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Kirkland Texas Amps Up the Deal Machine (All the Way to 11)

August 13, 2026 Jason Philyaw

The Kirkland & Ellis Texas team did not need long to make its case this week with a Texas Triangle deal blitz stretching from Canada to West Texas.

In less than 24 hours, the firm’s public relations team, almost as busy as its deal team, rolled out a rapid-fire run of transactions involving its Austin, Dallas and Houston dealmakers, from a $2.6 billion AI-cloud financing to a $1.8 billion Aeroplan investment, an Ohio consulting-firm deal and more.

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Jason Philyaw

Jason compiles the weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup and covers the dealmakers behind the deals.

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