Chris Buck

• 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 dépôt et placement du Québec 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.

• 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.