Max Troper

Mr. Troper has represented a diverse range of clients across a broad range of industries. These transactions have included:

Public Company and Strategic Matters

• LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.E. in its $16.2 billion acquisition of Tiffany & Co., which was the largest-ever luxury sector transaction
• BlackRock, Inc. in its pending $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
• Apartment Income REIT Corp. in its pending $10 billion take-private transaction with Blackstone
• American Express Global Business Travel in its:
  • $5.3 billion business combination with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital, pursuant to which American Express Global Business Travel became the world’s largest publicly traded B2B travel platform
  • acquisition of the Egencia corporate travel business from Expedia
  • pending $570 million acquisition of CWT
  • collapse of its Up-C structure
• Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. in its:
  • $2.6 billion take-private transaction with Vista Equity Partners
  • acquisition of IMburse Payments
• Broadscale Acquisition Corp. in its proposed but terminated $1.3 billion business combination with Voltus, Inc., a technology startup in the electricity market
• Vital Proteins in its acquisition by Nestle Health Science
• Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd. as lead member of an investor group in its proposed, unsolicited $14 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.
• WhistlePig, a distiller of luxury rye whiskey, in its partnership with BDT Capital Partners and its related liquidity transaction
• GP Investments Acquisition Corp. in its proposed (but terminated) $570 million acquisition of World Kitchen and its subsequent $850 million business combination with Rimini Street Inc.
• DuPont in its $725 million disposition of its trichlorosilane business to Hemlock Semiconductor and the disposition of its stake in the Hemlock joint ventures
• SL Green Realty Corp. (a REIT) in connection with various M&A, governance and other corporate matters
• New Senior Investment Group Inc. (a REIT) in connection with its publicly announced exploration of strategic alternatives
• special committees for several clients, including in transactions involving controlling stockholders

Financial Sponsor Matters

• Fortress Investment Group in several matters, including its sale to Mubadala and Fortress Management
• Veritas Capital in its:
  • disposition of Excelitas Technologies Corp. to AEA Investors LP
  • acquisition of GE Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems Inc. from General Electric Company
• York Capital Management in its dispositions of:
  • Renuity, a tech-enabled home services platform, to Greenbriar Partners
  • The Bay Club Company, an active lifestyle and hospitality company, to KKR
• Dayco, LLC, an engine products and drive systems supplier, in its acquisition by Hidden Harbor Capital Partners

Mr. Troper is actively involved in Skadden’s corporate training, recruiting and mentoring programs. He also provides pro bono legal services to a variety of New York-based clients, as well as The Innocence Project and a Little League baseball and softball organization.