Everyone likes a good deal—or maybe I should say, everyone likes towork on a good deal. That statement could not be more true for our cover feature this month. Our June issue is reserved for our annual report that takes a look into the legal world of corporate finance and capital markets work of Texas firms.

Our coverage, titled Texas Lawyer's 2017 Corporate Scorecard, reports on the Texas firms that did the most deal work last year, along with a summary of the largest Texas deals and largest initial public offerings of 2016.

And by the looks of things, 2016 was a good dealmaking year for Texas firms. In fact, six Texas firms topped the list of the nation's busiest dealmaking firms, according to Texas Lawyer's sister publication The American Lawyer.