Brian’s representations prior to joining Davis Polk include:

Fund Formation & Investment Management

• Apollo in the:
  • launch of Apollo Sports Capital
  • formation of a first-of-its-kind $25 billion private credit, direct lending program between affiliates of Apollo and Citigroup
  • formation of Apollo Origination Partnership II, a $4.8 billion credit fund
  • formation of its Sponsor and Secondary Solutions business, a dedicated secondary and fund finance capital solutions platform totaling $5 billion
  • formation of its Accord and Accord+ strategy of dislocation credit funds, totaling $8.5 billion
  • formation of the $20 billion Apollo Investment Fund X
  • formation of the $4.6 billion Apollo Hybrid Value Fund II
  • formation of the $2.4 billion Apollo Infrastructure Opportunities Fund III
• Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in connection with numerous investment transactions and fund formation matters
• Oak Hill Advisors in the formation of investment funds including:
  • OHA Senior Private Lending Fund, its flagship evergreen direct lending strategy with $17.7 billion of available capital, including $8 billion of equity commitments
  • the $2.3 billion OHA Strategic Credit Fund III
  • the $1.1 billion OHA CLO Enhanced Equity Fund III

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Apollo in the:
  • acquisition of Bridge Investment Group in an all-stock transaction
  • $8 billion acquisition of Credit Suisse’s assets from UBS
  • $11 billion merger with Athene
  • acquisition of an 80.1% interest in Lumileds from Royal Philips, in a transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $2 billion
  • acquisition of Shutterfly and Snapfish, with the Shutterfly transaction valued at $2.7 billion
• Virtu Financial in transactions including:
  • its approximately $1.4 billion all-cash acquisition of KCG Holdings
  • its approximately $1 billion acquisition of Investment Technology Group

Hybrid Capital

• Apollo in transactions including:
  • alongside ATLAS SP Partners, a $5 billion strategic financing collaboration with BNP Paribas
  • a $6.5 billion joint bid alongside Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Opportunities as sponsor to Hertz Global Holdings’ chapter 11 plan of reorganization
  • commitments in respect of a $2.5 billion preferred equity issuance to support the acquisition of Citrix by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital
  • as lead investors, the $1.75 billion preferred investment in Albertsons