Sidley is representing Athene Holding in connection with its proposed merger with Apollo Global Management, in an all-stock transaction creating a pro forma US$29 billion market cap company (with Athene valued at approximately US$11 billion).
The parties expect that the transaction will allow Athene to rapidly scale asset and liability origination, broaden distribution channels, and act as a leading global solutions provider. The transaction demonstrates Sidley’s continued leadership in advising on the insurance and financial services industry’s most complex, innovative, and important transactions.
The Sidley team is led by Perry Shwachman and Jeremy Watson (Insurance), John Butler (M&A), and Sam Gandhi (Capital Markets), and includes Tracy Williams, Peter Edgerton, Oliver Currall, Tyler Replogle, Wondha Cadet, Laurence Wilcock, Chris Dorman (Tax), John White, Valentina Oliver, Kyle Bessette, Byron Patton, Andrew Holland, Sara Africano, Chris Burusco, James Phythian-Adams (Insurance), Kolja Stehl (Banking and Financial Services), Corey Perry (Employee Benefits), Rob Ryan (Capital Markets), Daniel Pruze, and Taylor Wood (M&A).
