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The Texas Lawbook

Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury

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CDT Roundup: 8 Deals, 8 Firms, 138 Lawyers, $6.6B

October 23, 2019 Claire Poole

It’s getting harder to be a private equity firm.

According to alternative investment data purveyor Preqin, worries of a global recession are impacting a range of investment markets, including private equity, leading activity to contract so far this year and the amount of capital deployed declining.

The value of private equity-backed buyouts in the third quarter – which amounted to $86 billion – was down by 15% over the same quarter last year – although the sum was an increase over a three-year low in the second quarter, Preqin reported.

Meanwhile, the money keeps rolling in, with private equity funds securing $417 billion in the first three quarters of 2019, up from $345 billion over the same period last year, according to Preqin. However, investors are flocking to established brands in this uncertain environment, with the 10 largest funds closing in the third quarter securing 77% of the total capital raised. 

“With competition high and the market environment challenging, fewer funds are entering private equity: the number of funds in market has dropped since the beginning of 2019,” the firm said.

Venture capital has been suffering as well, with $52 billion in financings in the third quarter – the lowest quarterly total in more than two years, Preqin said. The alternative investment community is clearly nervous about the future of the longest running economic expansion in history.

Back in the Lone Star State, the number of deals handled by Texas lawyers fell to eight with a value of $6.6 billion, versus 19 deals worth $4.3 billion the previous week and 18 transactions valued at almost $18.4 billion at the same time last year. There weren’t any capital markets/financing deals we could find. 

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
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

Eight law firms and 138 Texas lawyers were involved in the action. Energy transactions dominated, with consolidation continuing in the Permian Basin, private equity-backed midstream developers finding exits and one big oil company divesting a big asset while another expanded in a new growth area.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Kirkland, V&E counsel on Parsley’s $2.27B purchase of Jagged Peak

As The Texas Lawbook reported last week, Parsley Energy Inc. agreed to purchase fellow Permian Basin player Jagged Peak Energy Inc. for $2.27 billion.

The price included $1.645 billion in stock and $625 million in debt as of June 30. 

Kirkland counseled Austin-based Parsley with a team led by corporate partners Sean Wheeler, Doug Bacon and Kim Hicks with associates Jennifer Singh, Will Mabry and Camille Walker.

Others from Kirkland were capital markets partners Julian Seiguer and Michael Rigdon (Seiguer advised Parsley on several transactions while at V&E, including its $1.1 billion initial public offering); transactional partner Anthony Speier; executive compensation partner Scott Price and associate Laura Gallo; environmental transactions partner Paul Tanaka and associate Jim Dolphin; and tax partner David Wheat.

Kirkland said the transaction marks the 10th public energy M&A deal it has led over the last 12 months despite a tough market. 

V&E advised Denver-based Jagged Peak, which used the firm for its $474 million IPO in 2017.  Partner Steve Gill led the deal team with assistance from associates Alex Robertson, Mariam Boxwala, Madison Guidry, Elizabeth Janicki and Sydney Verner. 

Other Texas members of its team were partner Shane Tucker, counsel Dario Mendoza and associate Carolyn Exnicios on executive compensation/benefits; partner John Lynch on tax; partner Sean Becker and associate Peter Goetschel on labor/employment; and senior associate Matt Dobbins and associate Laura Ashdown on environmental.

Senior associate Joclynn Townsend and associate Alicia Vesely advised on energy transactions/projects; partner Guy Gribov and associate Alexander Kamel on finance; and partners Michael Holmes and Craig Zieminski on litigation. Antitrust matters were handled out of its Washington, D.C., office.

Parsley’s in-house counsel included general counsel Colin Roberts, senior counsel Matt Hendrix and corporate counsel Justin Hunter. Jagged Peak general counsel Christopher Humber led the deal in-house.

Tudor, Pickering, Holt provided financial advice to Parsley, including Travis Nichols, Maynard Holt, Paul Perea (a previous Baker Botts partner), Kirk Chatawanich, Eric Marshall, Joe Cavanaugh, Lauren Pattee, Jelena Pocuca, Addison Anders, Alden Mutchnik, Reese Dunn, Patrick Gould and Michael Waldron.

Citi assisted Jagged Peak (Chris Miller, Michael Shelly, Mark Shafir and Serge Tismen) along with RBC Capital Markets.

Analysts had named Jagged Peak as a potential takeover target last year. Parsley also has been thought of as a target, possibly by Chevron Corp., which lost Anadarko Petroleum to Occidental Petroleum earlier this year.

