Maurio A.
Fiore

Mr. Fiore’s notable transactions include representing:

• BDT & MSD and its affiliates in connection with multiple acquisitions, structured investments and other transactions, including:
  • BDT’s combination with MSD Partners;
  • the take‑private acquisition of Weber, valuing Weber at $3.7 billion, and governance, reorganization and rollover matters in connection with Weber’s combination with Blackstone Products;
  • the minority investment in Pendulum;
  • the minority investment in a leading real estate asset manager and investments in funds sponsored by this asset manager; and
  • the formation of BDT Capital Partners Fund 3, which raised $9.1 billion of capital commitments.
• Deutsche Telekom in connection with multiple transactions, including its Master Framework Agreement with SoftBank and T‑Mobile, pursuant to which DT acquired approximately $10 billion in call options over T‑Mobile shares from SoftBank and consented to SoftBank’s sale of T‑Mobile shares for approximately $20 billion;
• Legal & General Group in its strategic investment in Taurus Investment Holdings;

• Linde in its $70 billion merger of equals with Praxair;

• Lindsay Goldberg and its portfolio companies in connection with multiple transactions, including Amentum’s Reverse Morris Trust merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, creating a combined organization with $13 billion in revenue; Amentum’s acquisition of DynCorp International from Cerberus Capital Management; First American Payment Systems’ sale to an investor group led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan; and Lindsay Goldberg’s sale of its 49% shareholding in Odfjell Terminals;
• OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of a majority stake in Knight Commercial;

• Westbrook Partners in connection with multiple investment funds and other transactions, including the redevelopment of the St. John’s Terminal site located in New York City; and

• White Mountains in its $300 million acquisition of a majority stake in Bamboo; the pending acquisition, in partnership with Ethos Capital and BCI, of an ownership position in BroadStreet Partners; and its equity investment in Kudu.

Mr. Fiore has been recognized for his work in large cap private equity buyouts by The Legal 500 US and IFLR1000, and he has been recognized by Lawdragon as among the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” and the “500 X – The Next Generation.” He was selected to serve as a member of Law360’s Private Equity Editorial Advisory Board in 2024.

Mr. Fiore is from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. and B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 2010, an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012 and a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2015. Before joining Cravath, Mr. Fiore worked for Leonard S. Fiore, Inc., a leading general contractor in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Fiore joined Cravath in 2015 and was elected a partner in 2022.