Avocats – United States

Christopher Poggi

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Christopher R. Drewry

Christopher Drewry, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense Practice, combines market-leading experience navigating activism defense matters with exceptional transactional prowess to deliver board-level advice for the companies that drive today’s global economy. Under Christopher’s leadership, Latham’s Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense Practice consistently earns top rankings from leading authorities. Christopher represents global companies across industries and jurisdictions in their highest-stakes activism defense matters and M&A transactions. He guides clients on: Cutting-edge shareholder activism and takeover defense counseling, including short-attack defense Transformational “mergers of equals” and other strategic M&A transactions Multijurisdictional carveout transactions Bespoke special committee and board governance advice He regularly speaks and writes on new developments in the field, including editing the M&A chapters in the updated third edition of Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A and IPOs and on evolving shareholder rights plan (poison pill) technologies. He serves on the board of trustees for the nonprofit Ravinia Festival.

Latham & Watkins

Christopher R. Maddux

Firm Chair

Butler Snow LLP

Christopher Richardson

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Christopher Rile

Ropes & Gray LLP

Christopher Rillo

Partner Practice Group Chair - ERISA Litigation (Firmwide)

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Christopher Rizek

Partner

Holland & Knight

Christopher Robertson

Mr. Robertson is Co-Chair of the National Whistleblower Team and a member of the Complex Litigation, Capital Markets and Investment Management practice areas in the Boston Office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. His areas of focus include complex commercial and financial litigation, securities litigation, consumer fraud litigation, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and internal investigations. He has defended and advised corporations, broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, advertisers and media companies, Internet companies, and their officers and directors in connection with class actions, derivative and private litigation, as well as audits, investigations, arbitrations and litigation commenced by federal and state authorities, self-regulatory organizations, and shareholders. He has handled matters and tried cases in the federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as before the U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, state securities and consumer protection agencies, and self-regulatory bodies, including the NYSE, AMEX and NASD. Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Mr. Robertson was Senior Counsel with the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in Washington, D.C., where he investigated and litigated, among others, accounting, insider trading, investment management, corporate misconduct, investment adviser and broker-dealer matters.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Christopher Robinson

Christopher C. Robinson is co-head of Proskauer's Secondary Transactions and Liquidity Solutions practice and a partner in the Private Funds Group. He primarily focuses his practice on representing buyers and sellers, as well as market intermediaries, in connection with complex secondary transactions, including traditional sales and purchases of fund interests, continuation vehicles, secondary direct transactions, captive fund spin-out arrangements, fund recapitalizations and restructurings and “stapled” secondary transactions. In addition, he regularly represents sponsors of, and institutional investors in, private investment funds, including buyout, energy, credit, mezzanine, healthcare, real estate, venture capital, special situations and secondary funds, as well as separate and other managed accounts. Christopher has significant experience with a diverse group of private investment firms and select representative sponsor clients include Acorn Growth Companies, Angeleno Group, Antares Capital, Aquarian Private Credit, Astara Capital Partners, Atlas Merchant Capital, Avego Healthcare Capital, Brightwood Capital Advisors, Carrick Capital Partners, Catalyst Investors, CleanArc Data Centers, Core Capital Partners, DFW Capital Partners, Factorial Funds, Freeport Financial, Greycroft Partners, Hark Capital, Havencrest Capital Management, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Inovia Capital, Kayne Anderson, Lateral Investment Management, LNC Partners, Melkonian Capital, Monogram Capital Partners, MPE Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), New Mountain Capital, Nuveen, Palladium Equity Partners, Reynolda Equity Partners, RLJ Equity Partners, Stellus Capital Management, Treville Capital Group, WestCap, Vesey Street Capital Partners and ZCG, among others. In addition, Christopher represents some of the most active secondary investors in the market. Select representative “buy-side” clients include 50 South Capital, A&M Capital Secondaries, Apollo S3, Arena Investors, Ares/Landmark Partners, Arrowhead Management, Blackstone (Strategic Partners), Blue Owl Capital, BNY Advisors, Churchill Asset Management, Commonfund Capital, CPP Investments (CPPIB), Cross Ocean Partners, CVC Secondary Partners, Dawson Partners, FlowStone Partners, GCM Grosvenor, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, H.I.G. Capital, Hollyport Capital, Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), J.P. Morgan, Leonard Green Partners, Lexington Partners, New Vintage Partners, Neuberger Berman, Northleaf Capital Partners, Pacific General, Painswick Capital Management, Pantheon, Partners Group, Portfolio Advisors, Quilvest Capital Partners, RCP Advisors, Revelation Partners, StepStone, and W Capital, among others.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Christopher Roman

Tax Partner. Mr. Roman’s practice focuses on tax aspects of alternative investment funds and fund-related M&A, with significant experience in both corporate transactional work and matters involving real estate and real estate investment trusts (REITs). In addition to representing both sponsors and investors in fund formations, he has extensive experience representing investors in secondary sales of interests in private funds on both the sell-side and buy-side, as well as investors and sponsors in debt and equity co-investment transactions. Mr. Roman also has significant experience involving REITs, including representation of companies and underwriters in REIT formations, securities offerings, debt financings, asset acquisitions, dispositions, M&A and other transactions. Mr. Roman’s practice also focuses on mergers & acquisitions transactions, particularly cross-border transactions, representing clients in a range of industries, including real estate, telecommunications, health care and manufacturing.