Under the agreement’s terms, Jagged Peak shareholders will receive 0.447 of a share of Parsley stock for each of their shares worth $7.59 per share, a 1.5% premium over the target’s 30-day volume weighted average price and 11.2% over its Oct. 11 closing price.

Seaport Global Securities senior analyst Mike Kelly said the deal is accretive on financial metrics “that matter,” that the companies’ combined positions “fit like a glove” and that the deal’s synergies are “real and significant,” which the firm estimates will boost net asset value by $550 million.

The parties expect to close the transaction in the first quarter of next year if it clears both sets of shareholders and regulators. Houston private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners, which owns 68% of Jagged Peak’s outstanding voting shares, committed to vote in favor of the transaction.

Parsley stockholders will end up with 77% of the combination and Jagged Peak shareholders will hold 23%. Parsley’s board will be expanded to 11 directors to include two members from Jagged Peak’s board. The combined company will be led by Parsley’s executive management team and remain headquartered in Austin.

Shearman, V&E, Kirkland aid on DTE’s $2.25B pipeline purchase from Momentum, Indigo

As The Lawbook also reported last week, DTE Midstream, a unit of Michigan utility DTE Energy, agreed to acquire a natural gas gathering system and pipeline in Louisiana’s Haynesville shale from private equity-backed Momentum Midstream and Indigo Natural Resources for $2.25 billion in cash.

The buyer also agreed to pay the seller $400 million when the 150-mile gathering pipeline that’s under construction is completed, which is expected in the second half of next year.

Reuters broke the story Thursday saying the deal was valued at around $2.5 billion, citing sources. The parties didn’t respond for requests to comment.

Shearman & Sterling represented DTE, including partners Omar Samji, Sarah McLean and Todd Lowther and associates Kelli Sims, Alix Charles and Douglas Goldstein.

Vinson & Elkins counseled Momentum Midstream with a corporate team led by partner Danielle Patterson with partner Keith Fullenweider, senior associate Jeannie Poland and associate Torie Berkowitz. 

Also advising were partners Todd Way and John Lynch and associates Brian Russell and Miron Klimkowski on tax; partner Sean Becker and senior associate Christie Alcalá on labor/employment; partners Stephen Jacobson and Brian Bloom and senior associate Mary Daniel Morgan on executive compensation/benefits; partner Larry Nettles on environmental; and counsel Damien Lyster on energy regulatory.

Others on the team were counsel Sarah Mitchell (insurance); associate Caitlin Snelson (finance); partners Doug Bland and Mark Brasher and associates Stephanie Coco, Megan Menniti, Jack Moxon and Tukeni Obasi; and senior associate Austin March and associate Ted Belden (corporate). Other attorneys pitched in from the firm’s Washington, D.C., New York and London offices.

Kirkland & Ellis assisted Indigo, including corporate partners John Pitts and Cyril Jones and associates Josh Abbotoy and Daniel Cadis and capital markets partners Matt Pacey, Brooks Antweil and Sara-Ashley Moreno.

Dechert is assisting with DTE Energy’s Hart-Scott-Rodino filing.

DTE Energy used financial advisor Barclays (Nelson Mabry) while Momentum tapped Jefferies (Peter Bowden, Brian Bravo and Chris Howey) and Credit Suisse (Tim Perry and Brian McCabe).

DTE expects to close the transaction in the fourth quarter if it clears regulators.

The purchase comes at a busy time for midstream deals, including Golden Gate’s $600 million sale of Hillstone to NGL Energy Partners and Energy Transfer’s $5.1 billion purchase of SemGroup, both in September.

Momentum is backed by Yorktown Partners, Ridgemont Equity Partners, Magnetar Capital, GSO Capital Partners and Trilantic Capital Partners.

Indigo has received funding from Trilantic, Yorktown and Ridgemont as well as the Martin Cos. Its general counsel is Robert W. Hunt Jr., who joined the company in 2016 after working at Cobalt International Energy as associate general counsel. The University of Texas Law-trained attorney started his legal career at V&E.

The main assets gather natural gas produced in the Haynesville and access multiple major downstream pipelines, including those serving the Gulf Coast. Indigo is the primary supplier to the system.

DTE Midstream also purchased the Link asset from Momentum in 2016 for $1.3 billion.

ConocoPhillips sells interests in Australia-West to Santos for $1.39B

Houston-based ConocoPhillips agreed last week to sell its units that hold its Australia-West assets and operations to Australian energy company Santos Ltd. for $1.39 billion.

