Andrew L. Milano

Andrew routinely advises clients in acquisition and divestment deals involving a range of assets, from container terminals, power generation facilities, and regulated water and wastewater plants to enterprises in the international energy services sector, various manufacturing industries, and logistics operations.

• Zurn Water Solutions Corporation, formerly known as Rexnord Corporation, in its $1.7 billion stock for stock merger with Elkay Manufacturing Company, a market leader in the growing commercial drinking water solutions business
• A.P. Moeller-Maersk in the $1.7 billion acquisition of Pilot Freight Services, a global provider of end-to-end and last mile solutions specializing in big and bulky B2C and B2B freight, from ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
• Cypress Performance Group in the sale of IPS Corporation, a global manufacturer of solvent cements, plumbing and roofing products, and adhesives for residential, commercial, and industrial use, to Centerbridge Partners, LP
• Cypress Performance Group in sale of its subsidiary Encapsys, a company that specializes in microencapsulation technology that is used in production and manufacturing in the food, pharmaceuticals, home care, construction materials, textiles, bedding, and agriculture sectors, to Milliken
• Rexnord Corp, a multiplatform industrial leader, in its definitive agreement with Regal Beloit Corp. under which Rexnord will separate its Process & Motion Control (PMC) segment by way of a tax-free spin-off to Rexnord shareholders and then combine it with Regal in a Reverse Morris Trust (RMT) transaction creating a $10 billion PMC business
• Apollo Global Management in its $410 million acquisition out of bankruptcy of certain assets of the Hostess Brands baked snack food business
• Apollo Global Management in its $975 million sale of Smart & Final Holdings Corp. to Ares Management LLC A.P. Moeller-Maersk Group in its sale of APM Terminals’ state-of-the-art container terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia to a partnership of Alinda Capital Partners and Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited.
• Highstar Capital and Ares EIF in the sale to JERA Co., Inc. of a 50% interest in the Linden Cogeneration Facility, a 972-MW gas-fired thermal power cogeneration complex
• Highstar Capital in the sale of a combined-cycle natural gas power generation facility and two peaker plants to AltaGas
• Highstar Capital in its acquisition of one combined cycle natural gas power generation facility and two peaker plants from Harbert Infrastructure
• Highstar Capital in the sale of Utilities, Inc., a regulated water and wastewater company
• Star West Generation, which is owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and its co-investors, in the $300 million sale of its ownership interests in Arlington Valley, LLC, which owns the 580 MW combined cycle natural gas generation Arlington Valley facility, to Capital Power Corporation 
• Oaktree Capital Management L.P. in the agreement by Star West Generation LLC to sell 100% of the ownership interests in Griffith Energy LLC, the owner of a 570 MW gas-fired combined-cycle generation facility, to ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC
• Sandvik AB in its acquisition of Varel International Energy Services and subsequent sale of Varel International Energy Services to Blue Water Energy
• A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in the sale of its Direct ChassisLink subsidiary
  A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (Denmark) in its acquisition of Vandegrift Inc., a customs brokerage and freight forwarding business
• A.P. Moller-Maersk in the $545 million acquisition of Performance Team, a US warehousing and distribution company
• Brickworks North America Corporation in its acquisition of Sioux City Brick, a manufacturer of clay bricks and a distributor of related masonry products with a strong brand and leading market position in the Midwest
• Brickworks Limited (Australia) in its acquisition of all of the assets of Redland Brick Inc., a producer of a complete line of handmade, molded and extruded face brick, pavers, and thin brick for the architectural and residential markets, related to its Cushwa, Harmar, Rocky Ridge, Lawrenceville Brick, and Tru-Brix product lines
• Nash Finch Company in its $1.3 billion merger with Spartan Stores Inc.
• SpartanNash in its acquisition of Caito
• SpartanNash in its acquisition of Buehler’s supermarket chain from E&H Family Group 
• UBM plc in the sale of PR Newswire
• UBM plc in its purchase of Business Journals, Inc.
• UBM plc in its $972 million acquisition of Advanstar
• The Kraft Group and Schwarz Partners JV on their acquisition of two containerboard mills from global paper and packaging company International Paper
• New Indy JV LLC in its acquisition of Montebello Container Company, a company that focuses on manufacturing and distributing corrugated sheets
• Interactive Data Corporation in its acquisition by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus
• Ares Management in its acquisition of Deva Holdings, Inc., a haircare products company
• Transforce Corporation in its acquisition of Dynamex, a Nasdaq listed company
• A group of LG companies in their acquisition of Eastman Kodak Company’s OLED business
• Forefront Dermatology on its sale to OMERS Private Equity
• Enstructure in its acquisition of CD Corporation, a terminal and logistics business
• React2Media, a global performance marketing company, in its sale to Antevenio (Spain)
• Lifetime Brands Inc. in its $313 million acquisition of Filament Brands, an innovator in the housewares industry