Biography
Chris represents buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. He also regularly furnishes outside general counsel services. Additionally, Chris advises clients on a broad range of corporate and securities matters, including securities offerings, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, commercial contracts, corporate governance, the formation and maintenance of business entities, and securities offerings.
Areas of Focus
+Mergers & Acquisitions
- Represented survivor in a merger of healthcare technology companies and follow-on capital raise
- Represented target in the acquisition of a biomarker testing and development company to publicly traded acquirer
- Represented seller in the sale of a water treatment and chemicals distribution company to publicly traded acquirer
- Represented seller in sale of pressure and temperature instrumentation distribution company to private-equity backed acquirer
- Represented buyer in the acquisition of a multi-property car dealership
- Represented buyer in a control-level acquisition of a industrial electrical contractor
- Represented buyer in the acquisition of a professional soccer franchise
- Represented buyer in a strategic asset purchase of a software developer
- Represented asset sellers in multiple strategic acquisitions of medical practices
- Represented seller in an acquisition of a continuing care retirement community owner/operator
- Represented seller in a strategic investment in a mortgage lending company
- Represented seller in an asset sale and equity rollover of a strategic communications agency
+Outside General Counsel Services
- Counseled healthcare technology company on various matters
- Counseled medical and dental practices on various matters
- Counseled software development company
- Counseled multi-state restaurant franchisee on various matters
- Counseled multi-state transportation and logistics solutions providers
+Business Organizations & Transactions
- Represented artificial intelligence solutions provider in seed round fundraising and general corporate matters
- Represented multi-national corporation in a comprehensive, multi-phase restructuring and reorganization of its US-based subsidiaries
- Represented hotel operator in secured refinancing transaction
- Represented multi-state restaurant franchisee in a secured refinancing transaction
- Represented operator of charter schools in construction and permanent financing transactions
- Represented joint municipal power agency in the development of an electric generation facility
Credentials
+EDUCATION
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2015
Harvard Graduate School of Education, M.A., 2011
Brown University, A.B., magna cum laude, 2007
+NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch”
Ranked among Super Lawyers magazine’s North Carolina “Rising Stars®” (Mergers & Acquisitions; Business/Corporate) 2018, 2021-2025
