Chris’s experience includes representing:

• A private equity firm and its portfolio companies in nine acquisitions and two divestitures.
• A global chemical company in its negotiation of an innovative facility and supply agreement related to the domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors.
• A private equity fund in its acquisition of a wooden pallet manufacturer.
• A privately held global manufacturing company in multiple domestic acquisitions.
• A Mid-Atlantic restaurant group in its procurement of growth capital from a regional private equity fund focused on franchising.
• Multiple strategic, non-profit, family office and funded investors (both in lead and minority roles) in numerous domestic and foreign (UK, Asia, and Europe) convertible debt offerings and early-stage equity financings.
• A privately held pharmaceutical manufacturer in the prospective eight-billion-dollar sale to a global pharmaceutical company.
• A private equity firm in the sale of an organic baby products manufacturer to an international consumer goods company.
• A recreational vehicle, parts, and services company in its UP-C initial public offering of $32.6 million of common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
• An early-growth enterprise data masking software technology company in its sale to a “unicorn” private data management and infrastructure company.
• The official governing body of soccer in the United States in their hosting of a 2016 international men’s soccer tournament.
• A private equity firm in its potential $367 million acquisition of a waste disposal, storage, and treatment facility.
• A private equity firm in its $2.1 billion joint venture acquisition of four power plants from a public electric utility.
• A private equity firm in its $800 million joint venture acquisition of a petroleum refining company.
• A private equity firm in its $100 million acquisition of certain wind assets.
• An energy services and delivery company in its acquisition, formation, and initial public offering on the NYSE, of a diversified energy and utility company with $30 billion in assets.
• A privately held logistics company in its $350 million sale to a family-owned transportation company.
• A public company in its over two-billion-dollar acquisition of an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women.
• A U.S.-based hedge fund in connection with its £14 million purchase of a shopping center in the United Kingdom.
• An international pharmaceutical and chemical company in its $270 million acquisition of a manufacturing facility in the United States.
• A private equity firm in its $37 million acquisition of an asset-light automotive logistics technology company.
• A global financial information and services company in its $18 million sale of a secure open-messaging platform to a technology company.
• A high-net-worth individual in the creation and funding of an intellectual property joint venture with a world-renowned professional athlete.
• A Fortune 500 healthcare products company in connection with its global reorganization.
• A privately held European gene therapy company in its acquisition of certain American-held neurobiologic assets.
• An East Coast university hospital system in connection with its acquisition of several physician practices and health care facilities as part of a statewide roll-up strategy.

• Press Release

  Blank Rome Welcomes Leading Private Equity and M&A Team in New York

  July 8, 2024

  Jeffrey A. Fickes, Christopher J. DePizzo

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2021–2024, “Ones to Watch,” Mergers and Acquisitions Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America

Christopher was a member of Saint Peter’s University Board of Regents from 2015 to 2018 and of Saint Peter’s University Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2010.

Admissions

• New York
• Ohio

Education

• Saint Peter's University, BA, summa cum laude
• University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD