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Christopher Zochowski is a partner in the Private Equity practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and general corporate transactions, both domestically and internationally.
Chris regularly advises private equity, corporate strategic, asset management and investment bank clients in structuring, negotiating and executing transactions, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions, including segment or carve-out transactions, public mergers and acquisitions, take-private transactions, distressed and 363 transactions, complex stock and asset transactions, reincorporation mergers, proxy solicitations and issuer self-tender offers.
- Public and private securities transactions, including initial, follow-on and secondary public offerings, shelf registrations, 144A and Reg S transactions, public debt offerings and offerings under medium-term note programs.
- Permanent capital and specialty finance transactions, including those for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), business development companies (BDCs), permanent capital acquisition partnerships (P/CAPs), master limited partnerships (MLPs), real estate investment trusts (REITs) and a variety of both public and private hybrid structures involving long-term or other permanent capital.
- Cross-border and domestic project and structured finance transactions involving a wide range of energy technologies, including gas, coal, nuclear, geothermal, solar, wind and biomass.
- Debt restructurings, including consent solicitations and exchange offerings.
Chris has worked across a wide range of practice areas, industries and sectors, with a particular focus on the financial services, energy, manufacturing and industrial sectors. He also has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating transactions on behalf of private equity and asset management clients, as well as in structuring and negotiating specialty finance transactions for sponsors in the public markets.
In addition, Chris has advised clients on matters relating to periodic reporting and disclosure requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, compliance with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, Delaware corporate law matters and other general corporate matters.
Accolades
- Lawdragon, 500 Leading Dealmakers (2021 and 2025)
- The Legal 500 U.S., M&A: Middle Market ($500 million to $999 million) (2016-20)
- Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity – District of Columbia (2015)
- M&A Advisor, Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year ($100 million to $1 billion) (2013)
- M&A Advisor, Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year ($100 million $200 million) (2012)
Education
- George Washington University, J.D. (Highest Honors), 1997
- Georgetown University, B.A., 1993
Representations
Private Equity
- Atlas Holdings in connection with its acquisition of US Farathane from The Gores Group.
- Atlas Holdings in connection with its acquisition of substantially all the operating assets of the Americas business of Exide Technologies, LLC in a court-supervised sale process pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. bankruptcy code.
- Atlas Holdings in connection with the reverse public merger of its portfolio company, Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., with Support.com Inc., and subsequent initial public offering and listing.
- Siris Capital Group LLC and its portfolio company, Trident Private Holdings III LLC, a holding company of Transaction Network Services, in a minority investment by Koch Equity Development LLC and co-investors Eaglehill Advisors LLC and MSD Capital, L.P.
- Perella Weinberg Partners in the sale of Northpoint Commercial Finance, LLC.
- Atlas Holdings, in connection with its:
- disposition by Ivex Specialty Paper LLC of its U.S. and Canadian assets to IndusPac.
- acquisition of AGI Media and its affiliates, comprising the specialty packaging division of MeadWestvaco Corporation in Australia, Austria, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- acquisition of Shorewood Packaging Corporation and its affiliates, comprising the specialty packaging division of International Paper Company, in Canada, China, Korea, Mexico, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States, and subsequent consolidation with AGI Media to create ASG, specialty packaging company.
- ASG, a specialty packaging company, in connection with:
- the stock and asset disposition by the AGI Shorewood Group of packaging businesses and assets in China, Mexico and the United States to Multi Packaging Solutions.
- the asset acquisition by AGI Media Warszawa Sp. z.o.o. of packaging assets from MWV Graz GmbH.
- the asset acquisition by AGI Polymatrix LLC of packaging assets from Infiniti Media Inc.
- the stock and asset disposition by the AGI Shorewood Group of companies of its gravure packaging businesses and assets in China, Korea, Mexico and the United States to Amcor.
- Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a vertically integrated bitcoin mining and power generation company, in connection with:
- its merger with Support.com Inc. to become the first publicly traded, vertically integrated bitcoin mining company in the world.
- its subsequent initial public offering and multiple additional debt and equity offerings.
- Iconex, a specialty paper converting company, in connection with its acquisition of RiteMade Paper Converters.
- Motus Integrated Technologies, an auto supply company, in connection with:
- the sale of its certain operating businesses in France, Mexico and the U.S. to Shanghai Daimay Automotive Interior Co. Ltd.
- the sale of its operating assets in Uberherrn, Germany to Nobo Automotive System Co., Ltd.
- its acquisition of the Janesville Fiber Solutions business of Jason Industries, Inc.
- Stryten Manufacturing, a battery manufacturing company, in connection with:
- its acquisition of Galvion Power Systems with operations in Ontario, Canada.
- its acquisition of Tulip Richardson Manufacturing, with operations throughout the Midwest and Northeast United States.
- American Residuals Group and American Industrial Services Group in the sale of their specialty waste and environmental recycling and disposal services business to TPG Growth.
- The Olayan Group in its acquisition of a noncontrolling interest in PurposeBuilt Brands, Inc.
- Compass Diversified Trust in its acquisition of CBS Personnel Holdings, Inc., Crosman Acquisition Corporation, Compass AC Holdings, Inc. and Silvue Technologies Group, Inc., each of which were acquired in connection its initial public offering.
Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles
- Skillz, Inc. in connection with its $3.5 billion business combination with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle.
- Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. in connection with its $4.2 billion business combination with Babylon Holdings Limited, a digital-first value-based care company.
- Ark Global Acquisition Corp. in its $345 million initial public offering.
- Kingswood Acquisition Corp. in its $115 million initial public offering.
- MDH Acquisition Corp. in connection with:
- its $960 million business combination with Paylink Direct and Olive.com, a payment service and online vehicle protection plan company.
- its $276 million initial public offering.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- BP America in connection with its sale of multiple tankers.
- Care Investment Trust Inc., a publicly traded REIT, in its sale to Tiptree Financial Partners, L.P.
- Care Investment Trust Inc. in the sale of a REIT loan portfolio to CapitalSource Bank.
- Macquarie Cook Energy LLC in its acquisition of a trading contract portfolio from Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc.
- Macquarie Cook Energy LLC in its acquisition of a trading contract portfolio from Integrys Energy Services, Inc.
- Merrill Lynch and certain affiliates in the tax equity and debt financing of a geothermal energy facility.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in the unwind of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Company with Luminant.
- MorganFranklin Consulting, a leading finance and technology advisory firm, in its sale to Vaco, a global talent & solutions firm.
Capital Markets
- Allied Capital Corporation in its $1 billion shelf registration and $400 million debt offering (Merrill Lynch as lead underwriter).
- Allegheny Energy, Inc., Allegheny Capital Trust I, II and III in their universal shelf registration of $1.5 billion of securities.
- American Tower Corporation in multiple private placements of notes totaling approximately $1.2 billion (Credit Suisse First Boston represented the Initial Purchasers).
- Compass Diversified Trust in its initial public offering for approximately $200 million and the acquisition of four portfolio companies with the proceeds thereof (Ferris, Baker Watts was the lead underwriter).
- Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. in its initial public offering for approximately $78 million (JMP Securities was the lead underwriter).
- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) in multiple private placements of debt by totaling approximately $8 billion (various Initial Purchasers).
- MCG Capital Corporation in various follow-on equity offerings for approximately $110 million (various lead underwriters).
- Oxford GlycoSciences Plc in its initial public offering of American depositary shares for approximately $215 million (Lehman Brothers was lead underwriter).
- Pearson plc in its rights offering for ordinary shares and the initial public offering of American depositary shares for approximately $2.5 billion (Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter).
- Technology Investment Capital Corp. in its rights offering for approximately $44 million (UBS Securities as lead rights manager).
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.