Jeffrey L. Kochian

JEFFREY KOCHIAN focuses his practice on private equity firms, portfolio companies, and other private and public companies on mergers, acquisitions, sales, joint ventures, and other complex transactions. He also represents public companies and private funds on corporate governance, fiduciary and securities issues, and shareholder activism and defense.

Jeff has been consistently ranked as a “Highly Regarded” practitioner by IFLR1000 in the Capital Markets, Private Equity, and Mergers & Acquisitions practice areas (2019–2023).

Jeff’s M&A experience includes:

• Apollo Global Management in various transactions, including:
  
  • funds managed by affiliates of Apollo in the acquisition of the Environmental Services business of GFL Environmental Inc.
  • its investment in Alorica Inc.
  • its acquisition of EmployBridge
  • its US$1.93 billion acquisition of Great Canadian Gaming Corp.
  • its acquisition of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.
  • Hughes Communications, a portfolio company of Apollo, in its US$1.3 billion sale to EchoStar Corporation
• Alden Global Capital in its acquisition of Tribune Publishing Company.
• DataSite Global Corporation (f/k/a Merrill Corporation) in various transactions, including:
  
  • its sale to CapVest Partners
  • the sale of its financial and nonfinancial printing businesses to Toppan Leefung
  • the sale of its real estate and franchise business to Xpressdocs Holdings
  • the sale of VITAC Corporation to The Gores Group
• Diamondback Energy in various transactions, including:
  
  • its US$9.2 billion acquisition of Energen Corporation
  • its US$2.2 billion acquisition of QEP Resources
• Durational Capital and The Jordan Company in their acquisition of Bojangles’.
• Kingston Technology, as a member of a consortium led by Bain Capital, in the US$18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation(n/k/a Kioxia Corporation).
• Spire Inc. (f/k/a Laclede, Inc.) in a number of transactions, including:
  • its US$2.48 billion acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas’ local distribution business in Tennessee (pending)
  • its US$1.6 billion acquisition of an Alabama gas utility company from Energen and the related debt and equity financings
  • the acquisition of EnergySouth, Inc., the parent company of Mobile Gas
• Starboard Value Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its US$3.4 billion merger with Cyxtera Technologies.
• S.A.C. Capital Advisors in a private placement that helped launch S.A.C. Re, Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurer whose founding investors include Steven A. Cohen and Capital Z. Partners III, and in the subsequent sale of S.A.C. Re’s operating assets.
• Tenneco Inc., a portfolio company of funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., in its sale of Öhlins Racing to Brembo.

Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.