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Cristopher Greer
Partner


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Cristopher Greer is a partner in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Mr. Greer specializes in capital market transactions, representing financial sponsors, corporate issuers and investment banks in public and private offerings of equity, debt and equity-linked securities. Mr. Greer also specializes in general corporate representation and SEC matters as well as restructurings.

Selected Significant Matters
Mr. Greer recently represented the underwriters in connection with The Allstate Corporation’s offering of senior notes, Level 3 Financing, Inc. in high yield offerings in connection with its merger with Global Crossing, Tornier, N.V., a Warburg Pincus portfolio company in its IPO, Wright Medical Inc. in its tender offer for convertible notes, Polypore, Inc., a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in connection with its recent offerings of common stock, MedAssets, Inc. in its high yield offering in connection with its acquisition of The Broadlane Group, Teva Pharmaceuticals in its most recent public offering of senior notes, CMA CGM S.A. in its cross-border notes offering and Platinum Equity Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in several debt and equity offerings (and general SEC and corporate governance matters), including the issuance of senior notes by Maxim Crane Works, L.P. and the issuance of PIK Notes by Ryerson Holding Corporation in January 2010. He is currently representing Ryerson Holding in its IPO.

Mr. Greer has previously represented the underwriters in secondary offerings of common stock of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. as well as Platinum and its portfolio companies in connection with an offering of senior secured notes by Ryerson, Inc. in connection with the Platinum leveraged buyout, senior notes and toggle notes of CompuCom Systems, Inc. and PNA Group, Inc. and the proposed PNA IPO. Mr. Greer represented TransDigm, Inc., a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, in connection with its IPO, follow-on offering and offering of senior subordinated notes; Polypore, Inc. in connection with its IPO, related debt tender offer and follow-on equity offering; United Maritime Group, LLC in an offering of senior secured notes; Telcordia in connection with its offering of senior secured notes; Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc. in connection with its senior notes offerings and proposed IPO (and its general SEC matters); Take Two Interactive in connection with an offering of convertible notes; Allied World Assurance Company Holding LLC in connection with its concurrent IPO and public offering of investment grade notes; DLJ Merchant Bank in connection with the issuance of holding company notes by Rath Gibson, Inc. as part of DLJMB’s purchase of Rath; and Wright Medical Group, Inc. in its public offering of convertible notes.

Previously at O’Melveny & Myers and Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Mr. Greer regularly represented several investment banks in connection with high yield, equity and other financing transactions.

Mr. Greer also regularly works with the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group, including, most recently, the consensual restructuring by Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and the representation of the Ad Hoc Committee of Bondholders of Keystone Automotive. Mr. Greer also represented United Site Services Inc. in its out-of-court restructuring and is currently representing the bondholders in connection with the proposed restructuring of a rental company.

Mr. Greer also represents firm client Davidson Kempner Partners, York Capital, Longacre Funds and other funds in connection with debt agreement and capital structure analysis and related matters.

Education
1995, Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
1992, Baruch College, B.A.

Bar Admissions
New York, 1996


Practice Focus
Corporate and Financial Services
Education
  • 1995, Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
  • 1992, Baruch College, B.A.

Bar Admissions
New York, 1996




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