Shant H. Chalian
Counsel, Attorney at Day Pitney LLP
About
Shant H. Chalian advises financial buyers, corporate buyers, and sellers at Day Pitney LLP on leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations. He also handles spin-offs, cross-border transactions, and joint ventures. He drafts acquisition agreements, senior and mezzanine debt agreements, and equity financing agreements. He earned an LL.M. in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. He also works with private equity and venture capital groups and start-up companies on seed and later-stage financings, drafting purchase agreements, shareholder and investor rights agreements, charter documents, and option plans, and he brings the same drafting to the acquisition agreements he negotiates for buyers and sellers.
Who is a good fit for Shant H. Chalian
- Financial buyers arranging a leveraged buyout of a company.
- Sellers completing a spin-off of a company.
- Owners recapitalizing a company and negotiating its equity financing.
- Corporate buyers pursuing a cross-border acquisition of a business.
Education and admissions
- Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Corporate Law
- St. John's University School of Law, J.D.
- New York University, B.A. in Economics
- Bar admissions
- Connecticut, New York
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented Connecticut- and Pennsylvania-based healthcare consulting companies in the execution of a strategic and equal combination to form a combined company and the subsequent investment by a healthcare private equity firm
- Represented middle market-focused investment firm in connection with secondary sales of interests in its portfolio companies
- Represented one of the world's largest specialist wireless distributors and a provider of diversified wireless services in connection with its acquisition of a distributor of wireless accessories, and an investment in a specialist in aggregation, remanufacture and distribution of mobile devices
- Represented an affiliate of an American prepaid wireless service provider in connection with the $20 million sale of certain cell towers and related FCC licenses to one of the largest offshore high capacity communication networks in the world ($20,000,000)
- Represented a Boston-based private equity firm in connection with an equity investment and recapitalization of a company in the food processing and co-packaging industry
- Represented a leader in industrial inkjet technology in acquisition of a leading provider of product printing equipment in North America
- Represented a wholesale distributor of prescription drugs, proprietary drugs, and toiletries in connection with its sale to an employee-owned independent supply chain services company
- Represented a middle-market private equity firm in connection with acquisitions and dispositions and the formation of its first buyout fund
- Represented a Stamford-based private equity firm in connection with the acquisition of a leading gardening and outdoor products supplier
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional