Published by Gbaf News
Posted on July 15, 2014
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Through the first half of 2014, Baker Botts lawyers have advised clients on more than 38 major merger & acquisition transactions (including spin-offs) valued in excess of $56.6 billion.
The firm’s M&A activity for the first half of the year is up more than 163% ($35.1 billion) compared to the first half of 2013 when the firm worked on transactions totaling $21.5 billion.
Baker Botts lawyers represented clients in a number of notable transactions over the past six months, including:
David Kirkland
“The firm’s activity in merger and acquisition transactions has been strong for the start of this year, and we expect to see the trend continuing into the second half of the year,” said David Kirkland, chair of Baker Botts’ Corporate Practice. “Energy and media deals have been particularly strong. Transaction structures ranging from spin-offs that form pure plays to joint ventures that allow parties to combine similar businesses while retaining an ownership stake are supplementing the traditional public company M&A deals.”
Additional information about the firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice is available here.
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