CDT Roundup: Sempra Deals Lead Another $22.8B Week

The week that ended Sept. 27 had 24 deals reported with an overall value of nearly $22.6 billion led by two billion-dollar transactions by one of the largest utility builders in North America. KKR & Co. is getting a 45% stake in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, which also sold a 49.9% minority interest in Port Arthur LNG operations to a group led by Blackstone.

Elsewhere, a Houston pricing analytics company is being taken private for $1.4 billion cash; two Austin born and bred spirits companies are merging to expand the reach of their growing brands; a Utah-based software company gets funding to scale its legal operating system; a customer experience company acquires a customer intelligence platform to further track consumer habits; while two Houston medical clinics and two North Texas electricity co-ops join forces in separate deals.