Martin
Ziessler

Martin Ziessler is a counsel in Paul Weiss’s Corporate Department and a member of its Asset Management M&A group. Martin’s practice focuses on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and other transactions involving investment management firms, broker-dealers, and other financial services businesses. Martin’s practice frequently involves the structuring and documentation of complex equity and financing arrangements for asset manager ownership vehicles in the form of limited liability companies and limited partnerships.

Martin's representations have included:

• Directors of Hayfin Capital Management in the sale to Arctos Partners
• Affiliated Managers Group in numerous minority investment transactions, including investments in Baring Private Equity Asia, BlueMountain Capital Management, Clarfeld Financial Advisors, Comvest Partners, Garda Capital Partners, and ValueAct Capital
• BlackRock in numerous transactions, including:
  • its $12.55 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
  • its acquisition of Kreos Capital
  • its minority investment in Circle Internet Financial
  • its agreement with Jio Financial Services to form Jio BlackRock, a 50:50 joint venture
  • its sale of its minority interest in DSP BlackRock Investment Managers to The DSP Group
  • its acquisition of the energy infrastructure funds business of First Reserve
• Axiom Asia in its sale of a minority interest to GLP Investment Management
• SSG Capital Holdings in its sale of a controlling stake to Ares Management
• Cetera Financial Group in its sale to Genstar Capital
• WCM in its sale of a minority interest to Natixis
• AMP Capital in its acquisition of a minority interest in PCCP
• Eurazeo in its acquisition of a minority interest in Rhône Group
• Fortress Investment Group in numerous transactions, including:
  • its sale of Logan Circle Partners to MetLife
  • its acquisition by SoftBank Group
  • its strategic alliance with Mount Kellett Capital Management
• American Capital in its merger with Ares Capital and its sale of American Capital Mortgage Management to American Capital Agency
• Raymond James Financial in its acquisition of the Private Client Services business of Deutsche Bank Securities (the legacy business of Alex. Brown)
• DST Systems in its acquisition of Red Rocks Capital
• National Australia Bank in its acquisition of a minority interest in AREA Property Partners
• CAM Capital (f/k/a Caxton Alternative Management) in the minority investment by Goldman Sachs Petershill investment funds in Caxton Associates
• LPL Financial in its acquisition of Fortigent
• Société Générale in its sale of The TCW Group to The Carlyle Group and the management of The TCW Group
• Pacific Century Group in its acquisition of the third-party asset management business of American International Group
• Caxton Associates in the restructuring of the ownership of the firm and the implementation of a multiyear plan for the transition of firm leadership
• Goldman Sachs Petershill investment funds in their acquisition of interests in alternative asset management firms
• Prudential Financial in its acquisition of TMW Immobilien