Apollo Completes Investment in Motor Fuel Group

Paul, Weiss advised funds managed by Apollo affiliates on their acquisition, alongside other investors, of a minority stake in Motor Fuel Group (MFG) from investment firm CD&R. The Apollo-led investor group includes leading institutional investors and a number of CD&R’s existing limited partners. Under the terms of the transaction, the Apollo-led group acquired about £500 million of structured equity in MFG via a new special purpose vehicle.

The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Christopher Sullivan, Neel Sachdev, Oliver Marcuse and Kanesh Balasubramaniam, and included partners Flora Go and Cameron Roper, and counsel Caitlin Ludwigsen, Jeremy Larkins, David Levine and James Parkinson; tax partners Sohail Itani, Timothy Lowe and Brian Grieve; and intellectual property partner John Patten and counsel Alex Zapalowski.