Perry J. Shwachman

Perry Shwachman's representative experience includes advising:

M&A and Strategic Acquisitions

• Athene Holding in its merger with Apollo Global Management, creating a pro forma US$29 billion market cap company.
• Affinity Partners, along with PIF and Silver Lake, in the acquisition of Electronic Arts Inc., valued at approximately US$55 billion.
• Athora Holding Ltd. in its pending £5.7 billion acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited.
• TowerBrook and Further Global in their US$586 million acquisition of ProSight.
• Nelnet, Inc. as part of a joint venture in a US$4.03 billion securitization backed by private student loans.

Insurance and Reinsurance Transactions

• Lincoln Financial in a US$28 billion reinsurance transaction with Fortitude Re.
• Venerable in a US$22 billion reinsurance transaction with John Hancock.
• Athene Holding in its purchase of ARS.
• The Hartford in the US$2.05 billion sale of its life insurance and annuity businesses.
• Genworth in the €465 million sale of its lifestyle protection insurance business to AXA.

Financial Services

• Westfield in its acquisition of the Lloyd’s operations of Argo Group.
• Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding in their US$1 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Aqua Finance.
• The buyer group in the acquisition of Wells Fargo’s US$10 billion student loan portfolio.

Equity Investments and Financings

• Aquiline Capital in the acquisition of Armour Group and related US$500 million equity financing.
• Apollo Global Management in its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Aspen Insurance Holdings.
• Varde Partners and Apollo Global Management in their US$1.4 billion acquisition of Fortress Investment Group’s stake in OneMain Financial.