Gregory A.
Ezring

Vice Chair of the Firm, Global Co-Chair of Finance and Capital Markets and a member of the firm's Executive Committee, Greg Ezring focuses his practice on the representation of private equity funds and other alternative asset managers, including Apollo Global Management, and their portfolio companies in leveraged finance transactions (including both high yield bonds and leveraged loans), debt restructurings and public equity offerings.

Greg has been recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in both Banking & Finance and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity from 2007 to 2026, where market sources describe him as “one of the deans of the bar” with an “enviable reputation in the market.” He is also listed in the Hall of Fame (2023-2025) and ranked as a Leading Partner (2017-2026) in Legal 500 for numerous categories, recognized as a market leader (2018-2026) by IFLR1000, and was named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer in 2025.

Greg has experience representing alternative asset managers in investments in leveraged debt instruments (or portfolios of leveraged debt investments) in both un-levered and leveraged transactions in a variety of structures, including total return swaps. He has been involved in various matters with Apollo Global Management as well as their current and former portfolio companies, including ABC Technologies, ADT Security Services, Atlas SP Partners, Bridge Investment Group, Brightspeed, ClubCorp, Coinstar, Covis Pharma, Cox Media Group, EmployBridge, Everi, Graanul Invest, Great Canadian Gaming, IGT Gaming, Intrado, LifePoint Health, Lottomatica, Maxim Crane Works, The New Home Company, Novolex, Rackspace, Shutterfly, Trace3, The Venetian and Verizon Media (n/k/a Yahoo!), among others.