Brian DeShannon
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
Brian’s practice focuses primarily on executive compensation and employee benefit matters. This involves advising clients with regard to the applicable tax, securities law, and corporate governance aspects of executive compensation arrangements, including equity-based compensation vehicles, and employment, severance, change in control, bonus, and retention agreements. Brian also advises clients on employee and compensation-related issues in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and private equity transactions.
Experience Highlights
FlexSteel Technologies Holdings, Inc. in its $621 million acquisition by Cactus Inc.
Preferred Apartment Communities, a REIT owner and operator of Class A multifamily properties and grocery-anchored retail assets, in its $5.8 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in a $6 billion merger of equals with Whiting Petroleum Corporation creating Chord Energy in 2022
Funds managed by Ares Management in the acquisition and related financing of Atlas Crane Service, a full-service crane rental company that primarily serves the wind industry
Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV, a SPAC, in its $1.39 billion business combination with Hammerhead Resources, a Calgary-based energy company
ProPetro in its acquisition of Silvertip, a provider of wireline perforating and pumpdown services
Clearfork Midstream, a portfolio company of Encap Flatrock Midstream, in the acquisition of Azure Midstream Energy, a Haynesville Shale natural gas gathering and treating platform of Energy Spectrum Capital, and the related $400 million capital commitment from Encap Flatrock Midstream
Swiss Life Asset Management and EDF Invest in the $1.2 billion acquisition of a 27% interest in DataBank, the largest edge infrastructure operator in the U.S.
Desert Peak Minerals in an agreement to combine with Falcon Minerals Corporation in a $1.9 billion transaction
Dispatch Technologies, a customer-centric service logistics software company, in its acquisition of Youreka Labs, a Salesforce-based mobile services company
Riverstone Holdings (i) as lead investor in the $80 million Series D funding and (ii) as an investor in a $30 million additional growth capital round of Infinitum Electric, creator of the sustainable, breakthrough air-core motor
An affiliate of Vista Equity Partners in its lead investment in the $43 million Series B preferred stock financing round of MedTrainer, healthcare’s leader in credentialing, training, and compliance management software solutions
ArcBest Corporation in the sale of its subsidiary FleetNet America, a provider of fleet maintenance and repair services, to Cox Automotive Mobility Solutions
Brookfield Renewable Power in the approximately $1 billion acquisition of Scout Clean Energy from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
ARM Energy Holdings, a premier infrastructure and energy marketing services firm, in its acquisition of Monument Pipeline from NextEra Energy Partners
Funds managed by Apollo in the $2 billion sale by New Fortress Energy Inc. of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo funds and 20% by NFE
Credentials
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2015
- Florida State University, B.S. Marketing, 2008
- Member: New York City Bar Association
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the District of New Jersey, Southern District of New York, and Eastern District of New York
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