Thirteen Years of Texas M&A: Three Law Firms, 2,000 Deals, $2 Trillion

Lawyers at Kirkland, Latham and V&E say they see each other across the table in the biggest M&A deals in the Lone Star State. New Mergermarket data shows the dominance of the trio of law firms in Texas dealmaking is far from a new trend. The numbers are staggering. To be sure, other corporate law firms operating in Texas have done their fair share of dealmaking. The Texas Lawbook looks back at more than a dozen years of M&A and the law firms doing the work.

December 5, 2019 Mark Curriden

Mergermarket: Kirkland Sets Texas M&A Record for Second Straight Year

Kirkland & Ellis is having back-to-back record years for representing businesses and private equity firms doing deals in Texas. Three law firms – Kirkland, V&E and Latham & Watkins – hold the top 18 spots for having advised the most buyers, sellers and investment banks in M&A transactions in a single year. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

December 2, 2019 Mark Curriden

Q&A in the PE Space: Mike McGill of MHT Partners

Mike McGill co-founded MHT Partners in Dallas in the first half of 2001. The timing wasn't great. But McGill and MHT have endured, and Claire Poole talked to him about the growing influence of PE, what it takes to survive and what to expect after 2019.

December 2, 2019 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 11 Firms, 42 Lawyers, $2B

The U.S. is awash with private equity money at a time when deal activity is low, according to reports. Claire Poole explores that phenomenon plus the continuing slide in dealmaking activity involving Texas lawyers.

November 26, 2019 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 13 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $3.82B

Assets acquired through M&A are making up a bigger chunk of oil and gas companies’ inventories at a time when industry dealmaking has slowed down. Claire Poole discusses that paradox plus the dealmaking week that was (or wasn’t) by Texas lawyers.

November 20, 2019 Claire Poole

CDT Roundup: 25 Deals, 17 Firms, 182 Lawyers, $12.9B

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.

November 12, 2019 Claire Poole

The Corporate Deal Tracker M&A Master List

The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker documents every M&A transaction handled by lawyers based in Texas without regard to the location of their clients. The latest CDT chart documents 2019 non-confidential M&A deals to date.

November 8, 2019 Allen Pusey & Mark Curriden

CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 12 Firms, 61 Lawyers, $2.47B

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.

November 5, 2019 Claire Poole

DBJ: PE Provides Billions in Taxes in Texas

Private equity contributes an estimated $4.8 billion in state and local taxes, American Investment Council’s CEO and President Drew Maloney said in an interview with the Dallas Business Journal.

November 5, 2019 Rebecca Ayers of the Dallas Business Journal

CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 14 Firms, 70 Lawyers, $5.56B

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.

October 30, 2019 Claire Poole