Christopher M. Thomas, P.C.
Overview
Chris Thomas is a corporate attorney in Kirkland’s Chicago office. His practice primarily involves advising private equity firms and public and private companies in connection with structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and other general corporate matters. Chris has handled matters on behalf of Bain Capital, GTCR, KKR and Thomas H. Lee Partners.
Experience
Representative Matters
Bain Capital in its $5.3 billion acquisition of Guidehouse, a provider of consulting services, from Veritas Capital.
Bain Capital Private Equity and US LBM in the sale of a stake in US LBM, a provider of building materials, to Platinum Equity.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of Harrington Process Solutions, a provider of industrial flow control process solutions, from Nautic Partners.
Bain Capital and Diversey in the sale of Diversey Holdings, Ltd. to Solenis for $4.6 billion.
Resonetics (a GTCR and Carlyle portfolio company) in its $900 million acquisition of Memry Corporation and SAES Smart Materials, the medical nitinol business from SAES Getters (BIT: SG).
American Trailer World, a portfolio company of Bain Capital, in the sale of its TexTrail business to Dexko Global, a Brookfield portfolio company.
GTCR and Sycamore Partners, as investors in CommerceHub, in CommerceHub's $666.98 million acquisition of ChannelAdvisor (NYSE: ECOM).
Bain Capital and its portfolio company Imperial Dade in the sale of a significant stake in Imperial Dade to Advent International.
Bain Capital in its $2.15 billion equity investment in II-VI’s (NASDAQ: IIVI) $6.5 billion acquisition of Coherent (NASDAQ: COHR).
GTCR-backed Resonetics in its acquisition of FISO Technologies from Nova Metrix.
GTCR in its acquisition of Lexipol from The Riverside Company.
GTCR-backed Simpli.fi in its significant investment by Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
GTCR and Corza Health in the simultaneous acquisition and combination of Surgical Specialties Corporation and TachoSil® Fibrin Sealant Patch to create Corza Medical.
GTCR-backed Riverchase Dermatology in its merger of equals with Gryphon Investors-backed Water's Edge Dermatology.
GTCR and Golden Gate Capital-backed Antylia Scientific in its $2.9 billion sale of its Masterflex business unit to Avantor (NYSE: AVTR).
Bain Capital Private Equity-backed US LBM in its acquisition of American Construction Source from Angeles Equity Partners and Clearlake Capital Group.
GTCR and Cole-Parmer in its acquisition of ZeptoMetrix Corporation.
GTCR, Sycamore Partners and CommerceHub in its strategic investment in CommerceHub from Insight Partners.
GTCR in its recapitalization of Jet Support Services, Inc.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of US LBM.
GTCR and Mega Broadband Investments (MBI) in the sale of a 45% minority stake in MBI to Cable One, Inc.
GTCR and Corza Health in the acquisition of TachoSil® Fibrin Sealant Patch from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.
GTCR and Paya in Paya’s combination with FinTech Acquisition Corp. III.
TerSera Therapeutics LLC in the purchase of XERMELO® from Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
GTCR and Optimal Blue in the $1.8 billion sale of Optimal Blue to Black Knight, Inc.
GTCR in its minority growth investment in CAPTRUST.
Bain Capital and Dealer Tire, LLC in the acquisition of Dent Wizard.
Golden Gate Capital and Cole-Parmer in their agreement with GTCR to recapitalize Cole-Parmer.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of a majority stake in Imperial Dade.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its significant investment in Dealer Tire, LLC.
GTCR and GreatCall, Inc. in the $800 million sale of Greatcall, Inc. to Best Buy Co., Inc.
Bain Capital Private Equity in the combination of Superion, TriTech and Aptean's public sector and healthcare business.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of TriTech Software Systems.
Thomas H. Lee Partners and Curo Health Services LLC in the $1.4 billion sale of Curo to Humana Inc., TPG Capital LP and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe LP.
GTCR and Sycamore Partners in the $1.1 billion acquisition of CommerceHub, Inc.
GTCR and Regatta Medical Holdings, LLC in the strategic investment in Resonetics, Inc.
GTCR in its acquisition of EaglePicher Technologies, LLC.
GTCR and Ceba-Tech Specialty Solutions Holdings, LLC in their majority investment in Flavor Producers.
Bain Capital Private Equity and Daymon Worldwide in the merger of Daymon Worldwide into Advantage Solutions.
GTCR in its acquisition of Simplifi Holdings, Inc.
Bain Capital Private Equity and Consolidated Container Co. in the $1.2 billion sale of Consolidated Container Co. to Loews Corp.
Ridgemont Equity Partners in its acquisition of Worldwide Express and merger of Worldwide into Unishippers Global Logistics to form Worldwide Express Global Logistics.
Bain Capital Private Equity in its acquisition of Daymon Worldwide Inc.
GTCR and CAMP Systems International Inc. on the sale of CAMP to Hearst.
GTCR in its acquisition of Riverchase Dermatology.
GTCR in its acquisition of Optimal Blue LLC.
Capella Healthcare Inc. and its management company in the merger of Capella with RegionalCare Hospital Partners Inc., a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management.
GTCR and The Townsend Group in the sale of The Townsend Group to NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc.
GTCR and Capella Healthcare, Inc. in connection with the $900 million sale of Capella Healthcare to Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Bain Capital and Air Medical Group in the sale of Air Medical Group to KKR.
GTCR and Curo Health Services in connection with the acquisition of multiple healthcare businesses and the subsequent sale of Curo Health Services to Thomas H. Lee Partners.
Bain Capital in its acquisition of Bob’s Discount Furniture.
KKR in connection with the acquisition of the Crosby and Acco divisions of Melrose Industries PLC for approximately $1 billion.
Prior Experience
Squire Sanders (US) LLP: Associate, 2010–2013
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2009, Ohio (inactive)
- 2013, Illinois
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.2009Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Case Western Reserve UniversityB.A., History, Economics & Political Sciencesumma cum laude2006