Akin Gump Advised on Two of the Top 10 Texas M&A Deals of the Year
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(Houston) – Akin Gump lawyers advised on two of the top 10 Texas merger/acquisition transactions of 2022, according to The Texas Lawbook.
In January, a firm team co-led by corporate partners Wes Williams and Cole Bredthauer advised Tug Hill and its affiliates in the acquisition by Chesapeake Energy Corporate of Chief E&D Holdings, LP and associated non-operated interests held by affiliates of Tug Hill, Inc. for $2.65 billion. The transaction resulted in Chesapeake’s acquisition of approximately 113,000 net Marcellus Shale acres (learn more here).
In September, Wes Williams led the Akin Gump team that advised Tug Hill and affiliates in the $5.2 billion acquisition by EQT Corporation of Tug Hill and XcL Midstream (learn more here). The deal involved Tug Hill’s upstream assets and XcL’s midstream assets.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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