Christopher A. Bugel

Associate

Practice Description

Christopher Bugel is an associate in Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s corporate department and is a member of the Firm’s corporate and communications, media and technology practice groups.

Mr. Bugel's practice focuses on representing and advising clients on corporate, financial and transactional matters and mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, he works with Chadbourne's Project Finance team representing renewable energy clients in equity and debt financings, and other corporate transactions. Mr. Bugel also has experience in representing clients on regulatory matters involving communications, media and information technology companies.

Representative Matters

Corporate

• Serve as outside general counsel for a privately held software technology company focusing on real-time mobile video collaboration, by advising on finance matters including stock offerings, compliance with secured credit facilities and providing guidance to the executive team on legal and entrepreneurial matters.
• Represent lenders and developers in connection with environmental matters relating to domestic power projects.
• Represented various renewable energy developers in connection with the sale of equity interests in, financing of and environmental aspects relating to domestic wind power projects.
• Represented a landline and wireless telecommunications provider in the refinancing of its $31 million secured credit facility.
• Represented a global financial lender in the termination and workout of a secured credit facility.
• Represented a technology company in anti-trust matters including the HSR filing process and response to a Second Request Investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Represented a private equity investor in the proposed acquisition of a national cable programming network. 
• Served as outside co-general counsel for a privately held technology firm specializing in remote asset management. 
• Represented a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company in a $10 Million Public Equity Offering. 
• Represented a committee of debt holders on regulatory issues relating to the pre-arranged financial restructuring of a top-10 U.S. cable operator. 
• Represented a U.S. company in the acquisition of a unified communications service provider headquartered in the United Kingdom. 
• Represented a privately-held corporation in obtaining an $8 million secured credit facility. 
• Represented a publicly-traded telecommunications company in the joinder of newly acquired subsidiaries to their existing $85 million secured credit facilities. 
• Represented a publicly-traded telecommunications company in four strategic acquisitions valued at $122 million. 
• Represented a privately-held company in the purchase of senior secured promissory notes with a face value of $10 million. 
• Represented a privately-held corporation in a preferred stock financing transaction. 
• Represented a telecommunications company in the refinancing and restructuring of their existing $47 million secured credit facility. 
• Represented a publicly-traded energy client in the asset sales of two natural gas distribution companies valued at $1.155 billion. 
• Represented a publicly-traded energy company in connection with a $600 million public offering of junior subordinated notes. 
• Represented and advised a publicly-traded energy client with respect to SEC filings, public disclosures and corporate governance matters. 
• Served as in-house transactional counsel for a publicly-traded commercial finance company by documenting, negotiating and managing the legal aspects of numerous senior secured revolving credit and term loan credit facilities.

Regulatory

• Represented a privately-held corporation in connection with policy considerations related to the satellite industry, including capacity and anti-competitive behavior concerns. 
• Represented an educational materials company in connection with policy considerations related to the federally funded E-Rate Program.

Publications