The company said it also will receive a payment of $75 million upon final investment decision of the Barossa development project. Regulators have to clear the deal, which should close in the first quarter of next year.

ConocoPhillips general counsel Kelly Rose said the transaction was primarily handled out of Australia – the primary in-house lawyer was David Bridges with assistance from Hal Fiske and Dagfinn Nygaard. Its outside counsel was Clayton Utz partner Emma Covacevich in Brisbane.

The ConocoPhillips units hold its 37.5% interest in the Barossa project and Caldita field, its 56.9% interest in the Darwin liquefied natural gas, or LNG, facility and Bayu-Undan field, its 40% interest in the Poseidon field and its 50% interest in the Athena field. 

ConocoPhillips is keeping its 37.5% interest in the Australia Pacific LNG project and operatorship of the project’s LNG facility. Proceeds from the transaction will be used for general corporate purposes.

“We are extremely proud of our work in Australia-West over the last 20 years,” ConocoPhillips COO Matt Fox said in the press release. “While we believe the Darwin LNG backfill project remains among the lower cost of supply options for new global LNG supply, this transaction allows us to allocate capital to other projects that we believe will generate the highest long-term value to ConocoPhillips.”

The assets being sold produced around 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first half of 2019 and their proved reserves were about 39 million barrels of oil equivalent at year-end 2018.

Latham advises Total on $600M expansion of Adani partnership

French energy giant Total has agreed to expand its partnership with Adani Group by acquiring 37.4% of Adani Gas Ltd. in deal valued at $600 million.

Latham & Watkins represented Total with a team led out of London with help from Houston partner Ryan Maierson. AZB & Partners provided Indian law advice.

To reach the 37.4% stake in Adani Gas in accordance with Indian stock market regulations and subject to regulatory approvals, Total will initially launch a tender offer to public shareholders to acquire up to 25.2% of equity shares before buying the remaining stock from the Adani family. 

Total and the Adani family will ultimately hold 37.4% each, with the remaining 25.2% held by public shareholders.

The Indian natural gas market represents a growth opportunity for Total. It only makes up 7% of energy consumption but has expanded by more than 5% per year over the last three years through the support of the Indian government. India aims to make natural gas 15% of its energy mix by 2030, and develop domestic use of gas in cities and as fuel for vehicles.

The 50/50 partnership between Adani and Total includes several assets across the gas value chain, including two import and regasification liquefied natural gas terminals – Dhamra in East India and potentially Mundra in the West  – as well as Adani Gas, one of the four main distributors of city gas in India. Total is the world’s second-largest LNG player.

Adani aims to expand its gas distribution over the next 10 years through its 38 concessions covering 7.5% of the Indian population and market natural gas to industrial, commercial and domestic customers. It’s targeting 6 million homes and 1,500 retail outlets of natural gas for vehicles. 

Total chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné said in a statement that energy needs in India are immense and the Indian energy mix is key to the climate change challenge.

“Firmly investing to develop the use of natural gas in India is in line with Total’s ambition to become the responsible energy major,” he said. “Adani will bring its knowledge of the local market and its expertise in the infrastructure and energy sectors. This partnership with Adani is cornerstone to our development strategy in this country.”

Sabre acquires Radixx for $110M

Southlake-based travel technology provider Sabre Corp. announced Oct. 15 that it’s buying Radixx for $110 million, which includes payments to debtholders.

A Sabre spokeswoman wouldn’t provide the company’s in-house and outside legal counsel on the deal. 

The company’s legal department is led by general counsel Aimee Williams-Ramey and deputy general counsel Steve Barry. Hogan Lovells said it represented the company with a team led out of its Silicon Valley office.

Robert W. Baird & Co. provided financial advice to Radixx on the transaction, including Jordan Klein. Sabre paid for the deal with cash on hand.

By joining forces, the companies are poised to best serve the fastest growing segment in airline travel, Sabre said in a statement.

The buyer said Orlando-based Radixx is a leading airline retailing software provider with an established presence in the low cost carrier, or LCC, space, which has grown twice as fast as full-service carriers over the past five years and makes up nearly 30% of global passengers who board annually. 

Radixx’s customers are in Europe, South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Sabre expects the acquisition to help it offer retailing, distribution and fulfillment capabilities to serve the rapidly expanding market. Radixx’s signature products are an LCC passenger service system, or PSS, and an internet booking engine.

“This acquisition will result in a better alternative for low cost carriers that might have otherwise felt their PSS and other technology options were limited,” Sabre CEO Sean Menke said. “This acquisition also allows Sabre to quickly expand its footprint both geographically and in terms of scope of service with an important and rapidly growing segment of the airline industry.”

