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter. 

Bonanza-Extraction Makes Asset Acquisition

The product of the planned combination of Bonanza Creek Energy and Extraction Oil & Gas, Civitas Resources Inc., announced plans to acquire another energy producer active in the DJ Basin. No terms on the asset purchase were disclosed.

With the addition of the Crestone Peak Resources assets by way of an all-stock transaction, Civitas will operate across more than 500,000 net acres. The Crestone assets also include Colorado’s first carbon neutral oil and gas producer.

Vinson & Elkins advised Bonanza Creek on the legal matters while J.P. Morgan Securities advised on financial matters (Michael Johnson, Alex Long, Alex Greenberg and Jonathan Cox).

V&E partners Steve Gill of Houston and Shelley Barber of New York led the corporate team along with Dallas senior associate Alex Robertson and Houston associates David Lassetter, Andrea Siso and Patrick Nichols and Dallas associate Elizabeth Janicki. 

The firm’s other Texas-based counsel also included partner Katherine Frank and associates Cameron Land, Claire Wenholz and Anne Jensen, all of Dallas; partners James Meyer and Wendy Salinas, senior associate Brian Russell and associate David Gilbert, all of Dallas; partner Shane Tucker, senior associate Missy Spohn and associate Matt Green, all of Dallas; partner Sean Becker and associate Peter Goetschel, both of Houston; partner Paul Heath of Houston; Houston partner Larry Nettles; partner Suzanne Clevenger and associate Tray Smith, both of Houston; and partner John Grand and counsel Elena Sauber, both of Dallas.

Extraction selected Kirkland & Ellis as legal counsel and Petrie Partners Securities as financial advisor (Jon Hughes, John Fossum, Max Silverman and Austin Hughes).

Kirkland partners Doug Bacon of Houston and New York, Julian Seiguer of Houston, Enoch Varner of Houston and Alex Rose of Dallas led the corporate team with assistance from Houston associates Camille Walker and Brittany Scheier and Dallas associates Tess Dennis and Sara Phipps.

Other Texas-based members of the Kirkland team included capital markets partner Bryan Flannery of Houston and associates Logan Weissler of Dallas and Samantha Siegler of Houston; asset partners Anthony Speier of Houston and Chris Heasley of Houston and Austin and Houston associate Alia Heintz; Houston tax partner Mark Dundon and associates Joe Tobias and Courtney Loyack; Houston finance partners Will Bos and Mitch McClellan and Dallas associates Shan Khan and Aisha Noor; and Houston executive compensation partners Stephen Jacobson and Stephanie Jeane.

Crestone, which counts the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board as its largest shareholder, selected TD Securities to advise on financial matters (Tim Balombin, Andrew Claridge, Don Warmington, Matt Essex and Jared Bouma) and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to oversee legal matters.

The Gibson Dunn team is led by Denver partner Beau Stark and Houston partner Gerry Spedale with assistance from Orange County of counsel Michelle Gourley and Houston associates Graham Valenta and Stella Tang.

Houston partner Shalla Prichard advised on financing; Houston partner James Chenoweth and Houston associate Collin Metcalf on advising on tax aspects; and Dallas partner Krista Hanvey on benefits.

As part of the agreement Crestone shareholders will receive 22.5 million shares of Bonanza Creek common stock in exchange for 100% of their equity interests.

The original enterprise value for the combination of Extraction and Bonanza Creek was noted at $2.6 billion. The most recent enterprise value included in the announcement of the Crestone transaction was $4.5 billion.

Euless’ U.S. Concrete Sells in $1.2B Deal

Vulcan Materials Co. plans to acquire Euless-based U.S. Concrete as it looks to break into the ready-mixed concrete space and expand its geographic reach.

More details on the deal can be found in this story.

U.S. Concrete – with Paul M. Jolas serving as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary – tapped Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as legal advisors. 

New York partners Steven Shoemate and Andrew Kaplan led the Gibson Dunn team.

Evercore and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. acted as financial advisors to U.S. Concrete.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings served as legal counsel to Birmingham-based Vulcan, while the Greystone Group acted as financial advisor. 

