Biography
Trey is recognized as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer for Private Equity in the U.S. by IFLR1000 and has been recommended for M&A by Legal 500 US. Trey was identified by Crain’s New York Business in its inaugural class of “Notable Diverse Leaders in Law”. He was previously named Private Practice Leader of the Year” by the Metropolitan Black Bar Association.
Trey actively lectures on various topics relating to private equity matters, including for organizations and publications such as Practicing Law Institute, Buyouts, Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor.
Experience*
Corporate & Private Equity Transactions
- Archaea Energy LLC in its acquisition of PEI Power LLC
- Brightwood Capital in connection with the acquisition of the following companies by financial sponsors
- BioVectra,
- EzShield,
- Hojeij Branded Foods,
- InHealth MD, and
- Jenny Craig
- Brookfield Business Partners in the sale of Cardone Industries Inc.
- Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund L.P. in the sale of interests in Luminex Corporation
- Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio company True Food Kitchen in connection with a structured equity investment by HumanCo and MannaTree Partners
- CIIG Merger Corp. in connection with its merger with Arrival Group
- CIIG Merger Corp II in connection with its merger with Zapp Electric Vehicles
- Cognizant Domestic Holdings Corporation in its acquisition of Bolder Healthcare Solutions, LLC
- Cyrus Capital in its investments in Virgin America Airlines
- Cyrus Capital in the sale of its equity interest in CM Finance LLC to an affiliate of Investcorp
- Durational Capital Management, GIC and The Jordan Company in their acquisition of Bojangles’, Inc.
- Farol Capital in the sale of Delphon Industries LLC
- Intermediate Capital Australia Pty Limited in the sale of a controlling interest in American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
- JPMorgan Chase in connection with its acquisition of The Infatuation, Inc. and its investment in AutoFi
- Lineage Logistics, LLC in its acquisition of Turvo Inc.
- Luxor Capital in its investment in Montage Resorts
- Management team of Organix Recycling in the sale of the business to Denali Water Solutions
- Mubadala Development Company/Mubadala Capital in its equity investments in:
- The Carlyle Group, L.P.,
- D.E. Master Blenders,
- The Raine Group LLC,
- The Related Companies,
- Silver Lake Partners, and
- The Viceroy Hotel Group
- New York Yankees in its joint venture with ManCity to launch New York City Football Club
- Northleaf Capital in its investments in:
- Accurus Aeorspace
- Culture Experiences Abroad
- The LaSalle Network
- Material Sciences Corporation
- Meridian Waste Corporation, and
- Seapine Investments
- PSP Investments in its take private of Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc.
- Siemens Corporation in the acquisition of Russelectric
- Siemens Financial Services in its co-investment in the acquisition of DataBank
- Siemens Government Technologies in the divestiture of the Dresser-Rand
- Solar Capital Ltd. in its acquisitions of:
- Crystal Financial LLC,
- Gemino Healthcare,
- Kingsbridge Holdings LLC
- NEF Holdings LLC and
- North Mill Capital LLC
- Vivial Corporation in the sale of its carve out of mGage Holdings
- Vivial Media Holdings, Inc. in its sale to Thryv Holdings, Inc.
- Warburg Pincus in the formation of Eco Material Technologies Inc. and the business combination of Green Cement Inc. and Boral Resources LLC
Trey is also an active member of the New York City and State community. Trey serves as Chairman of the Corporation Law Committee of the New York City Bar. Trey also serves as the Chairman of the Board of The Dance Theatre of Harlem, a Member of the Executive Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Co-Chairman of the Investment Committee of the National Archives Foundation and a Board Member of The Friends of the High Line.