Christopher Brown

Chris Brown concentrates his practice on banking and finance. He has represented private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, in a wide variety of secured lending and other financing transactions. In addition, Chris has worked for many clients on matters involving general secured finance issues, debt restructurings and related corporate issues. His clients have included AEA Investors, Alterra Mountain Company, Angeles Equity Partners, Apollo, Beach Point Capital Management, Best Buy, BlackRock, Blackstone, Blommer Chocolate, BMC Software, Cimpress, Evercore Partners, Cohen & Steers, Frontdoor, Hershey, IMTT, Investor AB, JLL Partners, KKR, KSL Capital Partners, Microsoft, New Mountain Capital, Pacific Dental Partners, Peloton, Primavera Capital Partners, Progress Software, PTC, Tailored Brands, Twitter and ZoomInfo.

Recent representations include:

• KKR in connection with the financing in support of its proposed acquisition of Instructure Holdings, Inc. for $23.60 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $4.8 billion
• BMC Software, Inc., a KKR portfolio company, in connection with a $6.6 billion debt refinancing
• Peloton Interactive, Inc. in connection with a $1.35 billion debt refinancing
• KSL Capital Partners in connection with the financing related to acquisition of Hersha Hospitality Trust in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.4 billion
• Pacific Dental Services in connection with a $1.35 billion debt refinancing
• Frontdoor, Inc. in connection with the financing in support of its proposed acquisition of 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty in an all-cash transaction valued at $585 million
• BlackRock Long Term Private Capital in the financing supporting its acquisition of GridTek Utility Services, a portfolio company of First Reserve Corporation
• New Mountain Capital in the financings supporting several recent acquisitions, including Grant Thornton and Broadcast Music Inc.
• Alterra Mountain Company, a KSL portfolio company, in various debt financing transactions
• Apollo Global Management in connection with financing matters related to its strategic minority investment in PetSmart, forming a partnership with PetSmart's existing majority owner, BC Partners
• The Board of Directors of Twitter, Inc. in financing related matters relating to Twitter’s acquisition by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk
• Microsoft Corporation in certain financing matters relating to its its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
• The Hershey Company in its $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility
• Best Buy in various credit matters, including in its $1.25 billion revolving credit facility
• ZoomInfo in various credit matters, including its $500 million term loan facility and the financing for its acquisition of Chorus.ai
• Primavera Capital Group in the financings supporting its acquisition of Spring Education Group and Princeton Review

Chris received his J.D. in 2001 from University of Virginia School of Law. He received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1998. Chris is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York.