A large contingent of Texas corporate lawyers kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday in style with the announcement that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Natural Gas Partners, Crestview Partners and Itochu Corporation had agreed to purchase $7.2 billion in assets from Oklahoma-based Samson Investment Company, which is a large oil and gas exploration and production company.
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