Avocats – United States

Christopher Marcus

Chris represents debtors, creditors, equity sponsors and investors in distressed companies in various industries, including retail, telecommunications, media, real estate and manufacturing. Representative debtor clients include iHeartMedia, 21st Century Oncology Holdings, BCBG, Sabine Oil & Gas, SandRidge Energy and Cengage Learning. Lender and creditor representations include the Chapter 11 cases of Breitburn Energy and Nextel International. Turnaround & Workouts selected Chris as one of its “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers” in 2017.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher McIsaac

Christopher McIsaac is joint head of the Americas Energy and Projects Group, which is focused on the development and financing of complex infrastructure projects. Christopher has a broad-based finance experience including lender and sponsor representation across a range of industry sectors, particularly oil and gas, power generation and other energy projects. He is Counsel to commercial lenders, export credit agencies, multilateral development institutions, and project sponsors. Christopher has structured, drafted and negotiated credit facilities involving recourse, non-recourse, mezzanine, capital lease, and offshore trust structures, among others. He has also structured and documented a variety of equity arrangements on behalf of sponsors and developers including: the negotiation of project contracts with concession grantors, power purchasers and other offtakers, EPC contractors, equipment suppliers, and fuel suppliers; negotiated and documented financing arrangements in the public and private markets involving commercial banks, export credit agencies, multilateral development institutions, institutional lenders, and underwriters. Christopher spent nearly five years in Asia, where he was the attorney in charge of the Singapore office of a major New York law firm.

Clifford Chance

Christopher Melcher

Partner

Walzer Melcher & Yoda LLP

Christopher Michael Bezeg

Christopher Bezeg advises private equity sponsors, investment banks, and public and private companies across a broad range of capital markets and corporate transactions. Christopher draws on keen market insights to help clients, ranging from early-stage privately held companies to well-known seasoned issuers, navigate: Acquisition financings Initial public offerings Other debt and equity offerings, including high yield offerings Liability management and debt restructuring transactions Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) IPOs and acquisition transactions Public company representation and corporate governance He forges trusted relationships with clients to anticipate issues that may arise within the context of a transaction and beyond, and develops pragmatic solutions to help them navigate complex situations.

Latham & Watkins

Christopher Mizzo

Chris Mizzo is a trial lawyer who focuses on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. Over the past 20 years, Chris has gained extensive experience in all phases of litigation, has first- chaired high-stakes, bet-the-company cases, and routinely tries cases in federal and state courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. In addition to his trial work, Chris has experience conducting post-grant reviews before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Chris represents and regularly advises a diverse number of clients in a broad range of industries, ranging from Fortune 100 companies to outstanding, innovative entrepreneurs.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher Morvillo

Christopher J. Morvillo has extensive experience representing corporate and individual clients in white-collar government investigations, related regulatory and civil proceedings, and internal investigations. Chris' recent representations have included investigations and prosecutions of alleged insider trading, trade secret theft, securities fraud, accounting fraud, healthcare fraud, and alleged violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the Arms Export Control Act. He has also recently conducted internal investigations for corporate clients involving possible corporate espionage, violations of the Endangered Species Act, insider trading, and embezzlement. From 1999 to 2005, Chris served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he investigated, tried and handled appeals in a wide variety of criminal cases, including in the area of healthcare fraud, insurance fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, counter-terrorism, and narcotics. Among other notable prosecutions and investigations, Chris assisted in the criminal investigation arising out of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and served as one of the lead prosecutors on the successful 10-month counter-terrorism trial of defense attorney Lynne Stewart and her co-conspirators, one of the longest criminal trials in Southern District history.

