Chris Stack

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I’m passionate about finding pragmatic and commercial solutions to businesses’ employment issues both in the UK and internationally.

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Tenable to Acquire Vulcan Cyber

January 29, 2025

Cooley advised Tenable Holdings (Nasdaq: TENB), the exposure management company exposing and closing the cybersecurity gaps that erode business value, on its definitive agreement to acquire Vulcan Cyber, an innovator in exposure management, for $150 million in enterprise value.

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Battery Ventures Announces Majority Growth Investment in QSR Automations

December 11, 2024

Cooley advised Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, on its strategic, majority growth investment in QSR Automations, a global leader in restaurant technology.

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Vance Street Capital Partners With System Seals

December 9, 2024

Cooley advised Vance Street Capital, a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm that invests in highly engineered solutions businesses across the industrial technology, medical, life sciences, aerospace and defense sectors, on its acquisition of System Seals, a designer and manufacturer of custom fluid seals for various industrial applications.

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Kpler Announces $241 Million Acquisition of Spire’s Maritime Business

November 13, 2024

Cooley advised Kpler, a fast-growing data and analytics firm on a mission to build one platform for global trade intelligence, on its acquisition of Spire Global’s maritime business for approximately $241 million.

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Confluent Acquires WarpStream

September 9, 2024

Cooley advised Confluent, a data-streaming platform pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure that sets data in motion, on its acquisition of WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible data-streaming platform.

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England and Wales

Rankings and accolades

Chambers & Partners (UK): Up & Coming - Employment (2022)

The Legal 500 UK: Employers (2022)

He is clearly a top subject-matter expert in his field but what sets him apart is his ability to deliver pragmatic and commercial advice.

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