Christopher Raidy

Chris is a partner in our Global Corporate Group. His practice focuses on complex debt financing transactions and the representation of private equity firms, public and private companies, hedge funds, borrowers, and issuers. These include secured and unsecured financings, domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, restructurings, and debtor-in-possession and exit financings. Chris has advised on transactions valued in excess of $30 billion for clients including Vista Equity Partners, Thoma Bravo, Clearlake Capital, Gryphon Investors, and Frontier Communications Corporation, among others.

Experience

Representative matters

Represented Trivest Partners and Trivest Growth Investment Fund II in their investments in Hinton Lumber Products Inc. and Dubin Research & Consulting.

Represented Wind Point Partners and portfolio company D&H United on its acquisition of Tanknology, Inc.

Represented Vista Equity Partners in its financing for its $6.2 billion acquisition of Finastra.

Represented Trivest Partners and Trivest Growth Investment Fund II in their investments in Hinton Lumber Products Inc. and Dubin Research & Consulting.

Represented Wind Point Partners and portfolio company D&H United on its acquisition of Tanknology, Inc.

Represented Vista Equity Partners in its financing for its $6.2 billion acquisition of Finastra.

Represented Thoma Bravo, LLC in its $2.1 billion take-private acquisition of cybersecurity leader Imperva, Inc.

Represented Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) in its $17.5 billion debt restructuring and obtaining DIP financing in connection with its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Represented Gryphon Investors in its financing for its majority investment in Milani Cosmetics.

Represented BCBG Max Azria Global Holdings, LLC and certain of its subsidiaries in obtaining DIP financing in connection with its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Represented Clearlake Capital Group in its financing for its acquisition of Team Technologies Holding Company.

Represented Ares Management in its Floor & Decor Holdings Inc. (NYSE: FND) financing transaction.

Represented Vista Equity Partners in its financing for its $1.6 billion acquisition of Infoblox Inc.

Represented Gryphon Investors in its financing for its acquisition of the RoC cosmetics skincare brand from Johnson & Johnson.

Represented Ares Management in its Insight Global financing transaction.

Represented Clearlake Capital Group in its financing for its acquisition of BBB Industries.

Represented Vista Equity Partners in its financing for its $850 million acquisition of SunGard Public Sector and K-12 Education business.

Represented Francisco Partners in the separation and refinancing of its Quest and SonicWall portfolio companies.

Represented Brentwood Associates in obtaining financing for its acquisition of the MD Now healthcare firm and medical clinics.

Represented GI Partners in obtaining financing for its acquisition of Doxim Inc.

Represented HGGC in connection with its sale of MaMa Rosa’s.

Represented Gryphon Investors in its financing for its investment in Mechanix Wear.

Represented Olympus Partners in connection with its acquisition of Southern Imperial.

Represented Peak Rock Capital in connection with the acquisition of the LexisNexis eDiscovery business by CloudNine.

Represented Serent Capital in connection with its acquisition of Appraisal Scope by Mercury Network.

Represented Gryphon Investors in its financing for its acquisition of Ncontracts.

Credentials

Education

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2016, J.D., Order of the Coif; Prosser Prize, “Fundamentals of Leveraged Buyouts”
University of Southern California, 2013, B.S., Business Administration