Katten is pleased to announce that a cross-discipline deal team was honored with the USA Energy Services Deal award at the 7th Annual USA and Global M&A Atlas Awards ceremony, held on December 9, 2025, at the Metropolitan Club of New York.
The Katten team that was recognized earned the honor for its work representing Moser Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Hilltop Opportunity Partners, the merchant banking division of Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTH), in its definitive agreement to sell all of the capital stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, Moser Acquisition, Inc., to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. The aggregate transaction value was approximately $220 million.
Dallas Managing Partner Mark S. Solomon, who worked on the winning matter, attended the ceremony and accepted the award on behalf of the firm. The rest of the team that worked on the matter included Corporate Partners Peter A. Bogdanow, Ethan E. Post and Michelle A. Gyves and Associates Kelsey R. McKeag, Miriam H. Wang and Yaesul Park; Transactional Tax Planning Partner Todd Hatcher and Associate Jeffrey Ng; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Associate Neal K. Patel; Intellectual Property Partner Sean S. Wooden; Litigation Partner Jonathan Rotenberg; Capital Markets Partner Mark D. Wood; and Corporate Paralegal Michael D. Lockwood.
The Atlas Awards are independently governed and strive to recognize the "gold standard of performance."
