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Cristopher Greer is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and Co-Chair of the firm's Capital Markets Practice Group.  Cris focuses on capital market transactions, representing financial sponsors,  corporate issuers and investment banks in public and private offerings of debt, equity, and equity-linked securities.  Cris also focuses on general corporate representation and SEC matters as well as restructurings. 

Experience

  • Representing Ingram Micro Holding Corporation in its $409 million initial public offering
  • Representing the lenders in the debt financing for the acquisition of NSI Industries by Sentinel Capital Partners
  • Representing Platinum Equity and Butterfly in the financing of their acquisition of Rise Baking Company
  • Representing Platinum Equity in an $800 million refinancing by portfolio company Solenis
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its acquisition of Sunrise Medical, a world leader in advanced assistive mobility solutions, from Nordic Capital
  • Representing HC Companies in its acquisition of Classic Home & Garden
  • Representing Platinum Equity in connection with a comprehensive financing agreement with portfolio company Aventiv Technologies 
  • Representing Xerox Holdings Corporation in the concurrent offerings of $350 million of convertible senior notes and $500 million of senior notes and a related tender offer
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its acquisition of Kohler Energy
  • Representing Platinum Equity as debt structuring counsel in its acquisition of a co-controlling stake in US LBM
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its acquisition of a majority interest in The Cook & Boardman Group
  • Representing Enlightened Hospitality Investments, a strategic growth equity firm affiliated with Union Square Hospitality Group, in its investment in Qu, a restaurant technology company
  • Representing Platinum Equity in its acquisition of HC Companies, a leading North American manufacturer of horticultural containers
  • Representing Platinum Equity and its portfolio company Solenis in the financing of Solenis’ $4.6 billion acquisition of Diversey Holdings, Ltd.
  • Representing Cetera Financial Group, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital, in a bond offering to finance its acquisition of Avantax, Inc.
  • Representing Ryerson Holding Corporation and Platinum Equity in a secondary offerings of Ryerson’s common stock
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its acquisition of Imerys’ High Temperature Solutions business 
  • Representing Solenis, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, in the financing of its acquisition of Clearon Corp.
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its acquisition of Pelican Products
  • Representing Platinum Equity and its portfolio company McGraw Hill in the financing of McGraw Hill’s acquisition of Achieve3000
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its $5.25 billion acquisition of Solenis
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its $4.5 billion acquisition of McGraw Hill
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its $1.7 billion acquisition of Club Car and Club Car's acquisition of Garia A/S
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its $7.2 billion acquisition of Ingram Micro
  • Representing Orbit Irrigation in its acquisition of Bond Manufacturing's garden business 
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the $1.9 billion financing associated with its acquisition of Wesco Aircraft and the subsequent merger with Pattonair
  • Representing Friedman Fleischer & Lowe and CURO Group Holdings Corp. in Curo's IPO
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing aspects of the multi-step sale of Artesyn Technologies
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its $2.74 billion acquisition of Cision Ltd.
  • Representing HealthEquity, Inc. in its approximately $412 million offering of 6.75 million common shares
  • Representing Platinum Equity in its acquisition of Orbit Irrigation 
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its $2.1 billion acquisition of Lifescan Diagnostic Systems' manufacturing business
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financing of its acquisition of Vertiv Corporation and Vertiv in the subsequent offering of PIK toggle notes, tender offer and other capital markets and financing transactions
  • Representing Platinum Equity in the financings associated with the acquisitions of each of Securus Technologies, Yak Access, Patton Air, Sensis LTD, Artesyn Technologies, Maxim Crane, PNA, and Compucom
  • Representing LSB Industries, Inc. in offerings of senior secured notes and related consent solicitation
  • Representing Tronox Limited in an offering of senior notes in connection with its $3.150 billion global refinancing
  • Representing iPayments, Inc. in its offering of second lien senior secured notes as part of the company's broad refinancing
  • Representing Fidelity Information Services in its notes offering and related tender offers
  • Representing Cardtronics, Inc. and Cardtronics USA, Inc. in its offering of senior notes
  • Representing Curo Financial Technologies Corp. in various offerings of senior secured notes
  • Representing Ryerson Holding Corporation in its public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock
  • Representing Broadview Networks Holdings in its Chapter 11 proceeding
  • Representing Warburg Pincus as selling stockholder in a common stock offering of TMG Holdings Co
  • Representing affiliates of Fortress Investment Group as selling stockholder in a common stock offering of Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc.
  • Representing the ad hoc committee of bondholders in the out-of-court restructuring of Liberty Tire
  • Representing Momentive Performance Materials in its Chapter 11 proceeding
  • Representing Ryerson Holding Corporation in 144A offerings of senior secured notes and related refinancing transactions
  • Representing Platinum Equity and Neovia Logistics in an offering of senior secured notes
  • Representing The Men's Wearhouse in its offering of senior notes in connection with its acquisition of Jos. A. Banks
  • Representing Ryerson Holding Corporation in its initial public offering 
  • Representing the underwriters in various common stock offerings by Brookdale and its majority stockholders
  • Representing Friedman Fleischer & Lowe in connection with the high yield offering as part of the financing of FFL's acquisition of Iracore
  • Representing Cetus Capital as lender in the out-of-court restructuring of Sprint Industrial Holdings
  • Representing the bondholders in connection with a private placement of notes as part of the in-court restructuring of CGG Holding
  • Representing Warburg Pincus in secondary offerings of common stock of Tornier and Fidelity Information Services
  • Representing Warburg Pincus and the issuers in the IPO of Tornier
  • Representing Warburg Pincus and the issuers in the IPO Transdigm 
  • Representing Warburg Pincus and the issuers in the IPO of Polypore
  • Representing Allied World Assurance in its IPO and subsequent debt offerings 
  • Representing an ad hoc group of bondholders in connection with the restructuring of Illinois Power Generating Company
  • Representing Platinum Equity as noteholder in connection with the restructuring in chapter 11 of Ahern Rentals and the out-of-court restructuring of Aquilex
  • Representing Platinum Equity and other bondholders in connection with an out-of-court debt-to-equity exchange by Keystone Automotive
  • Representing the noteholders in connection with the out-of-court exchange offer by LBI Media
  • Representing the noteholders in connection with an out-of-court restructuring of Affinion Group
  • Advising Angiotech Pharmaceuticals in its out-of-court restructuring
  • Representing United Site Services in its out-of-court restructuring

Credentials

Education


Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1995 Baruch College, B.A., 1992

Bar Admissions


New York, 1996

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