Chris Buck

Experience: Growth and Private Equity (small, mid, large cap; structured capital; special situations): Access Capital: on the creation and growth of its nationwide (U.S.) fire and security alarm platform (Zeus Fire and Security); All Seas Capital: on their structured capital investment in Hakim, an independent opticians platform; A leading private equity firm: on the carve-out acquisition of a global provider of biologics and vaccines from a pharmaceutical company.; Apollo Global Management: and its portfolio, CareerBuilder, on the disposal of Textkernel, a global leading AI-powered HR technology provider, to Main Capital Partners; on its acquisition of a majority stake in Catalina Holdings from, among others, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; on its acquisition of Haydock, one of the largest independent finance companies in the UK; together with Athene in connection with the formation and the 2.1 billion initial capitalization of Athora Holding Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance group; Asterion Industrial Partners: on various syndication and fund co-investment arrangements; B Capital: on their series D financing of Flutterwave inc, Africa's most valuable growth company; Blackstone: on structured equity and special situations transactions; KKR: on their investment in OVH, a European leader in cloud infrastructure, telecommunications and web hosting services, alongside TowerBrook Capital Partners; on the initial public offering of OVH on Euronext Paris; on the establishment of a pan-European logistics development platform alongside Mirastar Real Estate; H.I.G. Capital: on their sale and reinvestment in Silentnight Mattresses; Macquarie Capital on the equity and co-investment aspects of their acquisition of a Canary Wharf property portfolio alongside Sun Hung Kai; LGT Capital: on its fund co-investment arrangements with Arcmont GP; Mid Europa Partners: on its sale of Alpha Medical, a leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs, a leading diagnostic services company owned by Apax Partners; Peak6 Investments: on their disposal of a minority investment in Bournemouth football club; A; Ricketts family-led consortium: on their attempts to acquire controlling stakes in Chelsea football club and AC Milan football club; TA Associates: together with Warburg Pincus, on their investment in Epassi, a digital payments provider for employee benefits, from Bregal Milestone; on the combination of Compusoft with Genstar Capital-backed 2020 Technologies to create Cyncly, a global provider of planning and manufacturing solutions for residential and commercial spaces; on their minority investment in Apex Group, a global financial services provider, alongside majority-owner Genstar Capital; on their acquisition of Nexus Brands; TowerBrook Capital Partners: on their acquisition of leading provider of premium finance for commercial and retail insurance products, Premium Credit, from Cinven; on their acquisition of the Azzurri Group, the owner of the ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco di Mama brands, along with the Pod Food Limited fast food delivery service; on their investment in Van Dijk Educatie, the Netherlands' largest provider of learning materials; on their disposal of, and reinvestment in, Independent Clinical Services, a leading healthcare staffing, services and outsourcing provider, to Onex; on their sale of a minority stake in their fund management business to Dyal; on their investment in OVH, a European leader in cloud infrastructure, telecommunications and web hosting services, alongside KKR; on the initial public offering of OVH on Euronext Paris; on their carve-out acquisition of ACPS Automotive from Bosal; together with a consortium of institutional shareholders on the disposal of an interest in Hayfin Capital Management to the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC); Qell Acquisition Corp: ., a publicly listed special purpose acquisition company, on its business combination with Lilium GmbH, an electric aircraft producer (and (a Tencent, Baillie Gifford and Atomico-backed growth company); Advising on the launch of a new private investment office,; Spheres: (founded by principals from Sequoia Heritage, TowerBrook Capital Partners, HIG Capital, Goldmans Sachs, and Flix), investing across venture, growth and private equity.; Portfolio Companies and Their Management Teams: ACPS Automotive:, a; TowerBrook Capital Partners: backed company, on financial restructuring with; Bridgepoint Advisors: Alvarium Investments: on its tri-partite SPAC transaction alongside Teidemann Group and Cartesian Growth Corporation; Cyncly:, a; Genstar: and; TA Associates: -backed provider of planning and manufacturing solutions for residential and commercial spaces on the bolt-on acquisitions of Logicom and Mozaik Software; Cyncly: and their management team on the establishment of a global cross-border management equity and incentive plan; Independent Clinical Services:, a TowerBrook Capital Partners-backed healthcare staffing, services and outsourcing provider, on their acquisitions of Liquid Personnel Limited and ProClinical Limited; Wex Inc.,: a leading financial technology service provider, on its acquisition of EG Group Limited's (a; TDR Capital: company) GO Fuel Card business; The above representations were handled by Mr. Buck prior to him joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.