New York partners Igor Kirman and Elina Tetelbaum led the Wachtell Lipton team while Birmingham partner Michael Thomason led the Bradley team.

Denson N. Franklin III, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, led the in-house group at Vulcan.

Truist Securities is handling Vulcan’s committed financing for the transaction.

Hartree Buys Plains All American’s Assets

Hartree Partners announced plans to acquire Plains All American’s Pine Prairie and Southern Pines natural gas storage facilities. 

Hartree, which has an office in Houston, is jointly owned by the firm’s senior management and certain Oaktree Capital Management funds.

With the $850 million cash deal, Hartree gains two of the highest-performing natural gas storage facilities in the country with 70 billion cubic feet of working gas capacity.

Hartree picked Milbank as legal counsel with a team led by global corporate partners John D. Franchini and Aaron Stine and global project, energy and infrastructure finance partner Dan Bartfeld, all of New York.

Wells Fargo Securities acted as financial advisor to Plains (Hugh Babowal and Michael Shih) while Vinson & Elkins counseled on legal matters. 

Houston V&E partner Doug Bland led the firm’s corporate team with assistance from Houston senior associate Caroline Kuehn, Houston associates Ryan Logan and Alyssa Allen and Dallas associate Abby Branigan.

Also advising from Texas were Houston partner John Lynch and senior associate Christine Mainguy; Dallas counsel Sarah Mitchell; Houston partner Tom Wilson and senior associate Alex Bluebond; Houston and Dallas partner David D’Alessandro and Houston associates Mary Daniel Morgan and Maddison Riddick; Houston partner Larry Nettles; and Dallas senior associate Jared Knight.

The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter.

Fortress to Buy U.S. Steel’s Transtar

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors announced plans on June 8 to acquire Transtar, U.S. Steel’s rail operating subsidiary.

Fortress will pick up Transtar’s six operating freight railroads connected to U.S. Steel’s largest production facilities in the $640 million transaction, including the Texas & Northern Railroad Company.

Jones Day represented Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel in the deal while Sidley Austin counseled Fortress on legal matters.

Partners David A. Grubman of Pittsburgh and George M. Hunter of Cleveland led the Jones Day team. 

The deal leaders at Sidley Austin were Washington, D.C., and senior counsel Terry Hynes as well as Houston associate Chris Folmsbee. Additional Texas-based assistance included Houston associate Cedric Seley advising on corporate matters.

The transaction also marks the consummation of a railway services agreement between Transtar and U.S. Steel upon close of the deal, which is set for the third quarter.

Fortress Facilitates Colony’s Exit From OED Portfolio

One or more affiliates of New York’s Fortress Investment Group will become general partner and manager in Colony Capital’s CDCF series of funds, co-investment vehicles and other non-digital real estate positions, according to a recent announcement. 

The $535 million consideration for the positions reflects the sale of Colony’s remaining other equity and debt portfolio.

Moelis & Co. acted as financial advisor and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison was legal counsel to Fortress Credit Advisors.

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Fortress Investment Group with a corporate team led by partners Shubi Arora and R.J. Malenfant and associate Alia Heintz.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

Colgate III to Acquire Occidental Permian Acreage

An affiliate of Colgate Energy Partners III plans to continue its push into Texas’ Reeves and Ward Counties with a fresh 25,000 net acres from Occidental Petroleum.

Colgate, which is based in Midland and was founded by Will Hickey and James Walter with backing from Pearl Energy Investments and NGP, will pick up the assets for $508 million.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Colgate on legal matters.

The Kirkland team included Houston corporate partners Chad Smith and Anthony Speier, Dallas associate William Eiland and Houston associates Isaac Bate and Caleb Martin along with Houston tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Ryan Phelps and Dallas environmental transactions partner Jonathan Kidwell and Houston associate Madison McMurray.

White & Case advised Occidental in the transaction with a Houston-based team led by M&A partners Mingda Zhao and Emery Choi and included environmental partner Taylor Pullins; tax partner Chad McCormick and associate Michael Rodgers; project development and finance associate Danny Hatch; and M&A associates Ted Seeger and Yuxi Wang. 

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.

