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A group of Houston King & Spalding lawyers said Wednesday that they advised the Japanese Sojitz Corp. in its acquisition of a 33 percent equity stake in the Birdsboro Power Plant, a Philadelphia-area natural gas-fired combined-cycle power generating facility near the Marcellus Shale.

A group of Houston King & Spalding lawyers said Wednesday that they advised the Japanese Sojitz Corp. in its acquisition of a 33 percent equity stake in the Birdsboro Power Plant, a Philadelphia-area natural gas-fired combined-cycle power generating facility near the Marcellus Shale.

This latest installment in the 2016 Corporate Deal Tracker series breaks down the value range that most Texas-based lawyers’ M&A work fell under. It also reveals which law firms did the most small deals, mid-sized deals, and bonus: who did the most deals with confidential values.

Houston Lawyers at Latham & Watkins, Andrews Kurth Kenyon and Vinson & Elkins likely had no case of the Monday blues after closing an initial public offering that they initially filed nearly three years ago. It wasn’t just any IPO either; it was for Houston-based Hess Midstream Partners, the only midstream master limited partnership besides Noble Midstream Partners to successfully close an IPO since 2015, and only one of three MLP IPOs in general to close in the past year. (The other was Kimbell Royalty Partners, a mineral and royalty interest-focused company that closed an IPO in January).

Houston Lawyers at Latham & Watkins, Andrews Kurth Kenyon and Vinson & Elkins likely had no case of the Monday blues after closing an initial public offering that they initially filed nearly three years ago. It wasn’t just any IPO either; it was for Houston-based Hess Midstream Partners, the only midstream master limited partnership besides Noble Midstream Partners to successfully close an IPO since 2015, and only one of three MLP IPOs in general to close in the past year. (The other was Kimbell Royalty Partners, a mineral and royalty interest-focused company that closed an IPO in January).

A former FBI agent who led the U.S. security operations of Shell Oil Co. has sued the oil giant after his superiors refused to hire a security advise because the man was allegedly too old and the wrong gender. But now the litigation is testing the limits of employee confidentiality agreements.

A former FBI agent who led the U.S. security operations of Shell Oil Co. has sued the oil giant after his superiors refused to hire a security advise because the man was allegedly too old and the wrong gender. But now the litigation is testing the limits of employee confidentiality agreements.

7-Eleven Slurpee lovers likely rejoiced this morning after learning the Irving company will purchase most of Sunoco’s convenience stores for $3.3 billion. The deal, which will bring the frozen drink to more locations in 18 states primarily along the East Coast and Texas, launches an effort by Sunoco to divest a bulk of its convenience stores so the Dallas-based master limited partnership can focus on its fuel supply business.