Maurio A. Fiore
Partner, Corporate & Financial Services
Maurio Fiore is a partner in Willkie’s Corporate & Financial Services Department and a member of the Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups. He is based in the Firm’s New York office.
Maurio’s practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions involving public and private companies, private equity investments, joint ventures and corporate governance matters. His experience spans multiple industries, with a particular focus on the financial services, insurance and technology sectors. He advises private equity sponsors, public companies, insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions and other global clients on a wide range of complex deals.
Experience
- Listed in IFLR1000 for Private Equity – US (2024-2025)
- Named among Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America (2024-2025)
- Named among Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation (2023-2025)
- Listed in The Legal 500 US for Private Equity Buyouts: Large Deals, 500m+ (2024-2025)
- Member, Law360 Editorial Advisory Board, Private Equity, 2024
- Co-Author, “U.S. Regulatory Merger Control Regimes: Negotiating with Deal Delays in Mind,” The Legal 500’s 2023 Mergers & Acquisitions Country Comparative Guide, May 2023
- Co-Author, “Cryptocurrency Forks: A Response to the IRS’s Recent Guidance,” 166 Tax Notes Federal 1261, March 2020
- 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 a leading American wireless provider, pursuant to which DT acquired approximately $10 billion in call options over the provider’s shares from SoftBank and consented to SoftBank’s sale of the provider’s 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 $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.
*Maurio advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2015 University of Pittsburgh, M.B.A., 2012 Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 2010 Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 2010