Maurio A. Fiore focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, corporate governance and general corporate matters. He has a broad‑based transactional practice with experience advising private equity firms and multinational corporations on matters across various industries and jurisdictions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | Private Equity |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | Private Equity |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Corporate, esp. M&A, Private Equity |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Corporate, esp. M&A, Private Equity |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Corporate, esp. M&A, Private Equity |
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 and its affiliates in connection with multiple acquisitions, sales, structured investments and other transactions, including:
- the pending $1.75 billion sale of Bamboo to CVC;
- its previous $300 million acquisition of a majority stake in Bamboo;
- its $230 million acquisition of a majority stake in Distinguished;
- the acquisition, in partnership with Ethos Capital and BCI, of an ownership position in BroadStreet Partners; and
- its equity investment in Kudu.