The Occidental transaction comes after another recent acquisition for Colgate that gave it further footing adjacent to the Houston company’s holdings in the region. Colgate paid an undisclosed amount in an all-stock transaction for 22,000 net acres in Reeves and Ward counties from NGP Natural Resources XI-backed Luxe Energy.

De-SPAC Merger Eyes Electric Aircraft Space

Special purpose acquisition company Broadstone Acquisition Corp. has selected a target: Vertical Aerospace Group, an engineering and aeronautical company pushing for a zero-emissions electric aircraft.

Gross proceeds for the offering consist of $394 million, including private investment in public equity funding. The PIPE features notable investors such as Fort Worth-based American Airlines, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce and Microsoft’s M12.

Broadstone selected Winston & Strawn to advise on legal matters and Citi to advise on financial matters.

Partners Paul Amiss of London, Mike Blankenship of Houston and David Sakowitz of New York co-led the Winston team.

Latham & Watkins provided legal counsel to Vertical with a team led by corporate partners Robbie McLaren of London and David Stewart of London and Moscow.

Barclays acted as Vertical’s lead financial advisor, including Hugh Moran, Craig Molson, Amit Chandra and Ben Metzger. Both Barclays and Citi also acted as joint placement agents on the PIPE (Patrick Evans, Pavan Bellur and Rob Jurd from Citi).

U.K.-headquartered Vertical has already entered into commercial partnership agreements and pre-orders with American, Virgin Atlantic and Avolon for up to 1,000 aircrafts. 

The pre-order from American allots to a potential $1 billion commitment with a consideration of up to 250 aircraft.

Sidley Austin advised American in the transactions with a team led by Dallas partner Bart Biggers.

Other Texas-based assistance came out of Houston from partner Jon Daly, counsel Atman Shukla, and associates Riley Fedechko and John Stribling.

HKN to Become Wholly Owned Unit of Hillwood

HKN Holdings, with operations in Dallas and Kurdistan, is set to become wholly owned by Hillwood Energy thanks to the acquisition of Kerogen Capital No. 7 Ltd.’s interest in the holding company for HKN Energy. 

Kerogen Capital previously invested $100 million through convertible preference shares in HKN in 2014, although it is unclear whether the firm ponied up further or divested any of its interest sooner.

Hillwood Energy, a subsidiary of the Dallas juggernaut founded by the Perot family, will pay $80 million up-front for the stake in addition to earn-out payments up to $120 million.

A London-based Bracewell team advised Hillwood Energy in the deal with a team led by partner Ben James and associates Lauren Kelsall, Adam Waszkiewicz, and Adam Quigley.

Dallas-based Shelby Bush serves as general counsel to HKN Energy, which owns a 62% operated interest in Iraq’s Sarsang production sharing contract. 

The deal was partially funded by a new issuance of $100 million of 12% senior unsecured bonds, maturing 2025, through HKN Energy III.

United Launches Venture Fund

United Airlines will head into venture funding thanks to a new initiative from the Chicago airline.

Through United Airlines Ventures, the company plans to back concepts tied to sustainability in addition to transportation and aerospace innovation.

Sidley Austin advised United in the transaction with a team led by Houston office co-managing partner Kevin Lewis, among others.

Sidley recently advised the airline on its acquisition of at least 15 supersonic aircraft. 

The company’s vice president of corporate development and investor relations, Michael Leskinen, will head the venture arm as president.

Apollo Invests in Black Bay’s TOPS

Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management will pick up a majority interest in Black Bay Energy Capital’s contract gas compression services provider Total Operations and Production Services, the firms announced.

While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the strategic investment in Midland’s TOPS should aid the company in growing its capabilities tied to electric driven compression for gas lift and other applications.

The Apollo funds tapped Vinson & Elkins to advise on legal matters.

Dan Komarek of New York and Shay Kuperman of Houston led the V&E M&A team with assistance from Houston associates Sam Garforth-Bles, Kara Chung and Kathryn Hastings and New York associate Heather Brocksmith.

Other key team members from Texas included Houston partners Sean Becker and Matt Dobbins, Houston and New York partner Devika Kornbacher, Houston senior associates Sean Hill and Carter Olson, Houston partner Jason McIntosh and Dallas counsel Sarah Mitchell.

