Christian O. Nagler, P.C.
Overview
Clients note that Christian 'is very collaborative in negotiating documents, he takes a really commercial approach and he has good communication skills.' - Chambers USA
Christian Nagler represents issuers, private equity sponsors, and underwriters in a broad range of securities transactions including offerings, consent solicitations, acquisition financing, and tender and exchange offers involving convertible securities, trust preferred securities, investment grade and high yield debt, and equity derivatives Christian also represents companies and funds with respect to SEC reporting and compliance, including Section 13 and Section 16 obligations, corporate governance issues, and disclosure obligations. Christian has completed transactions in numerous industries including chemicals, consumer goods, energy, financial institutions, food & beverages, healthcare, hotels, media, real estate, shipping, and technology. Christian also has vast experience in working with special purpose acquisition companies.
Christian has been named as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Business Lawyers, IFLR1000, and The Legal 500 U.S. and as one of “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” by Lawdragon. Additionally, in 2022 he was named a “New York Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine and a Capital Markets MVP by Law360.
Christian has been sought out for his views on the market by, among others, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Law360, and Nasdaq Trade Talks.
Experience
Representative Matters
AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. in its $1.77 billion business combination with Harley Davidson's LiveWire.
Health Assurance Acquisition Corp. in its initial public offering of SAIL℠ securities.
Software Acquisition Group in its business combination with CuriosityStream Inc.
Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.3 billion combination with Cerevel Therapeutics.
Rush Street Interactive, LP in its $1.7 billion business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc.
Collier Creek Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company, on its agreement to combine with Utz Quality Foods, LLC, a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, to form Utz Brands, Inc.
EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) in its Rule 144A offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes and associated derivatives transactions.
The Simply Good Foods Company in its $1 billion acquisition of Quest Nutrition, LLC.
Vitamin Shoppe in its acquisition by Liberty Tax.
Vitamin Shoppe in its defense against a full slate proxy contest by Vintage Capital and its agreements with Vintage Capital and Shah Capital regarding the composition of the Vitamin Shoppe board of directors.
Vitamin Shoppe in connection with its convertible notes offering and agreement with Carlson Capital regarding the composition of the Vitamin Shoppe board of directors.
Charter Communications, Inc. in numerous equity and debt offerings including Charter’s $31 billion financing in connection with its $78.7 billion merger with Time Warner Cable and its $10 billion merger with Bright House Networks.
Safe Bulkers, a dry-bulk shipping company. in numerous common stock and preferred stock offerings.
Horizon Lines, a shipping company, in senior notes and convertibles notes offerings and in its sale to Matson Navigation.
Travelport Worldwide in its initial public offering.
The Carlyle Group on the offering of senior notes incurred in connection with its $3.2 billion acquisition of industrial packaging supplier Signode Industrial Group.
Molson Coors Brewing Company in numerous financings including the offering of senior notes to finance its acquisition of StarBev and SAB Miller’s U.S. operations.
Banc of America Securities LLC in offerings of senior notes by ExamWorks.
The Boeing Company in numerous debt offerings.
Wyndham Worldwide in numerous debt offerings.
Murray Energy Corporation in the financings for acquisitions including its $1.4 billion acquisition of equity interests of publicly-traded Foresight Energy LP and its general partner, Foresight Energy GP LLC and its $3.5 billion acquisition of Consolidation Coal Company from CONSOL Energy Inc., which includes CONSOL's West Virginia longwall mining and related transportation and infrastructure businesses.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs & Co. in the initial public offering of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
Clothing company J. McLaughlin, in its sale to a consortium of private equity funds.
JPMorgan in a $1 billion senior notes offering by News Corporation.
Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse in the initial public offering of ExamWorks.
JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank in the offering by Avis Budget Group of $1 billion of senior notes.
Select IPO Experience
- CHG Healthcare
- ExamWorks
- Freshpet
- Ignite Restaurant
- Jackson Hewitt
- Maxum Petroleum
- Motricity
- Nexstar Broadcasting Group
- Orbitz Worldwide
- Shopping.com
- Travelport Worldwide
- Vitamin Shoppe
- Wright Express
Prior Experience
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Thought Leadership
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, "SPAC Outlook," Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference, June 1, 2021
Panelist, "SPAC Transactions in 2021: Developments & Trends," Columbia Business School’s Alumni Club of New York, March 25, 2021
Speaker, "Evolving Convertible Bond Strategies for Corporates," Kirkland Seminar, November 17, 2020
Panelist, "How SPACs are Redefining Exit Strategies,” Mergermarket's U.S. Corporate Development Summit, October 22, 2020
Panelist, “Liquidity Crunch: Demystifying SPACS and Direct Listings,” Stanford NVCA Venture Capital Symposium, October 6, 2020
Panelist, “The Current State of the SPAC IPO Market,” Gateway Investor Relations and SPACinsider, July 17, 2020
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 1997Connecticut
- 1998New York
Education
- Cornell Law SchoolJ.D.1997Senior Articles Editor, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
- Skidmore CollegeB.A., Government & German1992