Struggling against a mounting debt burden oil and gas explorer Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced a trio of deals expected to raise more than $4 billion in cash. In this video interview,  Michael O'Leary, a partner at Andrews Kurth and co-chair of the firm's Corporate/Securities practice spoke to The Deal Pipeline's David Marcus about why Chesapeake needed the deals as well as other assets that the company has on the block. - George White

Also read The Deal Pipeline's story on the asset sale