EXPERIENCE

Brian’s recent transactions include representing:

• Apollo Global Management and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
  
  • in its pending $5.2 billion take-private acquisition of Arconic Corporation
  • in its majority acquisition of ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. from ABC Group Canada
  • ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. in its acquisition of WMG Technologies and, alongside funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, in ABC Technologies’ $255 million acquisition of dlhBOWLES, Inc. from MPE Flow House, Inc.
  • alongside Hudson Executive Capital in the proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of Cardtronics plc
  • its acquisition of a majority interest in Cox Media Group’s broadcast television stations, including the company’s radio, newspaper and TV properties in Ohio, from Cox Enterprises Inc.
  • Intrado Corporation, a portfolio company of Apollo, in the $2.4 billion sale of Intrado’s safety business to Stonepeak
  • in its acquisition of Kem One Group
  • in its $338 million take-private acquisition of The New Home Company
  • Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, a former portfolio company of Apollo, in Pinnacle’s sale to The J.R. Simplot Company
  • Rackspace Technology in various transactions and refinancings
• Diamond Resorts International, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $1.4 billion sale of Diamond Resorts to Hilton Grand Vacations
• Gamut Capital Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation in their investment in PS Logistics
• Honeywell in the activist campaign by Third Point
• Kate Spade & Company in its acquisition by Coach, Inc.
• The Kraft Heinz Company in its proposed acquisition of Unilever
• The special committee of the Pilgrim’s Pride board of directors in its acquisition of Moy Park from JBS
• Qualcomm Incorporated in connection with its successful defense against the unsolicited offer and proxy fight from Broadcom and in the proposed acquisition of NXP Semiconductors
• Searchlight Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various matters, including:
  • alongside Rêv Worldwide, Inc., in their $1 billion acquisition of the consumer business of Netspend from Global Payments
  • Octave Group in its sale of PlayNetwork to Mood Media
  • TouchTunes in its sale to TA Associates

Brian has advised numerous private companies and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in their initial public offerings, including:

• Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its initial public offering of $300 million of units, lead managed by Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
• Clear Secure, Inc., in its $470 million initial public offering of Class A common stock, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Allen & Co and Wells Fargo Securities
• Rackspace Technology in its initial public offering of approximately $700 million of common stock, lead managed by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan

Brian was also involved in numerous notable transactions prior to joining Paul, Weiss, including advising:

• E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in its merger of equals with Dow Chemical Company, its proxy contest by Trian Partners, its spin-off of The Chemours Company (DuPont’s performance chemicals business), its sale of DuPont Performance Coatings (k/n/a Axalta, Inc.) to The Carlyle Group, and its acquisition of Danisco A/S by tender offer
• Express Scripts in its acquisition of WellPoint’s NextRx subsidiaries
• Gilead Sciences in its acquisition of Pharmasset
• Landis+Gyr AG in its acquisition by Toshiba Corporation
• News Corporation in its acquisition of Move, Inc.
• Twenty-First Century Fox in the spin-off of News Corporation, its media, entertainment and publishing businesses

Brian was named a 2019 “Rising Star” in M&A by The Deal, and is recognized by The Legal 500 as a recommended practitioner in private equity buyouts.