M&A

Flowserve’s Merger with Chart Industries Is Off, Edged by Baker Hughes’ $13.6B Offer

by | Jul 29, 2025
Irving-based Flowserve's all-stock "merger of equals" with Atlanta-based Chart has been usurped by a better offer, after Houston- and London-based Baker Hughes swooped in with $13.6 billion in cash. But Flowserve won't walk away empty-handed—it's getting a $266 million "termination payment."
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Fort Worth’s PAK Quality Foods Acquires Dallas-Based Formosa, Expanding Reach and Product Mix
by | Jul 23, 2025

Fort Worth-based PAK Quality Foods has acquired the assets of Las Colinas International Inc., better known as Formosa Foods, the company announced Monday.

The deal brings together two regional distributors and expands PAK’s reach beyond Texas and eastern New Mexico.

Dallas-based Formosa, founded in 1979, is a family-owned company that supplies foodservice, retail, and institutional customers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas....

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Fort Worth’s Novaria Group Acquires Aerospace Fusible Plug Business From PPMG
by | Jul 22, 2025
Headquartered in Troy, Ohio, Precision Aero Corp. is a leader in the manufacturing of fusible plugs and specialty aftermarket components for safety-critical aerospace applications.
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Expansion Ahead: Dallas’ BRIX Holdings Acquired by a Leading Friendly’s Franchisee
by | Jul 22, 2025
The acquisition includes the purchase of Friendly's, Clean Juice, Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Smoothie Factory + Kitchen, Souper Salad, and Humble Donut Co. Amol Kohli, leader of the group acquiring BRIX, began his career as a 15-year-old Friendly's waiter.
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With $3.7B Under Management, VisionPoint and Navitas Merge to Launch Balefire

by | May 8, 2025
Dallas-based VisionPoint Advisory Group and Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Navitas Wealth Advisors have combined in "a merger of two equals," with partners and employees in 19 states and clients in 39 states.
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Perkins Coie Expands M&A and Private Equity Practices With Three New Partners in Dallas and Austin
by | Apr 4, 2025

Kyle Fox, Richard Dusenbury, and John-Paul (JP) Haskins joined Perkins Coie’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices as partners in February, the firm said. Dusenbury and Haskins are based in the firm’s Dallas office, while Fox joined its Austin office....

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The Truth About M&A in Big D
Grant Thornton weighs in on perception versus reality of dealmaking in Dallas-Fort Worth. 
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Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Private Equity Lawyer as Partner in Dallas
by | May 10, 2024
Nate Christensen has more than 20 years of experience advising clients across a broad spectrum of complex transactions and capital structures in numerous industries, including energy, real estate, professional sports, financial services, professional services, and consumer goods.
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Jacobs Chair and CEO Steve Demetriou

Follow the Money: Jacobs Buys Mobility Analytics Startup, Qentelli Scoops Up NCS Technologies, Brink’s ATM Company Acquires Garland-based TouchPoint 21

Plus, Richardson-based Generational Group takes a majority stake in Dallas' Precocity and more.
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The Future of Healthcare: Systematic Mergers and Acquisitions Will Rise, Polsinelli Predicts
by | Jun 2, 2020
The law firm examines the growing trend that programmatic acquirers use in buying and consolidating middle market healthcare businesses in a new white paper.
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North Texas’ Tech Exits of 2018
by | Feb 20, 2019
Here are some of the notable deals from last year.
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