Latham Advises on Apollo Funds’ Acquisition of Majority Stake in Noble Environmental, Inc.
Apollo (NYSE: APO) has announced that Apollo-managed funds (Apollo Funds) have acquired a majority interest in Noble Environmental, Inc. (Noble Environmental), a vertically integrated waste management platform headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Noble Environmental is a regional leader in waste management across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest United States, providing integrated services spanning solid waste collection, hauling, transfer, and disposal to municipalities and commercial customers, alongside a growing RNG business that captures and converts landfill gas into pipeline-quality fuel.
Latham & Watkins LLP advised Apollo Funds on the transaction with an M&A team led by partners Justin T. Stolte, John Greer, and Clayton Heery, with associates Sam Spiers, Armaan Bhimani, Johnny Zhuang, and Emily Brown. Advice was also provided by partners David Brenneman, Robert Brown, Blair Connelly, Matthew Conway, Caitlin Fitzpatrick, Betty Huber, Bryant Lee, Drew Levin, Joshua Marnitz, Eric Swibel, Harrison White, and counsels Anna Rienhardt and Karen Ritter, with associates Andrew Abokhair, David Albano, Saúl Aguirre-Villarreal, Amara Banks, Stuart Cobb, Dominick Constantino, Enrique Covarrubias, Max Fin, Jen Goldshtein, Josh Horn, Govin Kaggal, Brandon Kerns, Gina Kwon, Lucas Migliano, and Christina Schrantz.*
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