Biography
Christopher Martin is an associate in Weil’s Capital Markets practice and is based in New York. Christopher participates in advising issuers, underwriters and private equity sponsors in connection with public and private offerings of securities and other capital markets transactions. He has been involved in investment grade and high yield debt offerings as well as secondary equity offerings.
Christopher has been part of the teams advising:
- Goldman Sachs, as representative of the initial purchasers, in a $555 million senior secured notes offering by Dye & Durham Corporation
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho Securities USA, RBC Capital Markets and two major financial institutions, as initial purchasers, in a $500 million offering of senior unsecured notes by Sensata Technologies, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs, as administrative agent, collateral agent, L/C issuer, joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in a $350 million term loan facility and $77 million revolving credit facility for Dye & Durham Corporation
- Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Evercore and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in the $178 million initial public offering of The Vita Coco Company, Inc. (a portfolio company of Verlinvest)
- Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets and another financial institution, as representatives of the underwriters, in its $116 million offering of common stock by Sonida Senior Living, Inc.
- Softtek Integration Systems, Inc. in its $50 million private placement of 7.89% senior unsecured notes due 2032
- TE Connectivity plc (f/k/a TE Connectivity, Ltd.), through its wholly owned subsidiary Tyco Electronics Group S.A., as issuer, in a $1.25 billion commercial paper program; and with its re-domestication from Switzerland to Ireland
- Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co., Ltd., as a major shareholder of Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd., in its $207 million purchase of first lien senior secured convertible notes from Maxeon
- TPG Inc. in its $1.1 billion initial public offering
Christopher was previously an associate in Weil’s Restructuring practice where he participated in the representation of Firm clients in domestic and cross-border corporate restructurings and distressed financings.
Christopher was named to the “Top 40 Under 40” 2024 for corporate/Capital Markets by The National Black Lawyers. Christopher received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Virginia, where he served as a Programs Editor of the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, and his B.A. from Vanderbilt University.