Max Troper

Max Troper is a corporate attorney who advises public and private companies, private equity firms and family offices on a variety of U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and general corporate matters.

Mr. Troper has represented a diverse range of clients across industries in deals such as:

• LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.E. in its $16.2 billion acquisition of Tiffany & Co., which was the largest-ever luxury sector transaction
• American Express Global Business Travel in its:
  • $5.3 billion business combination with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital, pursuant to which American Express Global Business Travel became the world’s largest publicly traded B2B travel platform
  • acquisition of the Egencia corporate travel business from Expedia Group
• Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. in its:
  • $2.6 billion take-private transaction with Vista Equity Partners
  • acquisition of IMburse Payments
• Vital Proteins, a leading collagen brand and a lifestyle and wellness platform offering supplements, beverages and food products, in its acquisition by Nestle Health Science
• Fortress Investment Group in several matters, including in connection with SoftBank Group’s pending sale of Fortress to a buyer group consisting of Fortress management and Mubadala
• Dayco, LLC in its acquisition by Hidden Harbor Capital Partners
• Broadscale Acquisition Corp. in its proposed but terminated $1.3 billion business combination with Voltus, Inc., an electricity-market technology startup
• York Capital Management in its sale of The Bay Club Company, a leading active lifestyle and hospitality company, to KKR
• Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd. as lead member of an investor group in its proposed, unsolicited $14 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.
• Excelitas Technologies Corp., a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, in its acquisition by AEA Investors LP
• WhistlePig, a distiller of luxury rye whiskey, in its partnership with BDT Capital Partners and its related liquidity transaction
• GP Investments Acquisition Corp. in its proposed but terminated acquisition of World Kitchen and its subsequent business combination with Rimini Street Inc.
• Veritas Capital in its acquisition of GE Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems Inc. from General Electric Company
• DuPont in its $725 million sale of its trichlorosilane business to Hemlock Semiconductor and the sale of its stake in the Hemlock joint ventures
• New Senior Investment Group Inc. (a REIT) in connection with its publicly announced exploration of strategic alternatives
• SL Green Realty Corp. (a REIT) in connection with various M&A, governance and other corporate matters

Mr. Troper is actively involved in Skadden’s corporate training, recruiting and mentoring programs. He also provides pro bono legal services to a variety of New York-based clients, as well as The Innocence Project and a little league baseball and softball organization