Ben Kaplan

Ben's representative experience includes advising:

Bankruptcy-Related Transactions

• CareerBuilder + Monster, a global talent marketplace and workforce solutions leader, on a court-supervised chapter 11 sale process aimed at maximizing value, including BOLD’s acquisition of the company’s job board business, Iron Corp US’s acquisition of Monster Media Properties, and PartnerOne’s acquisition of Monster Government Solutions
• Exela Technologies, a business process automation provider, on its acquisition by XBP Europe Holdings, in connection with its emergence from chapter 11
• IG Design Group Americas and its subsidiaries on a court-supervised marketing and sale process pursuant to section 363
• Bang Energy, a leading energy drinks and performance beverage manufacturer, on closing a chapter 11/Section 363 sale of its assets pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with Monster Beverage Corporation
• Starry Group Holdings, a fixed wireless broadband ISP, as restructuring counsel, on its uncontested reorganization plan
• Afiniti on successfully completing its recapitalization transaction with its secured lenders
• Robertshaw on its chapter 11 sale and restructuring
• A lender on the chapter 11 sale of Center for Autism and Related Disorders and the restructuring of US$245 million of liabilities
• A lender on a privately held borrower’s successful bankruptcy auction and Section 363 sale
• A lender on restructuring a privately held borrower’s outstanding debt into new debt and equity
• A publicly traded company on corporate aspects of its pre-pack bankruptcy filing that resolved US$1.8 billion of debt and coordinated its emergence from bankruptcy
• A publicly traded company’s noteholders committee on corporate aspects of its pre-pack bankruptcy filing that resolved US$355 million of debt and coordinated its emergence from bankruptcy
• A public Japanese company on its US$250 million acquisition of a mining company’s assets out of bankruptcy, including the purchase of senior debt directly from the lenders
• A publicly traded international bank on its US$24 million acquisition of a leading processor of private label salads and fresh-cut vegetables as part of collecting on a defaulted promissory note
• A publicly traded company on its bid to purchase life insurance assets from a bankrupt entity in a Section 363 auction and sale
• A privately held company on its bid for real estate assets in a Section 363 auction

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Safehold, a REIT specializing in ground leases, on its merger with iStar
• Northern Data, a leader in AI and high-performance-computing infrastructure, on its:
  • Business combination agreement with Rumble
  • US$200 million sale of Peak Mining
• Ares Management on acquiring GLP Capital Partners’ international business, GCP International
• MES Intermediate on selling certain nonoperating subsidiaries, including Municipal Emergency Services, a distributor of firefighting and emergency response equipment, to Mustang ES Holdings
• F.L. Putnam Investment Management Company on acquiring AOG Wealth Management, a wealth asset management firm
• Quad Code on its sale of a Commodity Futures Trading Commission-licensed derivatives exchange and clearinghouse to Polymarkets
• Block M shareholders on the sale of a 50.03% stake in Lightsource bp, a UK-based world leading developer and operator of utility-scale solar and battery storage assets, to bp plc
• A publicly traded cell phone tower owner/operator on its:
  • US$4.1 billion stock-for-stock merger into another publicly traded cell phone tower owner/operator
  • US$1.3 billion acquisition of cell phone towers from a publicly traded cellular service provider and the related leaseback of a portion of each tower to the seller
  • US$108 million sale of cell phone towers to a publicly traded cellular service provider
  • US$19 million divestiture of its Canadian business
• A public Japanese trading company on its US$1.2 billion acquisition of power plants in Mexico
• A private equity fund on its US$800 million acquisition, via merger, of a publicly traded company
• A company on the US$500 million sale of a portion of its international investment
• A sovereign wealth fund’s portfolio company on its US$493 million acquisition of an international manufacturing company with facilities in the US, China, Germany, and Mexico
• A private company in the financial software industry on its US$400 million acquisition by a private equity fund via merger
• A French publicly traded company’s US subsidiary on the US$140 million aggregate sale of a portion of its advertising business to a private equity fund and its partner’s sale of its entire interest
• A private equity fund on its US$62 million sale of an international manufacturing portfolio company
• A private equity fund on its US$33 million acquisition of a plastic-mold injection manufacturing company serving the US automobile industry
• Acquisitions and dispositions across multiple geographies and industries, including:
  • Regulated entities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, the UK, and the US
  • A registered investment advisory business
  • A regulated technology platform
  • A regulated gaming technology business
  • An advertising business
  • An online commercial goods platform
  • A wealth management business

Joint Ventures

• Corporate clients on investments and joint ventures in:
  • Real estate
  • The international gaming industry
  • Broker dealer desks and equities trading technology platforms
  • Microwave antenna communications networks
  • An advertising business
  • An online ordering platform for commercial products
  • Glass recycling
  • Utility-scale solar farms
  • Corporate practice of medicine