The Environmental Protection Agency’s new pending requirement that companies report their use of forever chemicals could impose a tough burden on companies across many industry sectors. This article breaks down the proposed rule and identifies what Texas companies can do to prepare for compliance.
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CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 15 Firms, 222 Lawyers, $18.7B
With oil prices up 40% since spring, it’s not surprising that there is modest optimism among O&G industry watchers that producers will see increases in borrowing strength in both the credit and exchange markets. The 14th edition of Haynes and Boone’s Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey predicts as much, but with some surprising differences between producers and bankers. The CDT Roundup has those details, as well as last week’s deals.
Crestwood Buys Oasis Midstream in $1.8B Deal
Baker Botts led the deal for Crestwood while V&E represented Oasis. Claire Poole has the nuts and bolts of the deal and names of the lawyers involved.
Frost Brown Todd Expands Dallas Office with Three Hires from Three Different Firms
The firm’s new recruits include a former member of the Texas House of Representatives and an experienced office managing partner.
Dealogic: Kirkland, V&E, Gibson, Weil Led Hot Q3 Texas M&A
Editor’s Note: Multiple law firms contacted The Texas Lawbook this week stating that the Dealogic data provided to The Lawbook under-reported the number of transactions they worked on during the third quarter of 2021. We have forwarded those concerns to Dealogic, which has promised to provide updated data. As soon as The Lawbook receives the data, we will publish it immediately. The Lawbook apologizes for any confusion.
In a quarter that saw more mergers and acquisitions than any three-month period in the past seven years, five law firms represented clients in 10 or more M&A transactions in which the buyers, sellers or targets were headquartered in Texas, according to Dealogic, an independent research firm that provides M&A data on Texas-based companies exclusively to The Texas Lawbook. Guess who is No. 1 … again…
Rising Oil Prices and M&A: “It Looks Like a Very Busy Fourth Quarter”
West Texas Crude, which was barely over $60 per barrel as recently as August, is hovering over $80 this week. The rise has been steady enough and it’s certainly stirred the M&A market. But can it be trusted? We have no idea. So our Claire Poole asked a few of her trusted experts.
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The Carbon Capture Opportunity for Midstreamers
The transition to a net-zero energy marketplace is an unprecedented investment opportunity for midstream operators and energy infrastructure stakeholders who are willing to rise to the challenge. But there are a number of commercial and legal considerations for stakeholders pursuing CCUS projects.
Q&A with New Sidley Partner Trent Bridges
The former assistant general counsel at Magellan Midstream Partners discussed his recent move to Houston, his experience working with Sidley while at Magellan and key issues facing midstream companies.
M&A: Not Just a Good Q3
In the third quarter of 2021 there were 437 M&A transactions involving Texas businesses in deals worth more than $84 billion, according to exclusive data provided to The Texas Lawbook by Dealogic. But that isn’t even the good news. The Lawbook has more.
Updated: Four UDF Execs Indicted & Lawyered Up; Kyle Bass’ Lawyer Speaks Up
A lawyer for one of the four executives of Grapevine-based United Development Funding who have been indicted on federal securities fraud and wire fraud told The Texas Lawbook that the allegations are baseless and vexatious and the result of “the egregiousness of the government’s misconduct” in the case. But a lawyer for Dallas hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, who initially raised the allegations that UDF was a Ponzi scheme in 2015, talked exclusively to The Lawbook about the case. The Lawbook has the in-depth and updated details of the criminal and civil cases in the Northern District of Texas and Dallas County, as well as news of a sealed lawsuit filed in the Eastern District by UDF against the federal authorities investigating them.