CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 8 Firms, 98 Lawyers, $8.9B
This week's numbers may hold a glimpse of a foreseeable future: one full of DIP lending, consolidation, reshuffled credit, renewable energy and re-securitized debt.
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This week's numbers may hold a glimpse of a foreseeable future: one full of DIP lending, consolidation, reshuffled credit, renewable energy and re-securitized debt.
The oil and gas industry is still reeling from "Black April" — when the NYMEX oil benchmark hit bottom and kept going. Last week two major price reporting agencies launched their own benchmarks aiming to solve the problem by setting the price of Texas oil in Texas.
We know you're worried that oil is still hovering stubbornly around $40bbl. But as the weekly CDT Roundup explains, it could be worse: you could be in retail.
Maybe misery doesn't always love company. But every once in a while it does enjoy taking inventory. Allen Pusey, standing in for Claire Poole, explains in this week's roundup.
As oil prices teased $40bbl last week, the market revealed the wary side of itself. But Texas dealmaking for the first week in June matched last year's numbers, even if they involved some unexpected players.
In weeks when good news looks good by simply not being apocalyptic — slower coronavirus death rates, modest reopening of public spaces, oil prices above zero — you're just going to have to lower your standards. Keep that in mind when you're hunting for good news in this week's CDT Roundup.
Word this week that a $5.5 billion bank merger was scrubbed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic may only be the beginning of the bad news from the Corporate Deal Tracker. 'Buckle up' is the lesson gleaned from this week's belated report. Be sure to see a note about that and the absence — for the moment — of our friend and colleague, Claire Poole.
Most alternative investors are sticking to their long-term plans despite the coronavirus, although they differ on when business will return to normal, while deal flow involving Texas lawyers continues to trend upward.
The capital markets continued to provide more solid companies with the cash they need to keep going through the coronavirus pandemic.
The impact of the coronavirus on pending transactions may be overstated, according to one law firm, while new deals involving Texas lawyers slumped last week. Claire Poole reports.
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