Tristan represents public and private companies, investment banks and private equity funds and their portfolio companies in connection with complex strategic transactions, including securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. He regularly advises clients on the full spectrum of complex corporate finance and capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and follow-ons, high yield and investment grade debt offerings, convertible and exchangeable note offerings, PIPE transactions and liability management transactions. In addition, Tristan counsels public company clients on compliance with securities laws, stock exchange rules and regulations, and corporate governance matters.
Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Tristan practiced in the London and Silicon Valley offices of another leading international law firm.
Experience
Examples of transactional matters include advising:
- KinderCare Learning Companies, a leading provider of early childhood and school-age education and care, and Partners Group in KinderCare’s $660 million initial public offering.
- The Duckhorn Portfolio, North American’s premier luxury wine company, and TSG Consumer Partners in connection with Duckhorn’s $300 million initial public offering.
- McAfee Corp, a global leader in online protection, and its sponsor in connection with McAfee’s $740 million initial public offering.
- Seagate Technology Holdings in connection with its innovative issuance of $1.5 billion of exchangeable notes and equity derivative transactions.
- Dragoneer Investment Group in the initial public offerings of multiple special purpose acquisition companies.
- Underwriters in Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ $600 million public offering.
- The underwriters in the $646 million secondary offering for TPG Inc.
- Initial purchasers in Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital’s offering of green exchangeable senior notes.
- The underwriters in the $2.9 billion initial public offering for Avantor, Inc. and multiple secondary offerings.
- IQVIA Holdings in its $1.25 billion senior notes offering.
- BRP, a global leader in powersports products, and Bain Capital in multiple secondary offerings.
- Dragoneer Investment Group in capital markets matters related to the take-private acquisition of Arco Platform.
- The underwriters in Amkor Technology’s $240 million secondary offering.
- National Amusements, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, in a $125 million preferred equity investment by BDT Capital Partners.
- Lilium, the developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing jet, in its $119 million capital raise.
- The Duckhorn Portfolio in its $1.95 billion take-private transaction.
- The underwriters in 2seventy bio’s $125 million public offering of common stock.
- Surgery Partners in connection with multiple capital markets transactions, including registered equity and 144A notes offerings.
- U.S. Renal Care in its $500 million issuance of 144A senior notes.
- Truck Hero in multiple offerings of 144A senior secured notes.
- The lead underwriters in multiple capital markets transactions for Biohaven.
- The Duckhorn Portfolio in its $400 million acquisition of Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards from Brown-Forman Corporation.
- McAfee Corp. in capital markets matters related to its $14 billion take-private transaction.
- Integrated Device Technologies in its $6.7 billion sale to Renesas.*
- Cree (now Wolfspeed) in its $575 million convertible senior notes offering.*
- Branch Analytics in its acquisition of TUNE’s attribution analytics platform.*
*Prior to joining Ropes & Gray