Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has announced the addition of Maurio A. Fiore as a partner in its New York office. Fiore joins the firm’s Corporate & Financial Services Department and will be part of the Private Equity and M&A Practice Groups.
Fiore’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions involving both public and private companies, private equity investments, joint ventures, and corporate governance matters. He brings experience from multiple industries such as financial services, insurance, and technology. Fiore has led significant deals for private equity sponsors, public companies, insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, and other global clients. He is recognized in legal directories for his work in private equity and previously worked at Cravath.
Jeffrey Poss, Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice Group and incoming joint Chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, stated: “Maurio is an accomplished dealmaker and his broad experience advising private equity sponsors and corporations on complex, high-value transactions makes him an excellent fit for Willkie and further enhances our ability to deliver best-in-class solutions to clients across the transactional landscape.”
Adam Turteltaub, Co-Chair of the M&A Practice Group, added: “Maurio has played a significant role in some of the most sophisticated M&A and private equity transactions in the market in recent years. His arrival further builds on our corporate platform’s momentum in New York and across the Firm, and we are pleased to welcome him to Willkie.”
Fiore commented: “Willkie is widely regarded for its strength across corporate sectors, and I have long admired the Firm’s standout global transactional capabilities. I’m thrilled to join this talented team of practitioners amid the dynamic changes shaping private equity and other key markets.”
Willkie Farr & Gallagher advises private equity funds on a wide range of matters including fund structuring, investments, acquisitions, co-invest structures, joint ventures, financing arrangements such as bank credit or direct lending, IPOs, SPACs, PIPEs, major lifecycle events and exits. The firm also represents buyers, sellers, boards’ special committees, investors and advisors in major acquisition transactions globally with teams based across 16 offices in the United States, UK and Europe.
The firm employs about 1,300 attorneys worldwide who provide legal services across roughly 45 practice areas.