DLA Piper advised Las Vegas-based luxury timeshare resort company Diamond Resorts International in its acquisition by private equity firm Apollo Global Management for US $2.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the next few months.

Diamond Resorts International has a network of more than 420 vacation destinations located in 35 countries throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, Australasia and Africa.

The DLA Piper team was comprised of New York partners Roger Meltzer, Sidney Burke and Nickie Cheney.