| Biography:
Chris Kerezsi is an associate in the Corporate Department of Proskauer Rose LLP’s Los Angeles office. Recently recognized in the 2008 edition of Super Lawyers magazine's Southern California Rising Stars, Mr. Kerezsi specializes in corporate finance, private equity investments and mergers and acquisitions, with experience representing:
- purchasers and financial advisors in public and private merger and acquisition transactions;
- underwriters in public and private debt offerings, convertible securities offerings, primary and secondary equity offerings and hybrid securities offerings; and
- public and private clients with respect to various corporate and securities law matters.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Mr. Kerezsi was an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in its Los Angeles office from October 2000 to March 2005.
Education:
J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2000 (Order of the Coif)
B.S., Babson College, 1997 (Summa Cum Laude)
Representative Transactions for Christopher J. Kerezsi
- Securities offerings by:
- Ares Capital Corporation
- BancWest Corporation
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- The Gap, Inc.
- Knight-Ridder, Inc.
- Mission Energy Holding Company
- SMFG Finance (Cayman) Limited
- Western Wireless Corporation
- Pacific LifeCorp
- Dollar Financial Group, Inc.
- The Grass Valley Group, Inc. in its acquisition by Technicolor Holdings Inc.
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. as financial advisor to the special committee of the board of directors of Dole Food Company, Inc. in its acquisition by David H. Murdock
- First Community Bancorp in its acquisitions of Verdugo Banking Company and Harbor National Bank
- Goldman, Sachs & Co. as financial advisor to the board of directors of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. in its acquisition by a consortium made up of Sony Corporation of America, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Comcast Corporation and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
- Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. as financial advisors to the board of directors of Sprint Corporation in its merger with Nextel Communications, Inc.
- Several investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, LLC in their investment in Pegasus Aviation Finance Company and in connection with a Section 363 sale and Chapter 11 reorganization of Orion Refining Corporation
- Zions Bancorporation in its investment in Quotesmith.com, Inc.
- Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund, L.P. in its acquisition of Marietta Corporation, Inc.
- Laurel Crown Capital LLC in its investment in Global Fitness Holdings
- Ares Management LLC, an alternative asset manager, in connection with a strategic investment in its business
- Grey Mountain Partners LLC in its acquisition of Genesis Worldwide II, Inc.
- u-Nav Microelectronics Corporation in the sale of substantially all its assets to Atheros Communications, Inc.
Pro Bono:
Mr. Kerezsi is involved with the Iraqi Human Rights Project, a Proskauer initiative to secure asylum for at-risk Iraqis who have worked for U.S. and coalition forces
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