John Elieson is CEO of Radixx, which will operate as a standalone unit in Sabre’s airline solutions business.

Radixx is expected to generate $20 million in sales this year. Sabre expects the purchase to have an immaterial impact on its results this year and be modestly dilutive to its adjusted earnings per share next year due to expected investment. But it expects the purchase to add to earnings in the medium term.

V&E advises SailPoint on Orkus, OverWatchID acquisitions for $37.5M

Vinson & Elkins said it advised Austin-based SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc. on its acquisition of Orkus and OverWatchID for $37.5 million.

The corporate team was led by partner Wes Jones with assistance from senior associate Michael Gibson and associates Kate Rainey and Vaughn Miller. 

Others in the group were partner Shane Tucker and associate Gina Hancock on executive compensation/benefits; partner Sean Becker and senior associate Alex Bluebond (labor/employment); partner Devika Kornbacher and associate Ben Cukerbaum (intellectual property/technology transactions); and partner Todd Way and associates Allyson Seger and Emily Fawcett (tax).

SailPoint’s general counsel is Christopher Schmidt, who joined the company after working in private practice at Vinson Elkins for almost 11 years, seven-plus years as a partner. The University of Michigan-educated lawyer was an associate at Baker Botts between 2000 and 2006.

SailPoint said the two acquisitions will help organizations govern access to all applications, including the rapidly emerging cloud infrastructures for their digital business.

SailPoint chief product officer Paul Trulove said in a statement that as the adoption of cloud applications and infrastructure-as-a-service environments such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud continue to skyrocket, organizations need to better address how they control access to such resources to avoid introducing new areas of security, operational and regulatory risk.

“With Orkus, we’re addressing the increasingly dynamic nature of access in IaaS platforms, enabling customers to leverage AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) technologies to continuously monitor access relationships and patterns for every cloud resource,” he said. “And with OverWatchID, we’re adding a new dimension to SailPoint Predictive Identity by tapping into OverWatchID’s use of activity information to improve the application of access controls, particularly in cloud-based environments.”

Orkus and OverWatchID will be integrated into SailPoint’s predictive identity platform in the first half of next year, giving organizations access to a new approach to governing cloud environments.

SailPoint doesn’t expect to generate any material revenue from the acquisitions in the quarter ending Dec. 31, when they will add $2 million in non-GAAP expense. 

Locke Lord, DLA, Porter Hedges aid on Woodland’s gas system acquisition from Canyon

Locke Lord said Oct. 14 it represented EIV Capital-backed Woodland Midstream II on its acquisition of the James Lake gas system in the Permian Basin for an undisclosed sum.

Locke Lord partners Mitch Tiras and Greg Heath in Houston led the team that counseled Woodland. 

Other team members included Jerry Higdon, Sara Longtain, Tammi Niven, Buddy Sanders, Hunter Summerford, Ed Razim, Chris Verducci, Michelle Gutierrez-Begin, DeLaina Mulcahy, A.J. Davitt, Liz Genter and Stuart Lawson, all of Houston; Van Jolas and Chris Schrauff in Dallas; and attorneys in the firm’s Chicago and New York offices.

Woodland didn’t name the seller of the system, but it previously was owned by Canyon Midstream. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors committed $300 million to Canyon back in 2012.

DLA Piper partner Drew Baldinger and associate Emma Jiang in Houston advised Kayne on the deal and Porter Hedges partner Kevin Poli, also of Houston, assisted Canyon. Kayne’s general counsel is Kevin Brophy in Houston.

The sour gas gathering, treatment and processing system, which Canyon developed in 2014 and expanded in 2016, has 230 miles of pipeline.

V&E, Orrick aid on Basalt’s purchase of Third Coast Midstream

Vinson & Elkins said Oct. 17 it advised a fund managed by Basalt Infrastructure Partners II on its definitive agreement to buy Third Coast Midstream’s natural gas transmission business for an undisclosed sum.

Partner Mike Saslaw in Dallas led the corporate team with help from counsel Elena Sauber, associate Alex Turner and senior associate Robert Stelton-Swan. 

Also advising were partner David Peck and associate Jake Wight on tax; partner Larry Nettles on environmental; partner Sean Becker and senior associate Christie Alcalá on labor/employment; partner Shane Tucker and counsel Regina Ibarra on executive compensation/benefits; counsel Sarah Mitchell on litigation; counsel Scot Dixon on real estate.