Fishman Haygood represented TOPS and New Orleans-based Black Bay on legal matters.

J.P. Morgan provided support for the transaction through an upsized credit facility.

Cadence Bank Provides Capital to Black-owned Bank

Cadence Bank announced plans to provide growth capital to Houston’s Unity National Bank, the sole Black-owned banking institution in Texas. Financial terms of the funding were not disclosed.

Unity serves commercial and retail banking customers in the Houston and Atlanta areas. The investment from Cadence is expected to aid Unity in expanding its commercial loan operations in addition to other growth opportunities.

Vinson & Elkins represented Cadence Bank with a team led by Houston partner Gillian Hobson. Cadence is also based in Houston and is a unit of Cadence Bancorporation.

Beyond growth funding, Cadence plans to provide mentorship and access to advisory services, such as information technology, talent recruitment, strategies tied to new banking services and guidance on loan originations, among others.

Last month, Cadence announced a $6 billion strategic merger with BancorpSouth Bank, growing its reach in the southeast U.S. and community banking.

Soapmaker Receives Backing from General Atlantic

General Atlantic plans to provide a growth investment to Buff City Soap. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

Buff City’s Crux Capital and Guideboat Capital Partners, both based in Dallas, point to global growth equity firm’s investment as supporting the plant-based soapmaker’s “ongoing exponential growth.” 

Reports have cited that Buff City has $1 billion revenue aspirations by 2025 – and the new infusion could push the retailer and maker in the right direction.

Greenberg Traurig advised Buff City, Crux and Guideboat on legal matters on the transaction with a team led by
Thomas Woolsey with assistance from Dallas-based tax practice shareholder Labry Welty, corporate associates Richard D. Dusenbury and John-Paul G. Haskins and tax associate Josh Prywes. 

Buff City moved its headquarters from Memphis to Dallas last year as it sought a more central location for distribution and logistics and to be closer to its backers.

DuraServ Acquires Acme Doors

DuraServ Corp., a Carrollton-headquartered provider to the loading dock, door and equipment industry, has snapped up a commercial and residential garage doors provider.

DuraServ has been on an acquisitive tear over the past several years – including through its Southern Dock Products division – and the acquisition of Acme Doors fits into its long-term, fast growth-focused strategy.

The purchase price was not disclosed.

Morgan Lewis represented DuraServ in the transaction with a team led by Dallas office managing partner Janice Davis and associate Lauren Hutton-Work.

Davis has advised DuraServ before, on its acquisition of Industrial Equipment & Specialties Inc., a provider of industrial equipment, and on the purchase of Doors Unlimited of Tennessee Inc., a purveyor of door and equipment products.

Vista-backed Solera Purchases eDriving

Vista Equity-backed Solera Holdings has made another acquisition tied to the global fleets market business.

Solera, which is headquartered in Westlake, plans to acquire eDriving, a digital driver risk management company that serves commercial fleets. No terms were disclosed.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Solera on the transaction with a team led by corporate partners Melissa Kalka of Dallas and Walt Holzer of Chicago and Dallas associates Tori Newton and Sara Phipps.

CIP Capital counted eDriving as one of its portfolio companies, although it’s unclear whether the firm is exiting the company with the recently announced acquisition by Solera.

Solera announced in May that it plans to purchase Omnitracs and Dealersocket, two North Texas-based businesses focused on data intelligence and technology that can be leveraged in Solera’s vehicle lifecycle management push.

Sterling’s Artisan Design Acquires Great Floors

Artisan Design Group has acquired Great Floors, the largest provider of flooring products and installation services in the Northwest. Terms weren’t disclosed.

Dallas-based ADG is a portfolio company of Sterling Portfolio Group and works with homebuilders, multi-family developers and institutional property owners through its 120 distribution, design and service facilities.

Willkie, Gallagher & Farr represented Artisan Design Group with a team led by partner Scott Miller, who is based in Houston.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Issues First Mortgage Bonds

San Francisco utility company Pacific Gas & Electric Co. issued $800 million of 3% first mortgage bonds due 2028.

Hunton Andrews Kurth represented Pacific in the offering.

