Awards & Rankings 08.15.24
Chris Cash, repeatedly named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list, advises private equity investors and public and private companies in a wide range of domestic and cross-border corporate matters.
Chris counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, equity and asset dispositions, joint ventures, restructurings, recapitilizations, minority investments, corporate governance and other complex corporate transactions across a variety of industries, including in the financial, life sciences, health care, energy, infrastructure and food sectors. Additionally, Chris regularly advises clients with fund formations, ongoing fund operations, investment due diligence, extensive side letter negotiations and general fund compliance matters. Chris also has substantial experience representing developers, lenders and investors in the financing, construction and development of energy infrastructure projects.
Prior to joining Pillsbury, Chris was an associate attorney for an international law firm in New York.
Representative Experience
Prior to and since joining Pillsbury, Chris’ notable representations include:
- Represented ReKT Global, a cutting-edge digital entertainment organization, in connection with its merger with Infinite Realty, a Metaverse specialist entertainment company, for $470 million.
- Represented TTM Technologies, a leader of PCB and connectivity solutions for advanced computing applications, in connection with its acquisition of Telephonics Corporation, a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, for $330 million.
- Represented All My Sons Moving and Storage, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners, in connection with its sale to Golden Gate Capital.
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- Representative Mergers & Acquisitions Experience
- Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Siebert Financial Corp. in connection with the sale of a controlling interest to Kakao Pay Corp.
- Represented American West Restaurant Group, a portfolio company of Sterling Investment Partners, in connection with its sale to Sentinel Capital Partners.
- Represented Fall Line Endurance Fund, a private equity firm, as lead investor in connection with the acquisition and take-private of Greenlight Biosciences Holdings PBC via tender offer.
- Represented The Bank of Montreal (BMO) in connection with the sale of its EMEA asset management business and transition of certain U.S. assets to Ameriprise's Columbia Threadneedle Investments for $845 million.
- Represented Waddell & Reed Financial, an investment management firm, in connection with its sale to Macquarie Asset Management and the sale of its wealth management business to LPL Financial for $1.7 billion.
- Represented The Araz Group, America's first PPO, in connection with its sale of all of its assets to Abry Capital Partners.
- Represented Carlsberg UK, one of the leading brewery groups in the world, in connection with its acquisition of certain licenses from Brooklyn Brewery Corporation.
- Represented Village Fertility Pharmacy, a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, in connection with its acquisition of Integrity RX Specialty Pharmacy.
- Represented Aquiline Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in connection with its sale of Beach & Associates to Acrisure.
- Represented Milford Hospital in Connecticut, a nonprofit community and regional teaching hospital, in connection with its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of nearby Bridgeport Hospital, an affiliate of the Yale New Haven Health System.
- Represented Hannon Armstrong, an infrastructure investment firm, in connection with its joint venture with Summit Ridge Energy, including acquiring and selling independently developed solar energy facilities.
- Represented Ormat Technologies, a leading geothermal energy power company, in connection with its acquisition of U.S. Geothermal for $110 million.
- Represented Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, a biomass plant, in connection with its sale of the approximately 102.5 MW biomass electricity generating facility located in the City of Gainesville, Florida, for $750 million.
- Represented Macquarie Infrastructure Partners and Cleco Corporate Holdings, a subsidiary of Macquarie, in connection with its purchase of NRG South Central Generating for $1 billion.
- Represented I Squared Capital, a leading independent global infrastructure investor, in connection with its acquisition of IC Power's Latin American and Caribbean businesses from Kenon Holdings for $1.3 billion.
- Represented a food safety company in connection with its sale to a private equity firm.
- Representative Investment Fund and Financing Experience
- Represented institutional investors in connection with investments in buyout, venture capital, real estate, mezzanine and infrastructure funds.
- Represented international family office advisor with over $2.5 billion AUM in hedge fund, private equity fund and direct deal investments in various sectors.
- Represented major international lease companies in connection with the sale, leasing and financing of its new and used aircraft.
- Represented creditor financial institutions in connection with its $1.5 billion restructuring of a publicly traded shipping company.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Corporate Law (2024 – 2025).
Education
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J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
cum laude; Articles Editor; Hofstra Law ReviewB.A., Political Science, Stony Brook University
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
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New York