Christopher Balch

Client Results

• Represented Air Methods Corporation in its sale to an affiliate of American Securities for $2.5 billion.

• Represented Optiv Security Inc. in its acquisition of Communication Cable Company.

• Represented Optiv Inc., a Blackstone portfolio company, in its sale and recapitalization with an affiliate of KKR.

• Represented a market-leading provider of content and photography solutions for the attractions industry in its disposition of 100% of its membership interests to create the world's largest provider.

• Represented MarketPay Associates, LLC (and its owner) in the sale of MarketPay to PayScale, Inc., a Warburg Pincus portfolio company.

• Represented Optiv Security Inc. in its acquisition of Advancive, LLC, a Pasadena, California-based provider of identity and access management (IAM) services and solutions.

• Represented Optiv Security Inc. in its acquisition of Adaptive Communications, LLC, a New England-based provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions.

• Represented Optiv Security Inc. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Evantix GRC, LLC, a California-based provider of a SaaS application for managing third-party risk.

• Represented Air Methods Corporation in its acquisition of Tri-State Care Flight for $222.5 million.

• Represented Dale Katechis and Oskar Blues Brewery, LLC in its recapitalization and partnership with Fireman Capital Partners.

• Represented the Odell family members in the sale of their majority interests in Odell Brewing Company, Inc.

• Represented Accuvant LLC, a Blackstone Group portfolio company, in its merger with Fishnet Security Inc.

• Represented Accuvant LLC in its sale and recapitalization with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group, L.P.

• Represented JobApp Network, a Frontier Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of talentReef, Inc.

• Represented IQNavigator, Inc. in its acquisition of Volt Information Sciences’ division of Procurestaff Technologies, otherwise known as Consol (a vendor management software provider enabling management of commercial services spend).

• Represented IQNavigator, Inc. in its sale and recapitalization with GTCR Golder Rauner LLC.

• Represented Accruit, LLC's in the sale of its software technology platform and negotiation of a Joint Business Relationship with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

• Represented Atebits, LLC in its sale to Twitter, Inc.

• Represented Associated Content, Inc. in its sale to Yahoo! Inc.

• Represented Copper Services (f/k/a/ Copper Conferencing) in the formation and spin-off of Convey Services, LLC, a software as a service business, followed by the sale of substantially all of the assets of Copper Services to an affiliate of Premiere Global.

• Represented Accuvant, Inc. in its sale and recapitalization with Sverica International.

• Represented PROFITSYSTEMS, Inc. in its sale and recapitalization with The Riverside Company.

• Represented Spyder Active Sports, Inc. in its acquisition of Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc.

• Represented American Midstream Partners, a midstream energy company, in its acquisition of Blackwater Midstream Holdings LLC.

• Represented CH2M HILL, Inc. in its acquisition of Trigon EPC, LLC and Goldston Engineering, Inc.

• Represented multiple companies and/or investors in equity and debt financings, including talentReef, Chipotle, IQNavigator, NextGreatPlace, CenterStone Technologies, Accruit, ControlPath, Accuvant, Copper Conferencing, IP Commerce, Novinda, Aegis Analytical, and Cornice.