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Corporate executives and advisors are less bullish about the outlook for U.S. M&A citing economic, trade and political uncertainties, according to a recent survey. Claire Poole also reports on a blockbuster week for the Corporate Deal Tracker.
Capital markets continue to be challenging for oil and gas explorers, leading credit facilities to become an important liquidity source. Claire Poole reports on that as well as a down week for deal activity involving Texas lawyers.
Despite a global dealmaking slowdown in Q3, one data firm expects North American M&A to still surpass $2 trillion this year. Claire Poole reports on that plus the deals for the week that was.
Private equity activity has slowed down this year while M&A involving Texas lawyers did the same this past week. Consolidation continued in the Permian Basin, private equity-backed midstream developers found exits and a big oil company divested a big asset while another expanded in a new growth area.
Lawyers talked trends at UT Law School’s M&A Institute last week, from reps and warranties insurance to deal flow, while transaction activity kept humming along. Claire Poole reports.
M&A numbers may be down across the globe, but there is one sector that is holding its own: U.S. oil and gas. In her weekly Roundup Claire Poole explores the data along with last week's deals involving Texas lawyers.
Global M&A activity looks pretty sickly so far this year, falling 11% to $2.8 trillion – the slowest pace in more than two years, according to Refinitiv. But conditions may be turning around, with dealmaking among Texas lawyers hopping last week. Claire Poole reports.
Despite rising valuations, investors remain giddy about private equity, with 40% of those surveyed saying they planned to commit more capital to the asset class and 68% looking to target small to mid-market buyout funds. Claire Poole reports on that plus dealmaking involving Texas lawyers last week.
Activist investors hit one of Texas’ largest companies and dealmaking value reached high numbers thanks to one law firm’s advice to a new real estate fund, the largest ever.
The public markets are shrinking while private equity is expanding, with investors putting 14% of their assets in private markets, a number that's expected to balloon to 20% over the next 10 years. Private equity deals are increasingly showing up on the Corporate Deal Tracker, making up half of last week’s activity after the Labor Day holiday. Claire Poole reports on the trend.
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