EXPERIENCE

Representative experience includes:

• Blume Global, a company majority-owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in its $414 million sale to WiseTech Global
• Direct ChassisLink, a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and EQT, in its sale to a buyer consortium comprising global investment firms GIC, OMERS Infrastructure and Wren House
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and an investor group led by the Apollo funds, investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital, in their take-private acquisition of Atlas Air Worldwide for an enterprise value of $5.2 billion
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and its portfolio company McGraw Hill, an educational content company, in the $4.5 billion sale of the company to Platinum Equity
• Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of the U.S. wealth distribution and asset management businesses of Griffin Capital, a privately held alternative investment asset manager
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority stake in Novolex Holdings, a South Carolina-based manufacturer of packaging products for the foodservice, delivery and carryout, food processor and industrial markets, from The Carlyle Group
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in a $600 million preferred financing in connection with the $7 billion acquisition of W.R. Grace & Co. by Standard Industries Holdings
• Apollo Global Management in its merger with Athene Holding, a leading retirement services company, in an all-stock transaction valued at $43 billion
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management as lead investors in the $1.75 billion preferred investment in Albertsons Companies, a food and drug retailer
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in its acquisition of a substantial portion of the former power and energy business of SPX Flow, a manufacturer of process equipment and turn-key systems
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Direct ChassisLink, a provider of marine and domestic container chassis and asset management services to the U.S. intermodal industry, from EQT Infrastructure
• Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in its structured equity investment in Intermodal Tank Transport, a tank container transportation and logistics company
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of Sun Country Airlines, a leading regional airline
• MPM Holdings Inc., a silicones and advanced materials company, in its approximately $3.1 billion acquisition by SJL Partners, KCC Corporation and Wonik QnC Corporation
• Hexion Inc., a specialty chemicals company, in the sale of its Phenolic Specialty Resin, Hexamine and European-based Forest Products Resins businesses to investment firms Black Diamond and Investindustrial
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of Phoenix Services, a provider of outsourced slag handling, metal reclamation, and other services to leading steel mill customers
• Consortium of investors, including The Vistria Group and funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in their $1.1 billion take-private acquisition of Apollo Education Group, one of the world’s largest private education providers
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in the concurrent acquisitions of Maxim Crane Works, a provider of comprehensive lifting services in the United States, from affiliates of Platinum Equity, and AmQuip Crane Rental, a provider of highly specialized, complex lifting solutions, from affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management along with Riverstone Holdings and other investors, in the $7.15 billion acquisition of the oil and natural gas exploration and production assets of El Paso Corporation
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in the $2.4 billion carve-out acquisition of McGraw Hill Education, a digital learning company, from The McGraw Hill Companies
• MidCap Financial, a middle-market lending unit, in its $3.6 billion acquisition of loans managed by Mubadala GE Capital, a joint venture lending business between General Electric Capital Corporation and Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Company
• Time Warner Cable in its $3 billion acquisition of Insight Communications
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in a $300 million investment in CH2M, a provider of critical infrastructure and natural resource solutions
• Penn Foster Education, a provider of skills development and digital credentialing solutions and a portfolio company of Vistria Group, in its acquisition by an investor group led by Bain Capital
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in an investment in Laureate Education, a global network of degree-granting higher education institutions
• Liz Claiborne, Inc. (now Kate Spade & Company) in its sale of the Liz Claiborne family of brands and the Monet brand to J. C. Penney Corporation
• Caesars Entertainment Corporation in its formation of a new growth-oriented entity, Caesars Growth Partners, and a related $1.1 billion rights offering
• Harrah’s Entertainment in its acquisition of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

Brian has been recognized in The Legal 500 for his work in M&A deals over $1 billion. In 2022, Brian was featured as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”