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Some of Luke's matters include:

Notes Offerings and Related Transactions

• Allied Universal in its:
  • private tack-on offering of $500 million of 7.875% senior secured notes
  • $1.0 billion senior secured notes offering
• Tenneco, an Apollo portfolio company, in its $1.9 billion secured notes offering
• Lifepoint Health, an Apollo portfolio company, in its $800 secured notes offering
• The New Home Company, an Apollo portfolio company, in its exchange of 7.250% senior notes due 2025 for new 8.250% senior notes due 2027
• Shutterfly, an Apollo portfolio company, in its recapitalization, including the exchange offer for its secured notes
• Carnival Corporation in various notes offerings and refinancings
• Apollo Global Securities, as joint bookrunner, in the Polynt notes offering
• Ladder Capital Corp, a REIT and NYSE-listed company, in various senior notes offerings and refinancings
• Avis Budget Group, a Nasdaq-listed company, in various senior notes offerings and refinancings
• Hightower Holdings, a THL portfolio company, in its senior notes offering
• Radiology Partners, an affiliate of Starr Investment Holdings, in its senior notes offering
• Carlisle Companies, a NYSE-listed company, in its senior notes offering
• Staples in connection with its senior secured and senior unsecured notes offerings
• Tripadvisor, a Nasdaq-listed company, in its senior notes offering
• Grubhub, a NYSE-listed company, in its senior notes offering
• Frontier Communications Corporation in various strategic financings, including the issuance of $1.6 billion in second lien secured notes and a $240 million add-on term loan facility
• Prestige Brands, a NYSE-listed company, in its senior notes offering
• Tutor Perini Corporation, a NYSE-listed company, in its senior notes offering and senior convertible notes offering
• Acelity, a portfolio company of Apax Partners, in multiple senior notes offerings
• Blackstone portfolio company in an add-on senior notes offering
• 21st Century Oncology, a Vestar portfolio company, in connection with multiple senior notes offerings
• Murray Energy Holdings Co. in its senior secured notes offering, tender offer and consent solicitation
• Charter Communications, a Nasdaq-listed company, in connection with its senior notes offering

Leveraged Acquisitions & Strategic Transactions 

• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in:
  • an investment of $11 billion to acquire from Intel Corporation a 49% equity interest in a joint venture entity related to Intel’s Fab 34
  • the acquisition of Arconic Corporation and the related financing
  • a $500 million preferred investment in Cengage Group
  • the acquisition of Tenneco
  • in a $2.5 billion preferred equity commitment to support the $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital
  • in their investment in Moxe Health
  • in the acquisition of Kem One, including the sustainability-linked senior secured notes offering
• M.D.C. Holdings in its $4.9 billion sale to Sekisui House
• Estrella Media in the sale of its content and digital operations to MediaCo Holding
• The Column Group and its affiliates in their take-private acquisition of NGM Biopharmaceuticals
• Stone Point Capital, as part of an investor group, in the financing aspects of their acquisition of Truist Insurance Holdings, in a deal valuing the company at $15.5 billion
• Foresite Capital in the acquisition of Pardes Biosciences
• Coatue in its investments in OneTrust
• Apollo Global Management in the:
  • formation of its Sponsor and Secondary Solutions business (S3), which formally launched with $4 billion in commitments
  • expansion of its existing strategic partnership with Mubadala Investment Company
• Highbridge Capital Management in various strategic transactions and divestitures
• LogicBio Therapeutics in its sale to Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
• Intrado Corporation in the $2.4 billion sale of Intrado’s safety business to Stonepeak
• Clearlake Capital Group in its acquisition of Endurance International Group and Web.com, including the senior notes offering
• Reverence Capital Partners in its acquisition of Advisor Group, including its equity and senior notes offerings
• Advisor Group, as a portfolio company of Reverence Capital Partners, with respect to financing matters in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
• Consortium led by CC Capital, Cannae Holdings and Thomas H. Lee Partners in the acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet, including the senior notes offerings
• The Jordan Company and its portfolio company, Sabre Industries, on Sabre’s acquisition by private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone
• Togetherwork in connection with the issuance of senior preferred stock to finance a portion of the acquisition of Fonteva
• Brookfield Business Partners in its acquisition of approximately 60% of Teekay Offshore Partners for a total investment of approximately $750 million
• WellCare Health Plans in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Meridian Health Plans including WellCare’s $1.4 billion offering of common stock and $750 million offering of senior notes to finance the acquisition
• WellCare Health Plans in its $800 million acquisition of Universal American Corp.
• Ladder Capital Corp, a NYSE-listed company, in connection with the strategic investment by Koch Real Estate Investments
• Ladder Capital Corp, a NYSE-listed company, and certain selling stockholders in connection with the strategic investment by Related Companies
• Blackstone in connection with the financing for its acquisition, along with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, of Ipreo Holdings
• 21st Century Oncology, a Vestar portfolio company, in connection with the $325 million preferred equity investment by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the financing for the acquisition of South Florida Radiation Oncology
• Murray Energy Corporation in connection with financing for its $1.4 billion transaction to acquire a controlling interest in Foresight Energy
• Blackstone Group in its $820 million PIPE investment in NCR Corporation
• Cerberus Capital Management in its strategic PIPE investment in Avon Products

Equity Offerings

• Carnival Corporation, a NYSE-listed company, in its $1.0 billion equity offering and stock swap program
• Apollo Strategic Growth Capital, a special purpose acquisition company, in its business combination with American Express Global Business Travel
• Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in the IPOs of portfolio companies
• Ladder Capital Corp, a REIT and NYSE-listed company, in follow-on, secondary and ATM equity offerings
• Freshpet, a Nasdaq-listed company, in its initial public offering and follow-on and secondary equity offerings
• Wynn Resorts, a Nasdaq-listed company, in its follow-on equity offering
• Avis Budget Group, a Nasdaq-listed company, in its ATM offering
• CC Capital Partners in the initial public offering of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings
• WideOpenWest, a NYSE-listed company, in its initial public offering
• The underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of a human capital and benefits administration company
• The underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of a liquefied natural gas company
• The underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of an event technology services company
• A leading provider in the plastic film industry in connection with its initial public offering
• The underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of a cybersecurity company
• Awilhelmsen, a privately owned investment company in Oslo, Norway, in its sale of approximately $550 million of common stock of Royal Caribbean Cruises
• 3G as selling stockholder in a secondary offering of Restaurant Brands International
• Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe as selling stockholder in various secondary offerings of Paycom Software

Restructurings and Liability Management

• Washington Prime Group in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and related securities matters
• Covia Holdings Corporation in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and related securities matters
• Associated Materials in its out-of-court comprehensive balance sheet recapitalization
• Jason Industries in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and related securities matters
• Aegean Marine Petroleum Network in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and related securities matters
• Murray Energy Holdings Co. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio