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So, we have a new president, one who has telegraphed his intentions regarding hydrocarbons. Decarbonization is going to be a big deal. The Keystone XL pipeline apparently isn't. Not only does it mark a break with the past, it may mark the point at which we recognized that lots of energy dollars had already moved on. In the CDT Roundup Caroline Evans explains.
For six of the past seven years, three law firms consistently rank as doing the most M&A deals in Texas. That did not change in 2020 - though all three saw a decline in deal activity. Only eight of the top 50 law firms involved in Texas dealmaking are Texas-based. Overall, M&A work declined for 27 of the top 50 firms and increased for only 19. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
The recent Blackstone investment in Dallas-based software provider ISN was satisfying to Bell Nunnally partner Larry Shosid. But maybe the most personally satisfying aspect of the deal was a chance to work with a former colleague: ISN general counsel Jim Skochdopole. Caroline Evans has the details.
No getting around it: The nation remains on guard, with the potential for disturbances at all 50 statehouses this weekend. It is a time, says Caroline Evans, for personal reflection, even as the corporate world has already moved to act. Last week's deals and more in the CDT Roundup.
In addition to its $2.2 billion purchase of Hygo Energy Transition, New Fortress will also take over Golar’s master limited partnership Golar LNG Partners in a cash deal with an enterprise value of $1.9 billion and an equity value of $251 million. Caroline Evans names the lawyers examines the strategy behind the two deals.
Proterra, a California-based EV manufacturing company, announced Tuesday that it is going public through a merger with an Arclight SPAC. Lots of Texas lawyers were involved. Caroline Evans has all the details and all the names.
What started out as a good year became a bad year but became a good year again. Mergermarket has the numbers, The Lawbook's Caroline Evans has the details.
An iconic Texas landowner with origins as the developer of an uncompleted transcontinental railroad has reorganized as a Delaware corporation. The move settles a longstanding proxy fight over governance of one of the largest land holdings in Texas. Caroline Evans has the names of the lawyers involved.
Maybe other kinds of legal work lagged in 2020, but the municipal bond market in Texas prospered as bond entities took advantage of favorable market conditions to push new projects or refinance old ones. The Lawbook's Nushin Huq has the names of the firms that benefitted from a very good, very strange year.
The DFW funding and investment scene was active in December, which included one of the largest funding rounds of the year. NTX Inno staff writer Kevin Cummings has the details.
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