Christopher H. Van Buren
Represents issuers, private equity investors and investment banks in connection with a wide range of SEC-registered and exempt offerings.
Chris represents issuers, private equity investors and investment banks in connection with SEC-registered and exempt offerings. U.S. and international capital markets transactions he has advised on include equity offerings (IPOs, follow-ons, SPAC IPOs and de-SPACs), debt offerings (high-yield and investment-grade) and liability management transactions. He also advises clients on general corporate matters, including corporate governance and SEC compliance.
Chris’s transactional practice spans a broad spectrum of industries, including healthcare and life sciences, fintech, industrials, insurance, retail and energy.
Experience
Recent Work
- Mobileye $948 million secondary offering and $100 million share repurchase
- Strategy $4.2 billion perpetual stride preferred stock at-the-market offering
- Seagate Data Storage Technology $2.8 billion exchange offers
- Strategy $1 billion perpetual stride preferred stock offering
- Seagate Data Storage Technology $400 million senior notes offering
- Strategy $2.1 billion perpetual strife preferred stock at-the-market offering
- Strategy $21 billion at-the-market offering
- Las Vegas Sands $1.5 billion notes offering
- Spirit Airlines emerges from chapter 11
- CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings $433.7 million secondary offering
- Mastercard $1.25 billion senior notes offering
- Emera exchange offer
- Circle strategic commercial alliance with Binance to expand global USDC adoption
- Spirit Airlines prearranged chapter 11 filing
- LGI Homes $400 million notes offering
- Specialty Building Products secured notes offering
Education
- Cravath International Fellow
- magna cum laude
- Jacob Wendell Scholar
- Phi Beta Kappa
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York