Sidley is representing Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of Credit Suisse’s Securitized Products Group (SPG). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, investment vehicles managed by affiliates of Apollo will acquire the majority of SPG’s assets and other related financing businesses from Credit Suisse, and form a new platform to enter into an investment management agreement to manage the residual assets on Credit Suisse’s behalf.
SPG is a full-service, vertically integrated credit solutions provider to a range of lenders across residential and commercial real estate, consumer, and other asset classes.
The Sidley team is led by Perry Shwachman (Insurance), Jonathan Blackburn, and Ryan Scofield (both M&A), and includes Aaron Rigby (Private Equity), Cameron Stanton, Nick Behrens, Will Schoenfeld, Jack Zeringue, Molly Byman, Cameasha Turner, Will Ladas (M&A), T.J. Gordon, David Solow, Liz Tabas Carson, Mark Werner (Global Finance), Tracy Williams, Peter Edgerton, Tyler Replogle, Wondha Cadet (Tax), Eric Winwood, P.C. Wang (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation), Terri Reuter, Natalie Chan, and Katie Sreenan (Labor and Employment).