Christopher C. Woller
Advises clients on complex commercial transactions, with a focus on infrastructure, technology, media and IP, as well as M&A, finance and other strategic transactions
Chris advises clients on structuring, negotiating and drafting commercial arrangements with a focus on the energy, data centers and digital infrastructure, technology and communications sectors. He has experience with complex commercial agreements related to the development and sale of renewable and conventional power projects, as well as broader project development, operations and maintenance agreements and other services arrangements.
Chris also advises on a wide range of corporate and strategic transactions, including manufacturing, development, supply, hosting, reseller and outsourcing agreements, IP and platform licensing arrangements, and IP-asset backed financings. He advises on IP and technology-related aspects of M&A, joint ventures, collaborations, financings, restructurings and capital markets offerings.
Experience
Digital Infrastructure, Energy & Transportation
- Multiple large-scale infrastructure developers in connection with various development and project agreements, including backstop agreements, power purchase agreements and build transfer agreements
- Major strategic client in connection with the purchase of investment tax credits from a series of renewable energy projects
- Edgecore Digital Infrastructure $440 million data center development financing
- EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure $1.9 billion project financing
- Several airline financing transactions, including:
- Avianca senior secured notes offering and exchange offer and consent solicitation
- Azul $862 million exchange offers and consent solicitations
- Delta Air Lines $9 billion SkyMiles secured financings
- Spirit Airlines $850 million senior notes offering
- Baker Hughes on a wide array of commercial arrangements, including those relating to its separation from General Electric
- Leading industrial technology company on its minority investment and strategic partnership with an enterprise AI provider
Tech, Media & Telecom
- Comcast and its subsidiaries on a wide array of matters, including:
- Comcast MVNO and other strategic wireless arrangements
- Comcast streaming platform JV with Charter
- NBCUniversal partnership with MultiChoice to relaunch Showmax using Peacock
- NBCUniversal sale of ownership in NBC Sports Washington to MSE
- Comcast “SkyShowtime” partnership with ViacomCBS
- The spinoff of select cable networks to create a new publicly traded company
- Digital platforms company on its joint venture and related licensing arrangements with a prominent health care company for a consumer health platform
- Reliance commercial arrangements with Facebook and Google as part of their investment in Jio Platforms
Consumer Products, Retail and Life Sciences
- Investment firm on its acquisition of a leading Western apparel and footwear retailer
- VF $2.1 billion acquisition of Supreme Holdings
- GSK collaboration with Flagship Pioneering
- Precigen $125 million financing
- VF spinoff of Kontoor Brands
- Ferrero $1.3 billion acquisition of Kellogg cookies and fruit snacks businesses
- Global apparel company on its exclusive distribution and development agreement with a Brazilian footwear company
- Dean Foods confirms chapter 11 plan, following sales of assets to six acquirers
Education
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York