Ropes & Gray LLP

Christopher Rosenbleeth

Partner, Chair, Finance and Real Estate

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Christopher Ross

Christopher Ross is a Partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. His practice focuses on representing banks and alternative lenders in commercial finance transactions, including acquisition financings, syndicated and direct lending, cross-border transactions, special situations, refinancings, recapitalizations, asset-based lending, cash flow loans, first lien/second lien facilities, and mezzanine debt facilities. He has experience in various business sectors including healthcare, software, retail, media, franchising, manufacturing, and transportation.

Paul Hastings LLP

Christopher S. (Topher) Turner

Christopher S. (Topher) Turner is a litigator who represents issuers, executives, and accounting firms in high-stakes disputes. Topher leverages a sophisticated understanding of US securities laws and first-chair trial experience to guide US companies and foreign private issuers on: Securities class actions Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations Complex commercial litigation He regularly defends auditors and accounting firms, including the Big Four, in regulatory investigations, as well as civil actions and private litigation. Topher has obtained dismissals of securities class actions in myriad federal courts, as well as favorable non -public resolutions, for many of the world’s leading companies. Notably, he recently secured a complete defense verdict following a two-week trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery for Oracle founder Larry Ellison and CEO Safra Catz regarding Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite. Before joining Latham, Topher worked as a law clerk for Judge Thomas W. Thrash of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He served for six years on the Board of Directors of Miriam’s Kitchen, a social services organization committed to ending chronic homelessness in Washington, D.C.

Latham & Watkins

Christopher Schell

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Christopher Schmidt

Partner - Litigation and Investigations Global Practice Group Leader - Class Actions and Mass Torts

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Christopher Schultz

Partner

ArentFox Schiff

Christopher Shields

Chris is an experienced litigator who represents clients in federal and state court, as well as in arbitration. He advises and represents clients in the financial services and technology industries in a wide range of disputes, including complex commercial, securities, banking, intellectual property, and shareholder matters. Chris also has experience advising clients regarding regulatory matters and representing companies and individuals in connection with investigations and enforcement actions. Prior to the joining the firm, Chris was a litigation associate at another international law firm in New York.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Christopher Smith

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP

Christopher Stevenson

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Christopher Strongosky

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Christopher Tayback

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Christopher Thomas

Chris Thomas is a corporate attorney in Kirkland’s Chicago office. His practice primarily involves advising private equity firms and public and private companies in connection with structuring and negotiating complex business transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and other general corporate matters. Chris has handled matters on behalf of Bain Capital, GTCR, KKR and Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher Timura

Christopher T. Timura is Of Counsel in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s International Trade and White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Groups. Christopher helps clients solve regulatory, legal and political problems that arise at the intersection of national security, trade, and foreign policy, and to develop corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies, policies, and procedures. His clients span economic sectors and range from start-ups to Global 500 companies. Christopher counsels clients on compliance with U.S. export controls (ITAR and EAR), economic sanctions, and foreign investment reviews and represents them before the departments of State (DDTC), Treasury (OFAC and CFIUS), Commerce (BIS), Homeland Security, and Justice in voluntary and directed disclosures, civil and criminal enforcement actions and investment reviews. Working with in-house counsel, boards, and other business leads, he helps to identify and leverage existing business processes to integrate international trade compliance, and CSR-related data gathering, analysis, investigation, and reporting throughout client business operations. In M&A and other transactions, he conducts expedited diligence on international trade compliance and ESG issues and supports business and compliance teams as they work to spin off or integrate business operations in new organizations. Christopher also assists clients working with emerging and foundational technologies in the development of effective international trade compliance-, export control licensing-, and CSR-strategies to support global R&D, supply chain, and customer bases.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Christopher Tomlinson

Chris Tomlinson is a seasoned and effective litigator who consistently secures favorable results for his regional, national, and global clients. He has extensive experience representing clients in complex business disputes, with concentrations in shareholder and corporate governance disputes, financial services litigation, and disputes in the manufacturing space. Equal parts counselor and advocate, Chris employs his judgment, creativity, and dedication to resolve disputes both in and out of the courtroom. A longtime member of MVA’s Litigation group and leader of the firm’s North Carolina Business Court team, Chris is called upon to protect clients’ intricate and critical business interests. He assists a wide variety of large and middle-market clients, including global financial institutions, manufacturers, broker-dealers, private equity groups, and aircraft lessors. He also represents members, shareholders, and directors in corporate governance disputes and business break-ups, which often involve claims for breach of fiduciary duties. Chris maintains a national practice, regularly litigating in federal and state courts around the country, as well as in private arbitrations. In his nearly two decades of practice, Chris also has developed trial strategies tailored to North Carolina Business Court representations and he parlays that experience into successful outcomes for clients. Chris’s clients appreciate that he is direct and pragmatic, approaching every issue with the same tenacity. In addition to his many years of experience in private practice, Chris leverages lessons learned from time spent completing a special assignment as an assistant district attorney at the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office, where he tried dozens of cases to verdict. Chris has a significant record of pro bono legal service, as he has assisted on numerous court-appointed federal criminal cases and housing rights cases. He also serves as the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of A Christian Ministry in the National Parks, a nationwide nonprofit that operates in 30 national parks. In this role, Chris advises the board on constitutional issues and other matters. Prior to joining the firm, Chris clerked for the Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC