EXPERIENCE

Brian has broad experience in representing issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings (both traditional IPOs and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs), investment grade and high-yield debt offerings, preferred stock offerings and other public and private securities transactions.

He also advises clients in connection with M&A transactions, acquisition financings, leveraged loans, debt and equity tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and restructurings.

Brian’s experience includes:

Initial Public Offerings

• Clear Secure, Inc. in its $470 million initial public offering
• Sun Country Airlines Holdings in its $251 million initial public offering
• Rackspace Technology, Inc. in its $703 million initial public offering
• Intelsat S.A. in its $400 million initial public offering and a concurrent offering of mandatory convertible preferred stock
• Ply Gem Holdings in its $381 million initial public offering
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company in its $252 million initial public offering
• Apollo Strategic Growth Capital in its $816 million initial public offering
• Apollo Strategic Growth Capital II in its $690 million initial public offering
• Apollo Strategic Growth Capital III in its pending $400 million initial public offering
• Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. in its $345 million initial public offering
• Osiris Acquisition Corp. in its $230 million initial public offering
• Hawks Acquisition Corp in its $230 million initial public offering
• North Mountain Merger Corp. in its $132 million initial public offering
• Citigroup, as the lead underwriter, in the $110 million initial public offering by Comverge, Inc.
• Credit Suisse, as the lead underwriter, in the:
  • $258 million initial public offering by Crucible Acquisition Corporation
  • $230 million initial public offering by Trepont Acquisition Corp I
  • $414 million initial public offering by Orion Acquisition Corp
  • $300 million initial public offering by ESM Acquisition Corporation

High-Yield & Investment Grade Debt Offerings

• The Michaels Companies in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes and senior unsecured high-yield notes
• MidCap Financial in its offerings of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Rackspace Technology Global in three offerings of senior secured and senior unsecured high-yield notes
• ClubCorp in its offering senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Cox Media Group in its offering of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• The Fresh Market in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• Intrado (formerly West Corporation) in its offering of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Maxim Crane in two offerings of senior secured high-yield notes
• Shutterfly in its offerings of senior secured high-yield notes and senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Talos Energy in its offering of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Qdoba Restaurant Corporation in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• Intelsat S.A. in four offerings of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Ply Gem Holdings in four offerings of senior secured and unsecured high-yield notes
• Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants in its offering of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• Credit Suisse as initial purchaser in Precision Drilling Corporation’s offering of senior unsecured high-yield notes
• Foresight Energy in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• DS Waters of America in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• Prince Minerals in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• Hunt Companies in its offering of senior secured high-yield notes
• Chubb in its offering of investment grade notes

Mergers & Acquisitions 

• Affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in connection with financing the acquisitions of the following companies: AP Gaming, CareerBuilder, ClubCorp, Coinstar, Cox Media Group, ecoATM, Endemol, Intrado (formerly West Corporation), Maxim Crane, The Michaels Companies, Qdoba Restaurant Corporation, Rackspace, Redbox, Shutterfly, Smart & Final, Talos Energy and The Fresh Market
• Affiliates of Crestview Partners in connection with financing the acquisition of DS Waters of America
• Affiliates of Palladium Equity Partners in connection with financing the acquisition of Prince Minerals

Credit Facilities

• AP Gaming in its senior secured credit facilities
• Rackspace in its senior secured credit facilities
• Intelsat S.A. in its senior secured credit facilities
• Smart & Final in its asset-based credit facility, term loan credit facilities and revolving credit facility
• Qdoba Restaurant Corporation in its senior secured credit facilities
• Intrado (formerly West Corporation) in its senior secured credit facilities
• Clubcorp in its senior secured credit facilities
• Careerbuilder in its senior secured credit facilities
• Endemol/Shine in its senior secured credit facilities
• Redbox in its senior secured credit facilities
• Coinstar in its senior secured credit facilities
• ecoATM in its senior secured credit facilities
• Foresight Energy in its senior secured credit facilities
• Ply Gem Holdings in its asset-based credit facility and term loan credit facility
• Verso Corporation in connection with its debtor-in-possession credit facilities and its senior secured credit facilities upon emergence from bankruptcy