Christopher D. Bourne is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, based in the firm’s Boston office. He is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions practices.
Christopher’s practice focuses on a variety of complex corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity investments and corporate reorganizations for both corporate and middle market private equity sponsors. He further provides general corporate representation to both public and private companies, and routinely represents executives and C-suite management teams in connection with the sale of companies from one private equity sponsor to another.
Prior to returning to Foley in 2021, Christopher was an associate and early member of the Boston office of a global law firm, where he concentrated on complex corporate and transactional matters for private equity clients and their portfolio companies and served as seconded corporate counsel to one of the world’s leading middle-market private equity sponsors.
While in law school, Christopher was a graduate fellow for Suffolk University Sawyer Business School’s Department of Business Law & Ethics and, among other posts, served as a judicial extern to Magistrate Judge Brian A. Tsuchida of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Representative Experience*
- 3i Group plc in various acquisitions and portfolio company matters, including:
- the acquisition of Sani-Tech West, Inc. from its founders*
- the acquisition of Magnitude Software, Inc. from Audax Group*
- in connection with its portfolio company, Dynatect Manufacturing, Inc., and its acquisition of Thodacon*
- ABRY Partners in its growth investment in AdSwerve*
- Audax Group and its portfolio company, Beacon Mobility, in various add-on acquisitions and corporate matters, including the acquisitions of:
- Alltown Bus Service
- Butler Bus Service
- DS Bus Lines and Midwest Bus Sales
- Easton Coach
- Health Ride Plus/Tri-County Transportation
- Huntington Coach Company
- Leesel Transportation
- Local Motion
- Rolling V Bus Corporation
- Royal Coach Lines
- Transit Team
- WeTransport
- Audax Group and its portfolio company, DISA Global Solutions, in various add-on acquisitions and corporate matters, including the acquisitions of:
- American DataBank
- The screening and compliance services businesses of CastleBranch Inc.
- Crimcheck
- Baker Tilly in various acquisition and investment matters, including:
- its strategic investment led by Hellman & Friedman and Valeas
- its acquisition of accounting and advisory firm Seiler LLP
- Barnes Group Inc. (NYSE: B) in the sale of its Associated Spring™ and Hänggi™ businesses to One Equity Partners
- Basalt Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Fortbrand from Wincove Private Holdings
- BICO Group AB in various acquisitions, investments and corporate matters, including its acquisitions of:
- Allegro 3D, Inc.
- Biosero, Inc.
- Discover Echo Inc.
- MatTek Corporation
- Visikol, Inc.
- Carbonite, Inc. in its acquisition of Evault, Inc. from Seagate Technology
- Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of SubCom, LLC from TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL)*
- Constant Therapy in its sale to Digital Health Corp
- ControlByWeb in its acquisition by North Branch Capital
- Digital Guardian in its acquisition of Code Green Networks
- Dunes Point Capital, LP in various acquisitions, sales, investments and portfolio company matters, including:
- its acquisition of Specialty Products and Insulation from Foundation Building Materials, Inc.*
- its sale of Artisan Design Group to The Sterling Group*
- FFCM, LLC in connection with its recapitalization and sale of a majority interest to AGF Management Limited
- Housatonic Partners in various acquisitions, sales, investments and portfolio company matters, including:
- its acquisition of FIMC
- its sale of Fastener Distribution Holdings to Audax Group
- its investment in Calo Programs
- its acquisition of Universal Gaming Group
- Kids2, Inc. in its take-private acquisition of Summer Infant, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMR)
- Nexstar Media Group in its acquisition of BestReviews LLC from its founders and Tribune Publishing Company*
- Peninsula Capital in its acquisition of Escapology
- RBC Bearings Incorporated (NASDAQ: ROLL) in its sale of Avborne Accessory Group, Inc. to AerSale, Inc.*
- Silversmith Capital Partners in its growth equity investment in Venminder*
- Singapore Post Ltd in its acquisition of TradeGlobal Holdings from Bregal Sagemount
- Summit Partners in various acquisitions, sales, investments and portfolio company matters, including its acquisitions of:
- Metro Tech Services from Reedy Industries*
- Teaching Strategies from L Squared Capital Partners*
- TZP Group is its acquisition of Quest Events from Goldner, Hawn, Johnson & Morrison and Tonka Bay Equity Partners*
- Wafra Investment Advisory Group in its secondary sale of nine portfolio companies*
- Windjammer Capital Investors in its acquisition of Rowmark LLC from Bertram Capital*
- Wynnchurch Capital in various acquisitions, sales, investments and portfolio company matters, including:
- its portfolio company Appvion in its acquisition of Nekoosa Coated Products, LLC from Sentinel Capital Partners
- its portfolio company Eastern Metal Supply in the sale of its Eastern Architectural Systems division to Cornerstone Building Brands Inc.
- its acquisition of Handguards, LLC from Wind Point Partners and the subsequent acquisition by Handguards of Inno-Pak, LLC from Emerald Lake Capital Management
- its acquisition of ORS Nasco from One Equity Partners and the subsequent acquisition by ORS Nasco of R3 Safety from Bunzl plc
- its portfolio company Owen Companies in its acquisition of J&R Equipment
- ZecOps in its acquisition by Jamf (NYSE: JAMF)
*Certain of these matters were handled prior to rejoining Foley.
奖项与表彰
- Received, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Corporate Law (2021-2024)
富理达代表千禧医生集团与 veriMED 健康集团合作
Foley & Lardner LLP 律师事务所担任千禧医生集团（Millennium Physician Group）与 veriMED 合作的法律顾问，千禧医生集团是 Mosaic Health 旗下公司，也是美国最大的独立医生集团之一。
富理达为 Mobico 集团 6.08 亿美元出售北美校车业务提供顾问服务
Foley & Lardner LLP 代表 Mobico Group PLC 拟将其北美校车业务出售给全球领先的基础设施投资管理公司 I Squared Capital，企业价值高达 6.08 亿美元。
Foley 代表 BICO 以 8000 万美元将 MatTek 和 Visikol 出售给 Sartorius
Foley & Lardner LLP 代表 BICO Group AB（"BICO"）达成协议，以 8000 万美元将 MatTek Corp 和 Visikol Inc 出售给 Sartorius Lab Holding GmbH（"Sartorius"）。此次交易遵循了 BICO 的最新战略，即专注于实验室自动化和选定的工作流程，出售所得资金将用于加强 BICO 的资产负债表并加速其发展议程。交易预计将于 2025 年第二季度完成。
福里律师事务所为温奇资本旗下投资组合公司欧文公司收购J&R设备公司提供法律咨询
富乐律师事务所（Foley & Lardner LLP）担任奥文公司（Owen Companies）的法律顾问，协助其完成对J&R Equipment的收购。奥文公司是领先的特种设备平台企业，同时也是温奇资本（Wynnchurch Capital）的投资组合公司。
福里律师事务所代表温奇资本旗下投资组合公司ORS Nasco完成对R3 Safety的收购
富乐律师事务所（Foley & Lardner LLP）担任北美工业MRO用品批发商ORS Nasco（温奇资本旗下投资组合公司）的法律顾问，协助其从邦兹集团（Bunzl plc）收购R3 Safety公司。
Foley Represents Handgards in Acquisition of Inno-Pak
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Handgards, LLC, a leading distributor of foodservice products, including disposable gloves, reclosable bags, tabletop items, expendables, and other carryout products and a portfolio company of Wynnchurch Capital, in its acquisition of Inno-Pak, LLC, a portfolio company of Emerald Lake Capital Management.