Akin Advises Innovex in Entering into Merger Agreement with Dril-Quip

March 19, 2024

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(Houston) – Akin advised Innovex, a leading provider of mission-critical technologies and services across the well lifecycle for the oil and gas industry, in its definitive agreement to merge with Dril-Quip (NYSE: DRQ). The all-stock transaction will create an energy industrial platform with increased scale, a diverse product portfolio and geographic footprint.

The Akin team was led by partners Rob Shearer, Mary Lovely and Matt Kapinos and included corporate counsel Leana Garipova and associates Anthony Hilbert, Patrick Hovet, Andrea Cabada and Alexandra Franklin.

Additional advice was provided by tax partner Alison Chen; executive compensation & employee benefits partner Stephanie Bollheimer and counsel Aaron Farovitch; antitrust partner Corey Roush and senior counsel Brian Rafkin; antitrust & international competition partner Scott Pettifor, counsel Milo Cywinski and associate Marcello Prota; international trade partners Melissa Schwartz and Alexis Guinan, counsel Imogen Brooks and associate John Gurtunca; labor & employment partner Brian Patterson and counsel Andrew Gear; capital markets partner John Clayton and senior counsel Alex Reuss; environmental senior counsel Andrew Oelz; and intellectual property partner David Vondle.

More details on the transaction can be found here.

Akin 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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