Christopher Harrison

Partner

Note: This list includes engagements completed prior to joining Morgan Lewis.

• Represented a financial services firm as agent in relation to $110 million syndicated facilities granted to a music rights management company.
• Represented an information technology company in relation to the restructuring of its senior, second lien, and mezzanine finance facilities and the sale of its debt facilities and equity to a US fund.
• Represented a global investment management firm in relation to the restructuring of credit facilities granted to a printing and packaging supplier and new facilities ahead of a proposed IPO.
• Represented a financial management and advisory company in relation to its acquisition of a global private investment firm’s equity interests in an airline catering company.
• Represented a retirement and health benefit services company in relation to its acquisition of a co-investment interest in a London airport from an independent fund and a sovereign wealth fund.
• Represented a private equity firm in relation to a $110 million bridge facility for its acquisition of a stake in a privately-owned electrical appliance retailer.
• Represented a private equity firm as sponsor in the US$181 million leveraged buyout of one of the largest global producers of xanthan gum.
• Advised an international universal bank in relation to an Islamic (Sukuk) bond issuance by a Cayman SPV issuer in respect of Kuwait real estate assets.
• Advised a real estate investment company as a sponsor in relation to a US$765 million acquisition financing of a European storage business.
• Represented a private equity firm in its US$150 million purchase of a 9.7% stake in a leading PRC- and Hong Kong-based electronics retailer.
• Advised a multinational American technology and services conglomerate in connection with all aspects of a £400 million lease receivables financing for a global document management company in the UK.
• Represented an Internet, telephone, and cable television provider in relation to a £3.8 billion debt-for-equity exchange and a £2.03 billion refinancing of existing senior indebtedness.
• Advised a global financial services firm in connection with the provision of £132 million senior and mezzanine credit facilities for the public-to-private acquisition and the subsequent refinancings of one of England's largest department store groups.