Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Christopher Hagenbuch has joined the Firm’s Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice as partner. Resident in the New York Meatpacking office, Hagenbuch represents private equity, venture capital and other institutional investors along with emerging growth tech companies in strategic transactions. Hagenbuch joins Dentons from Troutman Pepper.
Hagenbuch is a trusted business advisor to companies of all sizes and to private equity and venture capital funds. His clients span a diverse range of industries including technology, life sciences, energy and entertainment. He regularly guides their complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and is a go-to resource for day-to-day corporate matters. He has spoken widely on various legal and strategic matters affecting emerging companies.
“Chris is another outstanding addition – totally synergistic with the rest of the Dentons team,” said Victor H. Boyajian, Global Chair of Dentons’ global Venture Technology practice. “The growth of the Venture Technology Group has continued to accelerate, a trend that we expect to see continue in 2022 as clients embrace our differentiated service offerings. Chris’s years of practice engagement on the West Coast of the US is particularly noteworthy for our PE and venture-backed clients working with us to execute on their strategic plans to drive growth. The market has spoken and it is clear that broad and deep expertise across the globe is key.”
Among his successes, Hagenbuch represented one of the world’s leading private equity firms in the technology sector in connection with four concurrent acquisitions of technology companies based in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands, as well as in its acquisition of a hospital pharmacy automation unit from one of the world’s largest public health care companies. He also represented one of the world’s largest public chip manufacturers in a US$16.7 billion acquisition of another public chip manufacturer, which was one of the largest technology transactions in 2015.
Hagenbuch maintains an active presence in Silicon Valley representing emerging growth technology companies and venture capital clients.
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