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Brian M. Stadler
 

Brian M. Stadler

Partner
 
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017 
Brian Stadler specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.  He represents private equity firms and public and private companies in a wide variety of M&A matters, including leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers, minority investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and takeover defense.  While he has counseled clients in a broad range of industries, Brian has extensive experience in M&A transactions involving REITs and other real estate companies.  He has advised Blackstone on more than 30 take private transactions, including eight in a recent 13-month period and the landmark Equity Office Properties and Hilton acquisitions.

During his more than three decades of practice, Brian has been consistently recognized for his work, including a ranking in Band 1 for Private Equity Buyouts by Chambers and being named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer, a Private Equity MVP and a Real Estate MVP by Law360, a Leading Lawyer in REITs by The Legal 500 and Highly Regarded by IFLR 1000 in M&A and Private Equity.  Chambers praises him as “phenomenal” and “top of the class in terms of legal skills, expertise and service.” 

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Work Highlights
  • Blackstone in more than 30 take private transactions, including its $39 billion acquisition of Equity Office Properties (prevailing in the largest LBO at the time against a deal jump by Vornado), its $26 billion acquisition of Hilton, its $13 billion acquisition of American Campus Communities, its $10 billion acquisition of QTS, its $10 billion acquisition of Apartment Income REIT Corp, its $7.6 billion acquisition of PS Business Parks and its $6 billion acquisition of Extended Stay America (in a joint venture with Starwood Capital)
  • Blackstone in the $18.7 billion acquisition of the U.S. logistics business of Global Logistics Properties, the largest-ever private real estate transaction
  • Blackstone in its $14.6 billion recapitalization of BioMed and its $8 billion acquisition of BioMed
  • Seagram in its $46 billion combination with Vivendi and Canal Plus and its $11 billion acquisition of PolyGram
  • Invitation Homes in its $20 billion merger with Starwood Waypoint Homes
  • Wachovia in its $14.7 billion merger with First Union and concurrent defense against a hostile takeover bid from SunTrust
  • Rockwood in its $6.2 billion merger with Albemarle, its $2.3 billion acquisition of Dynamit Nobel from MG Technologies and in its agreement to acquire Talison Lithium for C$724 million
  • BREIT in its issuance of $4.5 billion of common shares to UC Investments and UC Investments’ related strategic venture with Blackstone
  • Glimcher Realty in its $4.3 billion sale to Washington Prime Group
  • Vivint Solar in its $3.2 billion sale to Sunrun
  • Thomas H Lee Partners, Bain Capital, Providence Equity Partners and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. in their $2.6 billion acquisition of Warner Music from Time Warner
  • Hellman & Friedman in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Getty Images and $640 million acquisition of Internet Brands
Accolades
  • Chambers Global (2009–2021)
  • Chambers USA (2007–2024)
  • Law360 Private Equity MVP (2018)
  • The American Lawyer “Dealmaker of the Year” (2006)
Education
  • Columbia Law School, 1990 J.D.
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, Editor, 1989–1990
  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1987 B.S.
    summa cum laude
Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Admissions
  • New York 1991

Brian Stadler specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance.  He represents private equity firms and public and private companies in a wide variety of M&A matters, including leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers, minority investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and takeover defense.  While he has counseled clients in a broad range of industries, Brian has extensive experience in M&A transactions involving REITs and other real estate companies.  He has advised Blackstone on more than 30 take private transactions, including eight in a recent 13-month period and the landmark Equity Office Properties and Hilton acquisitions.

During his more than three decades of practice, Brian has been consistently recognized for his work, including a ranking in Band 1 for Private Equity Buyouts by Chambers and being named a “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer, a Private Equity MVP and a Real Estate MVP by Law 360, a Leading Lawyer in REITs by The Legal 500 and Highly Regarded by IFLR 1000 in M&A and Private Equity.  Chambers praises him as “phenomenal” and “top of the class in terms of legal skills, expertise and service.” 

Work Highlights

  • Blackstone in more than 30 take private transactions, including its $39 billion acquisition of Equity Office Properties (prevailing in the largest LBO at the time against a deal jump by Vornado), its $26 billion acquisition of Hilton, its $13 billion acquisition of American Campus Communities, its $10 billion acquisition of QTS, its $10 billion acquisition of Apartment Income REIT Corp, its $7.6 billion acquisition of PS Business Parks and its $6 billion acquisition of Extended Stay America (in a joint venture with Starwood Capital)
  • Blackstone in the $18.7 billion acquisition of the U.S. logistics business of Global Logistics Properties, the largest-ever private real estate transaction
  • Blackstone in its $14.6 billion recapitalization of BioMed and its $8 billion acquisition of BioMed
  • Seagram in its $46 billion combination with Vivendi and Canal Plus and its $11 billion acquisition of PolyGram
  • Invitation Homes in its $20 billion merger with Starwood Waypoint Homes
  • Wachovia in its $14.7 billion merger with First Union and concurrent defense against a hostile takeover bid from SunTrust
  • Rockwood in its $6.2 billion merger with Albemarle, its $2.3 billion acquisition of Dynamit Nobel from MG Technologies and in its agreement to acquire Talison Lithium for C$724 million
  • BREIT in its issuance of $4.5 billion of common shares to UC Investments and UC Investments’ related strategic venture with Blackstone
  • Glimcher Realty in its $4.3 billion sale to Washington Prime Group
  • Vivint Solar in its $3.2 billion sale to Sunrun
  • Thomas H Lee Partners, Bain Capital, Providence Equity Partners and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. in their $2.6 billion acquisition of Warner Music from Time Warner
  • Hellman & Friedman in its $2.4 billion acquisition of Getty Images and $640 million acquisition of Internet Brands

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