Christopher M. Zochowski is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  Chris is a member of the Corporate Department.  He has worked extensively with both domestic and international clients with respect to:

• Public and private securities transactions, including initial, follow-on and secondary public offerings, shelf registrations, transactions for business development companies, special purpose acquisition companies and permanent capital structures, 144A and Reg S transactions, public debt offerings and offerings under medium-term note programs
• Cross-border and domestic project and structured finance transactions, including sale-leaseback and GTA type financings
• Debt restructurings, including consent solicitations and exchange offers
• Mergers and acquisitions, including asset transactions, segment dispositions, reincorporation mergers, proxy solicitations and issuer self-tender offers

In addition, Chris has advised clients on a wide variety of matters, including those relating to periodic reporting and disclosure requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, compliance with the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, the American Stock Exchange and the NASD, compliance with the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act (i.e., the Sarbanes Oxley Act), Delaware corporate law matters, and other general corporate matters.

Chris has worked with several local charities and was most recently a director for D.C. Cares Social Circle, the special events, fundraising arm of Greater D.C. Cares, which is one of Washington's largest charitable organizations.

Following law school, Chris was a law clerk for now Chief Judge J.L. Edmondson on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, from August 1997 to August 1998.   While in law school, Chris was the Notes Editor of The George Washington Law Review.

Representative Experience

• The shelf registration and debt offering by Allied Capital Corporation for $1 billion and $400 million, respectively (Merrill Lynch was the lead underwriter)
• The initial public offering by Compass Diversified Trust for approximately $200 million (Ferris, Baker Watts was the lead underwriter)
• The rights offering by Technology Investment Capital Corp. for approximately $44 million (UBS Securities was the lead rights manager)
• The rights offering for Ordinary Shares and the initial public offering by Pearson plc of American Depositary Shares for approximately US$2.5 billion (Goldman Sachs was lead underwriter)
• The universal shelf registration by Allegheny Energy, Inc., Allegheny Capital Trust I, II and III of US$1.5 billion of securities
• Various follow-on equity offerings by MCG Capital Corporation for approximately $110 million (various lead underwriters)
• Multiple private placements of notes by American Tower Corporation totaling approximately US$1.2 billion (Credit Suisse First Boston represented the Initial Purchasers)
• The initial public offering by Oxford GlycoSciences Plc of American Depositary Shares for approximately US$215 million (Lehman Brothers was lead underwriter)
• The initial public offering by Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. for approximately $78 million (JMP Securities was the lead underwriter)
• Multiple private placements of debt by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) totaling approximately US$8 billion (various Initial Purchasers)
• The acquisition of National Computer Systems, Inc. by Pearson plc for approximately US$2.5 billion (Goldman Sachs was dealer manager)
• The asset disposition of Ivex Packaging of its US and Canadian assets
• The restructuring by Transportadora de Gas Del Sur S.A. of approximately US$1.0 billion of indebtedness
• The financing of a Brazilian pipeline project for approximately US$1 billion pursuant to a lease structure model
• The financing of a Brazilian pipeline project for approximately US$1 billion pursuant to a gas transportation agreement model

Practices & Industries

• Corporate
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Securities
• Structured Finance and Derivatives

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