Christopher R. Harding

Chris Harding is a corporate partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He specializes in representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures, growth equity investments and general corporate matters. Chris advises on transactions in various industries, including enterprise software, data and technology, aerospace and defense, healthcare, business services and consumer products and retail.

Representative Matters:

Veritas Capital in various acquisitions and sales, including:

• $10.5 billion acquisition of Cotiviti with KKR
• $3.1 billion carve out of the Wood Mackenzie business from Verisk

Platinum Equity Advisors LLC in various acquisitions and sales, including:

• carve out of the energy business of Kohler Co.
• acquisition of Pelican Products
• acquisition of Petmate
• acquisition of Solenis Holdings

GI Partners and its portfolio companies in various acquisitions and sales, including:

• acquisition of AuSuM Systems
• acquisition of xPLM
• acquisition of Ion Wave
• acquisition of DamendStar Corporation
• acquisition of Reminder Services
• acquisition of MassageBook
• acquisition of Instec
• acquisition of Billing Management Services LLC
• acquisition of CodeObjects, Inc.
• acquisition of Virtual MGA
• acquisition of Equal Level, Inc.
• acquisition of Fonteva, LLC
• acquisition of Insurity, Inc.
• strategic investment in Access Holdings
• acquisition of Doxim, Inc.
• acquisition of Togetherwork
• recapitalizations of MRI Software with TA Associates and Harvest Partners

KKR and its portfolio companies in various investments, including:

• acquistion of Digital Shadows, Inc.
• investment in Restaurant365

Liberty Hall Capital Partners

• Combination of Comply365 with Vistair and related investment by Insight Partners

Swander Pace in various acquisitions and sales, including:

• acquisition of Mommy’s Bliss
• acquisition and subsequent sale of Aden + Anais
• acquisition of Bragg Live Food Products
• acquisition of Café Valley
• acquisition and subsequent sale to a continuation vehicle of Captek Softgel
• acquisition of Functional Formularies
• acquisition of J&D Laboratories
• acquisition of J.R. Watkins
• acquisition of Passport Food Group

The Chernin Group in its $263 million strategic investment in Funko, Inc.

Mr. Harding earned his Juris Doctor from University of Virginia School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in History, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Harding was a partner of Kirkland & Ellis and his representative transactions include those he led there.

He is admitted to practice in California and Oregon (inactive).

Capabilities

• Private Equity
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Credentials

Education:

• University of Virginia - Juris Doctor
• University of California, Los Angeles - Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• California Bar