Apollo Invests in W.R. Grace

Paul, Weiss advised funds managed by Apollo Global Management affiliates in their preferred stock issuance in connection with Standard Industries Holdings Inc.’s $7 billion buyout of W.R. Grace & Co., a Maryland-based specialty chemicals company.

The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, corporate partners Brian Finnegan, Brad Finkelstein, Matthew Goldstein and Gregory Ezring and counsel David Levine and Gabriella Toossi; tax partner Brian Grieve; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; executive compensation partner Lawrence Witdorchic; litigation counsel Steven Herzog.