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Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q2 2024

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UNITED STATES - - Agencies Revisiting Consummated Mergers - What’s old is new again, as agencies are increasingly scrutinizing consummated mergers from years past. In May 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust...more

Morgan Lewis

Q&A: From Shale to Scale: Key Market Trends and Issues Impacting Upstream Oil and Gas M&A

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Following Morgan Lewis’s most recent Evening in Energy, hosted in the firm’s Houston office, Energy Industry co-leader Andrew Gallo spoke with the event’s keynote speaker Steve Almrud about the trends he’s seeing in the...more

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Oil & Gas Valuation: 5 Questions to Ask When Stock Is Used As Consideration

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Over the last several years, an acquiring company’s stock has become a more commonly used currency in upstream oil & gas merger and acquisition transactions. This trend can be attributed to its benefits, such as providing...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 14 March 2024

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COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11288 - Tapestry / Capri) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11443 - Adnoc / Fertiglobe)...more

Oliva Gibbs LLP

Flying Under the Federal Radar: Deals Under the HSR Filing Threshold Provide Scrutiny-Free Opportunities for Operators

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Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquistions: A $100 Billion Shift - As happens periodically, consolidation mania has once again seized the oilpatch.  There have been multiple oil and gas acquisitions totaling over $100 billion by...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

M&A Activity Remains Cool Despite Megadeals Trends in Oil & Gas Series: Part 2 of 5

It seems likely the year ahead will see only a modest rebound in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity. Among the challenges that remain for 2024, one challenge to further deal activity is the potential shortage of attractive...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trends in Oil & Gas: 2023 and the Year Ahead

The past 12 months have been some of the trickiest to navigate for oil & gas companies in recent memory. Despite high energy prices and record cashflows, there is still uncertainty about what future paths to growth might look...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Ready to Rebound: Canada's 2024 M&A Landscape

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While Canadian M&A activity continued to lag in 2023 as compared to 2021 and early 2022 in terms of transaction value and volume, as reflected in a significant downturn in exits in Q3, there remain a number of reasons for...more

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Big Oil displays commitment to net zero through dealmaking

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Recent megadeals like ExxonMobil’s proposed US$60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources and Chevron’s US$53 billion move for Hess underscore the industry’s focus on delivering oil and gas as part of the energy mix....more

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Canada's M&A Landscape Q3 2023: Special Edition on Energy

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In this special edition of Bennett Jones' quarterly M&A update, we look at deal activity in Canada's energy sector and what the key takeaways from WPC might tell us about what's to come....more

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[Webinar] M&A Series: Unique Considerations in Petroleum & Commercial Fuel Transactions - September 19th, 11:00 am - 11:15 am ET

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It has been an active time for transactions in the Petroleum and Commercial Fuel industries as long-standing family concerns cash out and institutional buyers look to drive shareholder value. These deals can be fraught with...more

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Sectors overview: M&A activity ebbs across the board

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With some rare exceptions—namely in the oil & gas and energy sectors—deal activity was down in 2022 as a sense of fatigue set in following a prolonged period of high deal activity and as inflation and rising interest rate...more

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Mergers + Acquisitions: 5 Tips For Navigating FCPA Risks

Among the risks inherent in a merger or an acquisition, few bring the financial and reputational consequences of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). Background - The FCPA prohibits the offer, promise,...more

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Climate Principles for Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquisitions: Environmental Defense Fund/Ceres Publishes Report

The Environmental Defense Fund and Ceres (collectively, “EDF”) have published a report titled: Tackling Transferred Emissions: Climate Principles for Oil and Gas Mergers and Acquisitions (“Report”)...more

Opportune LLP

Q&A: The State Of Oil & Gas M&A Activity & What To Expect In 2023

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The current landscape of M&A and A&D dealmaking in the U.S. oil and gas industry looks a lot different than what it did in the 2015-2019 period. During the pandemic, commodity prices sank to historically low levels (WTI crude...more

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Canada's M&A Landscape Q3 2022: It's Not If, It's When

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While Canadian M&A activity slowed in Q3, many companies and investors continue to have the appetite and capital to do M&A transactions, including private equity funds who continue to seek accretive opportunities to deploy...more

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US utilities M&A remains resilient in H1

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The US utilities dealmaking scene appears to be springing back to life. Following two years of below average activity amid the pandemic, there are positive signs of a revival in deal activity. There were 24 deals in the...more

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Oil & gas dealmaking continues to ride high in H1

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Dealmaking within the US O&G sector remained largely in line with H1 2021's strong activity, despite the ongoing challenges facing the industry. A total of 85 deals valued at US$44.2 billion were announced in the sector in...more

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Bargain Purchases In Energy Business Combinations: A Rarity Explained

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In the years since FAS 141 (now codified as ASC 805, Business Combinations) was implemented in 2001, the vast majority of business combinations have resulted in the recognition of goodwill or have been goodwill/bargain...more

Troutman Pepper

FTC Requires Divestitures in Gasoline Terminal Deal

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The FTC is increasingly focused on competition in gasoline and fuel markets and has “redoubl[ed] its commitment” to “aggressive antitrust enforcement” in these areas. The most recent example of this renewed commitment came...more

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Oil & gas M&A trends up due to recovery in demand and the pressing need for clean energy

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Increased energy demand as economies moved out of COVID-19 restrictions through 2021 helped oil & gas M&A continue its recovery in H2. Deal values jumped by 24 percent year-on-year to US$102.7 billion in 2021, while the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] Energy M&A—Today and Tomorrow

In this episode, Akin Gump corporate partners Wesley Williams and Jessica Hammons take a wide-ranging look at the oil and gas industry in the U.S. and discuss the investment and transaction present and future in that...more

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Opportunities For Post-Acquisition Optimization

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Find out what goes into the transfer of a refinery asset and why post-acquisition integration is where true value is delivered to the buyer....more

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Navigating The Energy Transition: Oil & Gas Industry’s Long Road Ahead

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Find out why upstream oil and gas companies are playing the long game on the path towards an energy transition....more

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Oil & Gas Valuation: 5 Things To Consider When Stock Is Used As Consideration

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Here are five concepts to keep in mind when utilizing stock as a form of consideration in an oil and gas transaction....more

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