Christopher Johnson is an associate and member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group.
Mr. Johnson joined Debevoise in 2021. Mr. ...
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Experience
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- Verizon in its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier, the largest pure-play fiber internet provider in the U.S.
- An international professional services firm in its role as the Monitoring Trustee, appointed by the European Commission, to monitor the compliance of a biotechnology company with the commitments given to the Commission pursuant to its Phase II merger control investigation of an acquisition.
- Electrical Components International, a Cerberus Capital Management portfolio company, in its acquisition of Flex-Tec, a supplier of electrical harness systems, assemblies, and other critical engineered components for LED Commercial Lighting, Connected Lighting, and IoT markets.
- Cerberus Capital Management in its $640 million sale of Cyanco to Orica.
- TPG in its acquisition of Classic Collision, a leading national collision repair multi-site operator.
- Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, and n2y in the merger of Texthelp with n2y.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and its indirect subsidiary Verde Purchaser, in $2.125 billion of financing for CD&R’s $2.6 billion acquisition of Veritiv Corporation.
- Antares Holdings LP, a leading provider of lending solutions to private equity sponsor-backed middle-market companies, in its offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.950% senior notes due 2028.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in its investment in Emler Swim School.
- Spirit Airlines in its sale, later terminated, to JetBlue for $3.8 billion.
- Schneider Electric, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, in its acquisitions of EV Connect, an electric vehicle charging solutions provider, and EnergySage, an online marketplace for solar energy products and services.
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its acquisition of a majority stake in the industrial businesses of Roper Technologies, which operates market-leading businesses that design and develop vertical software and application-specific products, in a transaction valued at $3.7 billion.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in its acquisition of Fairway Lawns, a residential lawncare services provider.
- S&S Activewear, a leading American imprintable apparel wholesale company and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company, in its acquisition of TSF Sportswear, a multi-line wholesaler.
- Blackstone as lead investor in DNAnexus’ $200 million financing round.
- Spirit Airlines in its merger, later terminated, with Frontier Group Holdings, parent company of Frontier Airlines, in a transaction valued at $6.6 billion.
- Canaccord Genuity Group, an independent, full-service financial services firm, in its acquisition of Sawaya Partners, an independent M&A advisory firm.
Education
- Howard University School of Law, 2021, J.D.
- Howard University, 2018, B.A.