By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO Oil prices have been unsettled recently, dropping to prices last seen in August 2016, before gaining ground days later after new data showed a decline in U.S. production. This recent dip into bear market territory is likely due more to speculation than to the fundamentals of supply and...
DALLAS, July 6, 2017 – Capital Alliance Corp., a Dallas-based investment bank that specializes in middle-market merger and acquisition transactions, has expanded its innovative special projects group (SPG). The SPG team is a unique resource that the firm uses to blend research and analytics to support the needs and objectives of its clients. “We believe...
The growth of minority-owned businesses in the United States has been nothing short of remarkable, and firms owned by South Asians are among the fastest growing — providing substantial wealth creation in cities across the nation. While the West Coast and the Northeast have been well-known for entrepreneurial activity by Asian-Americans and South Asian immigrants,...
By Eric Snethkamp SafeGuard World International While each international M&A transaction is different, many divestitures, spinoffs and asset-based purchases include a transfer of human capital, which can be complicated by different rules and regulations in each country where a multinational company operates. Businesses involved in cross-border merger and acquisition transactions may want to consider the...
By Lord Leigh of Hurley & Peter Gray Cavendish Corporate Finance Note: Like Capital Alliance, Cavendish is a member firm of Oaklins, a group of mid-market M&A advisors operating in 40 countries. The following thoughts were presented at a recent Oaklins conference in Hong Kong. Uncertainty and fear permeated the United Kingdom after the U.K....
When crude prices plummeted three years ago, oil companies sliced jobs, cut rig counts and buttoned down the hatches to survive, but they also embraced technology and cost-saving innovations. Oil prices have begun to rise again, but we don’t expect companies to back off their commitments to technological improvements in the oilfield. Companies have experienced...
The International Energy Agency expects U.S. oil production to be 680,000 barrels per day higher at the end of this year than it was at the end of 2016 as cuts by OPEC have brought the global market back toward equilibrium. It’s the halftime stretch for production cuts agreed to by the Organization of the...
By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO Demand for experienced third-party oil & gas pipeline integrity services is at an all-time high, as pressure on pipeline operators to address public safety concerns, the costs of maintaining in-house integrity staff and other factors have boosted demand. Growth is also being driven by a rise in domestic...
Technology innovators especially attractive as M&A targets Oil & gas activity rose during the first quarter in Texas, Louisiana and southern New Mexico, according to energy executives responding to the quarterly Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Energy Survey — news that bodes well for M&A activity in the oilfield services sector. Service companies that made...
President Trump’s commitment to domestic energy production, combined with a promise to reduce financial regulations, should expand the opportunities for North American merger and acquisition deals in the oilfield services and manufacturing subsector. Trump energized the industry during his first days in office by signing several executive orders that could significantly boost the revival of...