Partners Kevin Felz and Michael Fitzpatrick and associates Ashley Jaber and Patrick Jamieson, all of New York, led the HuntonAK team with additional help from Houston partner Robert McNamara and associate Tim Strother advising on tax matters.

Davis, Polk & Wardwell represented the placement agents, Bank of America Securities, Barclays Capital, J.P. Morgan Securities and Goldman Sachs & Co, with BMO Capital Markets Corp., Blaylock Van, MFR Securities and Siebert Williams Shank & Co. acting as co-managers.

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. acted as trustee in the transaction.

SM Energy Announces Upsized Senior Notes, Tender Offerings

SM Energy Co. announced an upsized offering of $400 million – up from $350 million – of 6.500% senior unsecured notes due 2028.

SM Energy expects to use the proceeds from the senior notes offering to fund a cash tender offer related to its outstanding 6.125% senior notes due 2022 and up to $130 million of its outstanding 5.00% Senior Notes due 2024, in addition to general corporate purposes.

A Gibson Dunn corporate team led by Dallas and Houston partner Doug Rayburn advised SM Energy in senior notes and tender offerings with assistance from Houston associates Justine Robinson and William Bald and Dallas associate Jonathan Sapp. Houston partner James Chenoweth advised on tax matters.

BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the senior note offering.

The Denver-based energy company focuses primarily on opportunities in Texas tied to the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil, gas and natural gas liquids.

Riverstone Exits Liberty Through Offering

Private equity firm Riverstone, through its R/C Energy IV Direct Partnership and R/C IV Liberty Holdings investment vehicles, fully exited Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. with the sale of its Class A common stock.

Morgan Stanley & Co., acting as the underwriter in the transaction, agreed to purchase Riverstone’s 12.29 million aggregate shares with a par value of $0.01 per share in an offering that closed on June 10.

The sale of the shares did not garner proceeds for Liberty.

Vinson & Elkins represented Liberty in the transaction with a Houston-based team led by partner David Oelman and counsel Crosby Scofield with assistance from associates Alex Lewis and Matt Fiorillo.

R. Sean Elliott, who formerly worked at USAA and in Haynes & Boone’s San Antonio office, serves as Liberty’s vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

Willkie counseled Riverstone on the transaction while Baker Botts advised Morgan Stanley.

The Baker Botts corporate team included Houston partner Joshua Davidson, Houston special counsel Eileen Boyce, Austin senior Grace Matthews and Houston associates Malakeh Hijazi and Daniel Jung.

Clean Energy Fuels Eyes Another ATM Offering

Through an at-the-market offering program, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. entered into a new equity distribution agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. 

The ATM equity offering involves the offer and sale of up to $100 million in common stock.

Gibson Dunn represented Goldman Sachs in the transaction with a team led by Houston partner Hillary Holmes with assistance from Houston associates Brian Downs and Zain Hassan. 

O’Melveny & Myers acted as special counsel to Clean Energy.

In addition to close to $100 million in proceeds from a prior ATM offering, Clean Energy plans to use the combined proceeds to develop and acquire renewable gas production projects and building fueling stations to support contracted RNG fueling volume, in addition to general corporate purposes.

Lincoln County Bancorp Closes $15M Notes Offering

Lincoln County Bancorp Inc. completed the issuance of $7.5 million in 10-year and $7.5 million in 15-year fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes.

Lincoln is the Missouri-based holding company for Peoples Bank & Trust Co., Exchange Bank of Northeast Missouri, New Frontier Bank, Peoples Bank of Altenburg and Bank of Louisiana.

Hunton Andrews Kurth advised the issuer in the transaction with a team led by Dallas partners Peter Weinstock and Beth A. Whitaker, along with San Francisco associate Lauren Chase Titolo.

Performance Trust Capital Partners served as sole placement agent for Lincoln County Bancorp. in connection with this issuance of subordinated debt. Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford advised the placement agent.

Lincoln plans to use the proceeds from the offering to fund potential future strategic opportunities and general corporate purposes.

Note: Sidley Austin’s role in the acquisition of Simple & Final by Bodega Latina, a subsidiary of Grupo Comercial Chedraui, was added to the CDT Roundup for the week ending May 15, 2021.

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