Clifford Chance

Christopher Mulligan

Christopher Mulligan is a partner in Weil’s Private Funds practice and is based in Washington, D.C. Chris represents a wide range of asset managers, including some of the largest and most complex private fund advisers in the world, as well as middle-market and newly-formed advisers, across a suite of regulatory issues. Chris acts as outside regulatory counsel to asset managers, providing counsel regarding SEC examinations and investigations, marketing rule compliance, fund formation issues, mock examinations, SEC registration, Form ADV, Form PF, code of ethics, custody issues, LPA compliance, annual reviews and strategic advice.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Christopher Nairn-Kim

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Christopher Nolan

Partner

Holland & Knight

Christopher Norton

Christopher Norton is a partner in the Latham & Watkins Environment, Land & Resources Practice. He focuses his practice on environmental and energy, land use and climate change. Christopher formerly served as the Global Co-Chair of the Environmental Regulations & Transactions Practice. His experience includes matters involving the Clean Air Act and its state and local counterparts, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental liabilities related to real estate and business transactions, complicated mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private and government-lead contaminated property litigation, advocacy of environmental policy and the siting of new power plants. Christopher has broad experience in siting energy projects as well as considerable experience in matters related to the Warren-Alquist Act and the procedures of the California Energy Commission. He also handles administrative, civil and criminal enforcement matters at local, state and federal levels. Christopher co-authored Chapter II: Air Pollution Control in the Eleventh Edition of the California Environmental Law Handbook. Prior to beginning the practice of law, Christopher served as the Environmental Affairs Manager and Legislative Affairs Manager for the Southern California Gas Company. He also served as a Projects Manager, Air Quality Engineer and Water Systems Engineer. Christopher is the former chair of the California Manufacturers and Technology Association's Southern California Air Quality Alliance. As a leader of this industry coalition, he developed and advocated public policy related to environmental rules and regulations, and participated in the drafting and passage of state environmental legislation.

Latham & Watkins

Christopher Odell

Chris Odell is a tax partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on the tax aspects of planning and structuring business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as investment fund formation and structuring.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher Ondeck

Chris Ondeck is head of Proskauer's Washington, DC office and co-head of the Firm’s Antitrust Group. Chris is one of the most highly rated antitrust trial lawyers in the United States. In 2023, Chris won the largest antitrust jury trial of the year, and one of the largest in history, by defending Sanderson Farms as the sole non-settling defendant where the direct purchaser plaintiffs alleged $7 billion in damages. The significance of the trial victory was widely reported by Reuters, Bloomberg Law, Law360 and other publications, calling it a “blockbuster case.” Law360 noted that Chris “blasted” the plaintiffs’ assertions at trial and called it one of the biggest trial decisions of the year. Chris and his team were named Litigators of the Week by the American Lawyer. Chris is a go-to litigator for clients in high-profile antitrust matters, including litigations, government investigations, and merger reviews. Chris has extensive experience advising on the antitrust issues for the creation of multi-party collaborations in the financial sector including electronic trading platforms, exchanges and clearinghouses, as well as syndicated lending and club deals. He also has 30-years’ expertise with the Capper-Volstead Act’s application and interpretation for agricultural cooperatives and serves as outside counsel to a large number of industry groups, including trade associations and cooperatives.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Christopher O’Brien

Venable LLP

Christopher P. Bowers

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Christopher P. Murphy

Partner

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Christopher Paci

Partner; Chair, Capital Markets

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Christopher Palermo

Partner

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Christopher Palermo

Partner

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Christopher Palmer

Chris Palmer is an investment funds partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. For more than 30 years, Chris has worked with funds, fund sponsors and investment advisers on the creation and operation of a wide range on registered funds, including open-end funds, closed-end funds, interval funds and exchange-traded funds. He advises fund independent directors on legal, governance and industry practice issues. Chris also represents insurance companies on the design, regulatory approval and operation of registered and unregistered life and annuity products and unregistered funds and products used in the retirement marketplace. He advises clients on regulatory, compliance and examination issues for funds, fund directors, advisers and insurance companies.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher Pardo

Partner, Co-Chair of the Minority Lawyers Subcommittee

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Christopher Pate

Venable LLP

Christopher Payne

Partner and Practice Leader of the Resort, Hospitality, and Timeshare Group

Ballard Spahr LLP

Christopher Peters

Please see https://www.willkie.com/professionals/p/peters-christopher-j

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Christopher Plaut

Corporate Partner

Latham & Watkins