Texas-based M&A lawyers worked on 24 percent more deals last year than they did in 2015, new data from The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker shows.
This article highlights everything you need to know about the data – from the percentage increase and reasons behind energy deals doing better, to which other sectors saw a significant increase in deals, to what is anticipated for deal flow in 2017.
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