Corporate Finance
Comprehensive support throughout mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
Chris Janssen joined Duff & Phelps in 1994. He is a managing director in the Chicago office and Head of the firm's Transaction Opinions practice, which provides independent financial advice to boards of directors and special committees on M&A, spin-offs, dividends, stock buybacks, restructurings and financing transactions.
Chris specializes in providing fairness opinions, solvency opinions and business valuations for public and private companies and their boards of directors. Chris’ experience includes:
- Advising the boards of directors of Winnebago Industries, American Midstream Partners, CommScope, Boulder Specialty Brands, and Patriot Coal on acquisitions.
- Advising the boards of directors of Air Products, Xerox, WestRock, W.R. Grace, Darden, Baxter, JDS Uniphase, Harvard Biosciences, Murphy Oil Corporation, Sears Holdings, Cardinal Health, American Standard, Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Cendant, and Tyco on spin-off transactions;
- Advising the boards of directors of portfolio companies of ABRY Partners, Golden Gate Capital, Stone Point Capital, Bain Capital, Hellman & Friedman, Sycamore Partners, and The Blackstone Group on leveraged dividend transactions;
- Advising the boards of directors of KLA-Tencor, Rockwood Holdings, Choice Hotels International, Delphi Automotive, Unisys, and Realogy on dividend and stock repurchase transactions;
- Advising the special committee of the board of directors of Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Company, National Investment Managers, and Eagle Point Software on going-private transactions
Prior to joining Duff & Phelps, Chris was a commercial lender with the Northern Trust Company in Chicago.
Chris holds an MBA in finance and marketing from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BA in economics from Northwestern University. He is a FINRA Series 7 and 63 registered representative.
Other Areas We Can Help
Fairness and Solvency Opinions
Independent opinions for boards of directors and special committees.
Commercially Reasonable Debt Opinions
Advisory on capital structure, interest rate, and the other economic terms of debt securities.
Financial Sponsors Group
Dedicated coverage and access to M&A deal-flow for financial sponsors.
Fairness Opinions
#1 ranked provider of fairness opinions for boards of directors and special committees.
Solvency Opinions
Comprehensive advisory on solvency matters, including dividends, distributions and other transfers.
ESOP and ERISA Advisory
Helping clients navigate the complex financial, regulatory and tax aspects of ESOP transactions.
Case Studies
Sell Side Advisor
Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business, Advised Ya YA Foods Corporation on Its Sale to Entrepreneurial Equity Partners
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Sell Side Advisor
The Industrials M&A Practice of Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business, Advised Coral Chemical Company on Its Sale to Quaker Chemical Company
has been acquired by
