Chris Ferazzi

Chris’ experience includes:

• Represented a foreign purchaser in purchasing of the remaining controlling interest and assets held by Shell Oil related to the refinery operations at the Deer Park refinery in Deer Park, Texas.
• Represented MML Capital Partner Funds in a number of dispositions and acquisitions, including the sale of VIP Cinema (a leading manufacturer of premium seating for the commercial cinema market) to an entity sponsored by HIG Capital; Precision Valve Holdings Corporation (a leading global manufacturer of aerosol valves, custom actuators and other dispensing solutions) to an entity sponsored by Peak Rock Capital; TNT Crane and Rigging Inc. (a crane and rigging company to industrial and commercial customers) to an entity sponsored by Odyssey Investment Partners; and XServ, Inc. (a specialty maintenance service provider to industrial customers) to Brock Holdings, Inc.; the acquisition of Onpoint Industrial Services from an entity controlled by CapStreet (a Houston based private equity firm); the acquisition of Apache Industrial Services, Inc. (a specialty maintenance service provider to industrial customers) (and its subsequent disposition to an entity sponsored by Quantum Capital); the acquisition of Par Systems Group, Inc. (systems engineering firm specializing in automated manufacturing and material handling equipment) and its subsequent disposition to an entity affiliated with the Pohlad family of Minneapolis, MN; a number follow-on or bolt-on acquisitions for their portfolio companies; minority equity investment in StoneTurn Group (a global advisory firm for regulatory risk and compliance issues, investigations and business disputes); and a minority equity and subordinated debt investment in Jones Industrial Holdings (a provider of specialty maintenance and repair support to the petrochemical, power generation, pipeline, and offshore industries throughout the United States).
• Represented DX Holding Company, Inc. (a provider of bleach and related chemicals primarily to municipal water companies) in its sale to Pressure Vessel Service, Inc. dba PVS Chemicals as a result of a sale process led by Grace Matthews.
• Represented Siren Companies, LLC and its subsidiaries (providers and distributors of compressed natural gas to customers at oil and gas drilling, completion and production well sites) in the sale to Liberty Power Innovations, a subsidiary of Liberty Energy Inc.
• Represented KVP Holdings, Inc. (a provider of construction, repair, maintenance, installation and site preparation services with respect to infrastructure industry, primarily electric utility) to an entity controlled by Warren Equity Partners.
• Represented both buyers and sellers in multiple de-SPAC transactions, including, but not limited to, Nauticus Robotics, Inc.; Picard Medical, Inc., and its subsidiary SynCardia Systems; Braiin Ltd.; and SAI.TECH Ltd.
• Represented NGL Energy Partners in a number of acquisitions, including the acquisition of 100% of the equity interest of Hillstone Environmental Partners, LLC  (a provider of water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions to producers primarily in southern Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico and northern Loving County, Texas in the Delaware Basin) from Golden Gate Capital for approximately US$600M; and a combined US$100M (approximate) acquisition of nearly 122,000 acres of ranch land located in Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico and the associated 11.6 million barrels of annual fresh water rights.
• Represented ValTek Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries in the sale of assets to ValTek, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SERVA Group, LLC, an EnTrans International, LLC, subsidiary. EnTrans International, LLC, is a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners.
• Represented U.S. Well Services, LLC (USWS) in its merger with Matlin & Partners Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: MPAC, MPACU, MPACW), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. USWS is one of the first companies to develop and commercially deploy electric-powered hydraulic fracturing equipment. USWS’ patented Clean Fleet® technology combines natural gas turbine generators with electric motors and existing industry equipment for hydraulic fracturing, offering numerous advantages over conventional, diesel-powered fracturing fleets. Under the merger and contribution agreement, USWS combined with MPAC to become a publicly listed company. MPAC has been renamed U.S. Well Services, Inc. and trades on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
• Represented Weatherford International Plc in the sale of its Integrity Industries drilling-fluids business and Engineered Chemistry, which provides additives used in fracking, to Lubrizol, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company, for $US750M, plus an earnout.
• Represented Crest Pumping Technologies, an oilfield services company and premier provider of downhole cementing, acidizing and pump down services, in its sale to Nine Energy Service, a completions and wireline company.
• Represented Pelican Energy Partners in its acquisition of AWC Frac Valves, a leading manufacturer and service provider of premium frac valves, from the U.S. parent of Archer Limited (OSE:Archer).
• Represented Shiv Om Consultants (a leading privately held family owned severance tax advisory and consulting firm) in its sale to Ryan, LLC, a leading global tax services firm.
• Represented US BOPP Film manufacturer in a US$78.6M acquisition of Medical Action Industries (NASDAQ:MDC) related to its containment and patient care products segments and a US$200M strategic acquisition of the U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries of an Italian joint stock company.
• Represented UK-based FrontierMEDEX, a producer of medical, security and safety solutions, in its acquisition of MEDEX Group, Inc.. and subsequently served as special U.S. counsel in FrontierMEDEX’s sale to United Healthcare.
• Represented The Situs Companies, a global real estate firm, in its sale to Helios AMC.
• Formed Kinderhawk’s midstream joint venture of US$1.75B in the Haynesville shale area between affiliates of Petrohawk Energy and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP and Petrohawk’s subsequent exit from the joint venture and formation of a majority owned joint venture with Kinder Morgan in the Eagle Ford shale area.
• Formed a wholesale and retail propane limited partnership among Hicks Oil and Hicksgas, Incorporated and NGL Supply, Inc., a Denham Partners affiliated company.
• Public-company merger transactions within the oilfield services, oil and gas drilling services, defense, electric utility, software, apparel, and industrial manufacturing industries.
• Separate reverse acquisitions by privately held company clients involving a publicly held energy company and a publicly held oil field service company, including the simultaneous closing of equity private placements for cash.
• A “merger of equals” transaction involving a Nasdaq-listed investment banking firm with a prominent Houston-based firm, to form the largest Texas-based investment bank.
• Private placements of debt and equity, including venture capital financings, for private and publicly held companies.
• A going-private transaction for an AMEX-listed specialty financial services company.
• A going dark transaction for a small publicly traded company in the security solutions for the public and private detention facilities market.
• Special investigation involving a publicly traded company in response to a shareholder derivative demand.