Apollo Global Management had a busy week. The private equity giant was involved in three of the largest deals of the week, taking Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom; Simpson Thacher; and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison along for the fun. 

Apollo announced it would buy back Athlene, the life insurance company the private equity firm created in the dark days of the Great Recession, creating an entity with a market cap of close to $29 billion (details below).