Chris Ohlgart
Chris Ohlgart
Chris Ohlgart
Chris Ohlgart

Biography

Chris Ohlgart advises clients on a wide range of federal tax matters. He has extensive experience representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies, real estate developers, and domestic and international companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, investments, divestitures, joint ventures and partnerships, restructurings, financings and initial public offerings and other capital-raising transactions.

Experience

Recent matters include the representation of:

  • Special purpose acquisition company BPGC Acquisition Corp. on its pending US$400 million merger agreement with Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc., a next-generation reusable space rocket developer.
  • Nordic Capital in its acquisition of a majority stake in Anaqua, a global intellectual property management SaaS platform, from Astorg.
  • Jersey Mike's Subs, a leading franchisor of fast-casual submarine sandwich stores in the United States, on its sale of a majority ownership position to private equity funds managed by Blackstone.
  • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Gatos Silver, Inc. on the negotiation and execution of a merger agreement between Gatos Silver and First Majestic Silver Corp. providing for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Gatos Silver by First Majestic for an approximate value of US$970 million.
  • Termocandelaria Power, S.A., an electric power generation company that owns and operates a large portfolio of thermal power plants in Colombia, in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of US$425 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.750% notes due 2031, and a concurrent any-and-all tender offer and exit consent solicitation targeting its 7.875% notes due 2029.
  • The founders of Brands for Less (BFL) on the US$360 million sale of 35 percent of its shares to The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) in a deal which values BFL at an enterprise value of US$1.2 billion.
  • CVC Capital Partners in the acquisition of a significant ownership position in Epicor, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, from CD&R.
Illinois
Texas
LLM
New York University School of Law
JD
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
BA
Michigan State University
English

"BBA Partnership Audit Rules: Moving from Theory to Practice," Tax Executives Institute – Chicago Chapter, February 2022

"Trends & Impacts of Representation and Warranty & Standalone Tax Insurance Policies," Tax Executives Institute – Chicago Chapter, February 2020

"The Graphic Guide to Section 163(j)," Tax Executive Magazine, March/April 2019

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