
Christopher J. Bors
Counsel, Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate
Christopher J. Bors represents public and private companies in complex domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs and joint ventures, as well as a broad variety of other commercial and contractual matters. He has represented clients in a wide array of industries, including technology, health care, private equity, food and retail companies.
Bio
Mr. Bors’ experience includes the representation of:
- Intel Corporation in its $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye, N.V.;
- Coherent, Inc. in its pending $5.7 billion sale to Lumentum Holdings Inc.;
- Visa Inc. in its proposed but terminated $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid Inc.;
- Permira Funds in its $1.75 billion acquisition of Duff & Phelps;
- Silver Lake Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in ServiceMax, Inc. from GE Digital LLC;
- RPX Corporation in its $555 million acquisition by HGGC;
- Evercore as financial advisor to Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. in its $5.5 billion acquisition by Broadcom Limited;
- Viking Cruises, Ltd. in its $500 million investment from TPG Capital, L.P. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board;
- a technology company in its divestiture of a web-based photo sharing and photo printing service, acquisition of a PAAS business, and investment in an early stage cloud services company;
- a semiconductor company in various acquisitions, divestitures and joint venture arrangements, including the divestiture of two security businesses, the acquisition of two startup companies developing leading-edge wearable technology, the acquisition of assets related to a variety of businesses, and other strategic acquisitions;
- an electronic design automation company in its acquisition of a provider of customizable data plane processors;
- a medical device company in its acquisition by a global health care company;
- a private equity firm-backed IT company in its acquisition of companies based in the U.S., Germany and Israel;
- a pharmaceutical company in its acquisition of a developer of migraine treatment devices;
- a private equity firm in its acquisition, with financial partners, of assets from a manufacturer and designer of composite structures for spacecraft and other high-tech applications; and
- a semiconductor company in an investment in a radio chip design company.
While a corporate associate at a prior firm, Mr. Bors was seconded on a part-time basis to a large technology company to serve as M&A counsel.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., The University of Chicago Law School, 2008
- B.S., University of Southern California, 2005 (magna cum laude)
Admissions
- California
Christopher J. Bors
Counsel, Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate
christopher.bors@skadden.com