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Apollo Affiliated Funds Acquire Protection 1 and ASG Security
- Client News
- July 1, 2015
Funds managed by affiliates of Paul, Weiss client Apollo Global
Management, LLC announced the concurrent closing of their
acquisitions of Maryland-based ASG Security and Protection 1, a
leading full-service business and home security company in the
United States. The combined companies will continue to operate
under the Protection 1 brand, enabling Apollo to enter the security
monitoring industry with a market leader generating total annual
revenue in excess of $500 million. Terms of the transactions were
not disclosed.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partner Taurie
Zeitzer; corporate counsel Gareth Clark on equity matters; tax
partner Brad
Okun and counsel Alyssa Wolpin; employee benefits
partner Lawrence Witdorchic; finance
partners Gregory Ezring and Brad
Finkelstein; private funds partner Michael Hong; intellectual property
partner Chuck Googe; regulatory partner
Mark
Mendelsohn and counsel Richard Elliot; and real estate
partner Mitchell Berg.