Biography
Cristen is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group, and is a resident in the New York office. Ms. Callan represents corporate clients and private equity funds in domestic and global mergers, acquisitions and equity investments in a broad range of industries. Ms. Callan has also worked on commercial litigation matters.
Experience
Recent matters include:
- Representation of Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. and the Special Committee of its Board of Directors in its all-stock acquisition by DraftKings, Inc., a digital sports entertainment and gaming company.
- Representation of Ara Partners in its acquisition of 100% of the shares of Petainer UK Holdings Ltd., a responsible manufacturing business that offers a wide range of lightweight, sustainable PET packaging solutions with over 35 years of experience designing and manufacturing high-quality and cost-efficient products, from Petainer Investment Ltd., indirectly owned by KKR Credit.
- Representation of ABM Industries in its acquisition of RavenVolt for an initial purchase price of US$170 million in cash at closing, plus the potential for post-closing earn-out consideration payable in cash in calendar years 2024, 2025, and 2026, if the RavenVolt business achieves certain financial metrics in calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
- Representation of Cobepa SA, a private equity investor based in Belgium with over €4.2 billion net asset value, on its acquisition of Ned Stevens, one of the leading gutter cleaning services providers in the US.
- Representation of Biosynex S.A., a French biotechnology société anonyme, on its US$17.2 million acquisition of Chembio Diagnostics, Inc., a U.S. biotechnology corporation.
- Representation of Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp., a special acquisition company, in its $15 billion business combination with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., a synthetic bio-tech company.