Christopher M. Bezeg

christopher.bezeg@lw.com

+1.202.637.1019

Profile

Christopher Bezeg advises private equity sponsors, public and private companies, investment banks, and alternative capital sources across a broad range of capital markets, finance, and corporate transactions.

Christopher draws on keen market insights to help clients, ranging from early-stage privately held companies to well-known seasoned issuers, navigate:

Acquisition financings
Liability management exercises, restructurings, and other special situation transactions
Initial public offerings
Other debt and equity offerings, including high-yield offerings
Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and acquisition transactions
Public company representation and corporate governance

He forges trusted relationships with clients to anticipate issues that may arise within the context of a transaction and beyond, and develops pragmatic solutions to help them navigate complex situations.

Experience

Christopher’s representative experience includes advising:

Private Equity Sponsors

The Carlyle Group on the offering of senior unsecured PIK toggle notes to finance the acquisition of StandardAero
One Rock on the offering of:
- Senior secured notes to finance FXI Holdings’ acquisition of Innocor
- Senior unsecured notes to finance the acquisition of Innophos
Blue Road on the financings of its acquisitions of Keany and NatureSweet
Cinven on the offering of senior secured second lien notes to finance the acquisition of Jaggaer

Companies

Advantage Solutions on its senior secured notes offering in connection with its merger with Conyers Park II Acquisition
Anglo American on the financing in connection with the sale of its Australian steelmaking business to Peabody
CHG Healthcare Services on its offering of senior secured first lien notes
Innophos on its offering of PIK toggle notes and its exchange offers and consent solicitations
Nexeo Plastics on its exchange offers and consent solicitations
Opendoor Technologies on convertible notes and follow-on equity offerings
Owens-Illinois on several notes offerings
Shift4 on the financing in connection with its acquisition of Global Blue
SIG on its offering of senior unsecured notes
SRS Distribution in connection with its sale to The Home Depot and several secured and unsecured notes offerings
StandardAero on its initial public offering and several secondary offerings
Tapestry on its offering of senior unsecured notes to finance its proposed acquisition of Capri and other notes offerings

Investment Banks, Lenders, and Alternative Capital Sources

TPG Angelo Gordon on its asset-backed term loan to an unrestricted subsidiary of Altice USA
The initial purchasers on a Cooper-Standard senior secured notes offering and the dealer manager on an exchange offer and consent solicitation by Cooper-Standard
The underwriters in Guild Holdings’ initial public offering
The initial purchasers on senior unsecured notes offerings by Booz Allen Hamilton
The initial purchasers on a senior unsecured notes offering by Herc Rentals
The initial purchaser on PPD’s PIK toggle notes offering

SPAC Transactions

Clarivate on its merger with Churchill Capital Corp
GCM Grosvenor on its merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp.
MultiSensor AI on its merger with SportsMap Tech Acquisition Corp.
Opendoor Technologies on its merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. II
Starry on its merger with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp.
Talkspace on its merger with Hudson Executive Investment Corp.