Christopher S. Ronne

While serving on the staff in the Division of Corporation Finance, Chris reviewed transactional and securities disclosures filed under the Securities Act of 1933, such as IPOs, follow-on offerings, spin-offs, and business combinations, as well as current and periodic reports by public companies filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

• Represented ImOn Communications, LLC, an Iowa-based telecommunications provider, in its sale to Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Represented Canadian-based Giampaolo Group Inc. in its cross-border acquisition of aluminum billet manufacturing company Ohio Valley Aluminum Company
• Represented Atlantic Broadband, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications Inc., in its $1.125 billion acquisition of WideOpenWest Inc.'s (WOW) broadband systems in Ohio
• Represented Smart Wires Inc. in a series of related transactions, including a private placement of ordinary shares of Smart Wires Technology Ltd, a newly formed British Virgin Islands parent holding company (SWT), for aggregate proceeds of approximately $150 million, and the subsequent direct listing of Swedish depository receipts representing SWT ordinary shares on the NASDAQ First North Growth Market Exchange in Sweden
• Represented Atlantic Broadband in its acquisition of Thames Valley Communications, a Connecticut-based telecommunications provider
• Represented MediaCo Holding Inc.’s 1934 Act-registered spin-off transaction from Emmis Communications Corporation
• Represented federally charted educational institution in refinancings of its senior credit facilities