CDT Roundup: Power Moves Supercharge the Week
It was a week could be easily and properly labeled "Infrastructure Week." Of the 10 M&A transactions reported last week, eight were related to energy or data center/storage infrastructure or both.
CDT Roundup: Energy Sector Leads the Charge
The week ending May 10 was, to say the least, brisk. Depending on how you count, there were 21 transactions valued at $21.5 billion or 24 valued at just over $30 billion. Either way, that's pretty fair traffic compared to last week's 11 deals for $4.2 billion. But it seems in keeping with last year's 22 deals for $14 billion at about this time. Maybe deals just wanted to close themselves for Mothers' Day.
CDT Roundup: Deal Volume Drops, But Big Moves Capture Spotlight
We saw a major DFW brand, Sabre, make a $1.1 billion divestiture, a shipping logistics acquisition, a good-sized banking deal, funding for a social care navigation platform, the acquisition of a Mexico-based supply chain platform and a $400 million PE commitment to a new E&P.
CDT Roundup: A ‘Rinse-and-Repeat’ Week
Last week looked much like the week that preceded it. The week ending April 26 saw a dozen deals for $8.8 billion. The preceding week saw 11 deals for $8.1 billion. This time last year we were reporting 19 transactions for $16 billion. Deals for the week included a couple of upstream asset acquisitions, a de-SPAC merger involving potential cancer cures, the sale of a waste-to-energy recycler, the acquisition by Japanese investors of Australian-owned asset management businesses, a couple of data center deals and the purchase of a school bus company still shaking off the effects of the pandemic.
CDT Roundup: Deals Still Lagging Versus Last Year at This Time
For the week ending April 19, there were 11 transactions for $8.1 billion. The deals included nine acquisitions involving a home design group, a portfolio of lifestyle brands, a pair of data center operations, a pair of power stations, a pure-play FPGA chip developer, an IPO and several investments in upstream producers. That and more in this week's edition of CDT Roundup.
CDT Roundup: Deals Dip to 14 From Previous Week
The week ending April 12 saw 14 deals reported with an aggregate value of only $2.7 billion. Don't let that mislead. It's both better and worse than the numbers suggest. There were 10 M&A/funding deals. But the bulk of the M&A/funding value was provided by a $1 billion fund closing. That and more in this week’s CDT Roundup, The Texas Lawbook's regular feature highlighting the work Texas dealmakers are doing inside and outside the state.
CDT Roundup: Final Deadline for Submitting Deals for Lawbook’s 1Q CDT Rankings
In this edition of the CDT Roundup, we take a look at a more robust deal week than we've seen recently, while the first-quarter deadline for being included in the rankings is later today. Plus, a helpful guide is now available for all things Corporate Deal Tracker. That and more in this week's CDT Roundup, our regular feature highlighting the work Texas dealmakers are doing inside and outside the state.
CDT Roundup: Deadline for Submitting Deals for M&A Rankings is Next Week
In this edition of CDT Roundup for the week ending March 29, there were 21 Texas-related transactions valued at a total $8.2 billion. The week prior had seen 19 deals for $6.5 billion. It was the third straight week of volume uptick since the 2025 low of seven deals for $2.2 billion for the week that ended March 8. This time last year, there were 12 deals for $9.3 billion. Also, The Texas Lawbook has new 2025 quarterly deadlines for deal submissions to qualify for its quarterly and annual firm and lawyer deal rankings. Firms and lawyers who wish to be considered for the first quarter and year-end Lawbook leaderboards for M&A and CapM must submit all of their first-quarter deals by April 7 at 5 p.m.
CDT Roundup: First Quarter Deadline for Filing Deals is Two Weeks Away
In this edition of CDT Roundup for the week ending March 22, the Corporate Deal Tracker saw 18 deals with an aggregate value of $5.2 billion. That eclipses the prior week in volume (13 deals) but falls far short in value ($13.7 billion). Still, the week parses well against the same week last year which saw 18 deals for $5.4 billion. Also, The Lawbook has new 2025 quarterly deadlines for deal submissions to qualify for its annual firm and lawyer deal rankings. Firms and lawyers who wish to be considered for the first quarter and year-end Lawbook leaderboards for M&A and CapM must submit all of their first-quarter deals by April 7 at 5 p.m.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 155 Lawyers, $13.7B
In this edition of CDT Roundup, there were 13 deals valued at $13.7 billion. Although the value included an $8.5 billion M&A transaction involving cellular infrastructure, that ranks far better than the prior week's anaemic 7 deals for $2.2 billion, whose value base included a $2 billion loan. For the same week in 2024, we saw 11 transactions valued at $11.4 billion.