EXPERIENCE

Reuven’s recent private equity transactions include representing:

• Apollo Global Management and affiliated funds in numerous high-profile transactions, including in:
  • the formation and final closing of Apollo Origination Partnership II, a credit fund totaling $4.8 billion
  • the $8.1 billion take-private acquisition of Univar Solutions
  • the $5 billion acquisition of Yahoo and its subsequent 30-year exclusive commercial agreement with Taboola
  • its structured equity investment in Intermodal Tank Transport
  • an $824 million portfolio financing arrangement with NextEra Energy Partners
• Brookfield Asset Management:
  • in its $1.5 billion strategic partnership with Castlelake
  • in its $775 million acquisition of Cyxtera in connection with its chapter 11 case
  • in its acquisition of a significant minority stake in Primary Wave’s music royalties and management business, as part of a new strategic partnership valued at over $2 billion, and its additional $1.7 billion capital funding commitment
  • and Simon Property Group in their acquisition of the operating business of J.C. Penney Company, in connection with J.C. Penney’s chapter 11 case
• Estrella Media in the sale of its content and digital operations to MediaCo Holding
• General Atlantic:
  • and its BeyondNetZero Climate Growth Fund in its growth investment in Technosylva
  • in its acquisition of Actis
  • in the $420 million initial public offering of HireRight
  • in its acquisition of 58.com for an enterprise value of $8.7 billion
  • in its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition of Arco Platform
• A consortium consisting of General Atlantic and Stone Point Capital, in their $1.65 billion take-private acquisition of HireRight Holdings Corp.
• Kymera International, a portfolio company of Palladium Equity Partners, in its acquisition of Fiven from OpenGate Capital
• Oak Hill Capital:
  • in its investment in American Veterinary Group
  • in its take-private acquisition of Otelco and establishment of the Future Fiber telecom platform
  • in MetroNet’s inaugural securitization and numerous lending, topco and warehouse facilities, backed by MetroNet’s fiber network and infrastructure assets and customer receivables in mature neighborhoods
• OceanSound Partners:
  • in the formation of OceanSound Partners Fund II, a $1.5 billion private equity fund
  • in its acquisition of PAR Excellence
• Searchlight Capital Partners, alongside Rêv Worldwide, in their $1 billion acquisition of the consumer business of Netspend

Reuven’s other recent experience includes representing:

• Checkers Drive-In Restaurants in a recapitalization with its lenders which reduced its long-term funded debt from approximately $300 million to $75 million. Checkers also received an additional $25 million in new debt financing commitments to fund the company's store remodeling program and other growth initiatives
• Foresight Energy in its prearranged chapter 11 case that reduced over $1 billion of its funded indebtedness
• Pioneer Energy Services in its prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas
• TeraWulf in:
  • its private offering of $500 million of 2.75% Convertible Senior Notes
  • the sale of its 25% equity interest in the Nautilus Cryptomine joint venture, to its partner, a subsidiary of Talen Energy Corporation 
• Trane Technologies in the $15 billion Reverse Morris Trust spin-off and merger of its industrial business with Gardner Denver Holdings