Orrick counseled Houston-based Third Coast with a group led by Houston partner Blake H. Winburne. Others were Brad Gathright, Adam Kowis, Ayla Vilander and Dao Huynh with John Narducci and Jamie Larkin on tax, Lisa Tonery on gas regulatory matters, Jason Flaherty on employment and benefits, Darrell Thomas for real property matters and Bob Lawrence on environmental.  

Barclays was financial advisor for London-based Basalt (including R. Stuart McIntyre in New York) and RBC Capital Markets assisted Third Coast, including Andy Hull in Houston and Prabhu Rajamani in New York.

Basalt partner David Greenblatt said in the press release that the deal represents a rare opportunity to invest in demand-driven, regulated “last-mile” natural gas pipelines serving utilities and other end-user customers in the southeastern U.S.

“The business is strategically positioned to capture continued industrial growth in the region,” he said. “Cash flows from the business are anchored by long-term firm transportation contracts with a diverse customer base of utility, power and industrial customers.”

Third Coast CEO and president Matt Rowland said the sale is another step in the company’s strategic repositioning to focus on its core Gulf of Mexico infrastructure platform.

Third Coast was known as American Midstream before it was taken private by shareholder ArcLight Energy Partners earlier this year.

The assets being sold include regulated natural gas lateral pipelines stretching 550 miles with connections to eight major long-haul pipelines, which supply gas to customers across Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas.

The deal has to clear customary closing conditions, including expiration or termination of applicable regulatory waiting periods. It represents Basalt’s ninth investment in its second flagship fund.

UPDATE/OTHER:

Whiting Petroleum Corp. is working on a possible all-stock acquisition of San Antonio-based Abraxas Petroleum Corp., according to Reuters on Oct. 14 citing sources.

Abraxas wouldn’t comment, although it did say it had hired Petrie Partners to help it explore opportunities related to its interests in North Dakota’s Williston Basin. The company has sold non-operated interests in the Bakken.

Abraxas, which operates in the Rocky Mountains, the Permian Basin of West Texas, and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, is led by Abraxas CEO Bob Watson.

A combination with Abraxas would boost Whiting’s acreage in the second-largest U.S. shale field by output and spread its overhead costs over greater production, the news agency said.

Cameron Gulley is Abraxas’ in-house counsel and the company has used Dykema (partner Jeff Gifford) and Jackson Walker (partners Steve Jacobs, Byron Egan and Stephanie Chandler) on deals in the past.

In May Abraxas shed its interest in certain non-operated properties in the Williston to an undisclosed buyer for $15.5 million with Petrie Partners advising it. And on Oct. 3 it said it sold two non-core asset packages, including one in South Texas, to unnamed buyers for $7.9 million.

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Telecom and media giant AT&T is in talks with billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management Corp. to resolve the activist investor’s campaign for asset sales and management changes, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 18. AT&T would’t comment. Elliott revealed a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T last month and said it wanted changes to boost the company’s shareholder value, including a possible sale or spinoff of its DirecTV unit. It recently sold its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Latin America for $1.95 billion. Goldman Sachs was reported to be advising AT&T on a defense. Its general counsel is David McAtee.

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Two more Katten deals that didn’t make it to us: The firm’s Dallas office advised Highlander Partners-backed Lund on its sale to Truck Hero, a portfolio company of CCMP Capital Advisors, this past May for an undisclosed sum.  The Katten team included partners Mark Solomon and Peter Bogdanow as well as partner Wade Glover and associates Jessica Schauwecker and Aaron Pinegar (tax).

Katten also advised Highlander-backed audio and video solutions provider Biamp Systems in July on its acquisition of Audioprof Group International from Belgium’s 3d Investors, also for an undisclosed sum.  That team included Solomon as well as partner Bill Rivers. Lincoln International was Audioprof’s financial advisor and Regions Bank led a group in providing senior financing facilities to support the transaction

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Oilfield services provider Schlumberger has sold a second fleet of Smith International assets to Yellowjacket Oilfield Services for $7 million, according to an exclusive report in the Houston Business Journal last week. Yellowjacket CEO Joe Chandler and William Batzer, deputy general counsel of M&A at Schlumberger, didn’t respond to requests for comment. Winston & Strawn’s Houston office has advised Schlumberger on asset sales in the past. Yellowjacket is backed by Texas businessman Lacy Harber and has bought other Schlumberger assets. It generates around $100 million in sales and recently moved its headquarters from Midland to Houston, the HBJ said.

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