Chris counsels startup enterprises and assists in their capital formation, represents emerging companies and private equity investors in different rounds of equity financing, and negotiates acquisitions, dispositions, and management buyouts for corporate buyers and sellers, private equity funds, and management teams. He frequently represents borrowers in financing transactions, including highly leveraged financings that are integral parts of private equity buyouts. Chris’ clients include private equity funds, Fortune 500 companies, international conglomerates, privately held manufacturing companies, and numerous technology and life science startups.

In addition, Chris enjoys an active general corporate practice with background in secured lending and municipal finance. He is general counsel to many closely held New England businesses and nonprofits, as well as to businesses acquired by the firm’s private equity clients.

• Represented Nabsys 2.0, a developer and manufacturer of instrumentation and consumables for the analysis of genomic structural variation, in the acquisition of a majority interest in Nabsys by Hitachi High-Tech Corporation.
• Represented MindImmune Therapeutics, Inc., a drug discovery company pioneering a new approach to treat Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, in the issuance and sale of $7.05 million bridge loan convertible notes.
• Represented MindImmune Therapeutics, Inc., in the issuance and sale of $12.4 million Series A convertible preferred stock.
• Represented Nabsys 2.0 LLC in an investment of $25 million by Hitachi High-Tech Corporation through the issuance and sale of the client’s Series B and B-1 units.
• Represented KPS Capital Partners Mid-Cap Investments in its leveraged acquisition of Libertas Copper LLC dba Hussey Copper.
• Represented Hussey Copper in its acquisition of certain assets of Mueller Industries, Inc.
• Represented Enhanced Energy Group, Inc., operating as CarbonPoint Solutions, in its sale to Caterpillar Inc.
• Represented Carousel Industries of North America, Inc., in its sale to NWN Corporation for cash and equity in the buyer.
• Represented Starwood Energy Group Global, Inc., a leader in private energy infrastructure investments based in Connecticut, as special local counsel in its acquisition of the Manchester Street Power Station from Dominion Generation, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D), as part of a larger purchase of two of Dominion’s combined-cycle gas turbine plants for approximately $1.23 billion.

• Junior Achievement of Rhode Island, Community ImpACT Award (2024)
• Providence Business News, Leaders and Achievers (2023)
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Attorney for 25 Years – Judicial Edition (2023); AV Preeminent Attorney – Judicial Edition (2022)
• Chambers USA, Corporate/Commercial Law in Rhode Island (2003-2025)
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (1995-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Lawyer of the Year (Providence), Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2014, 2021, 2025)
• GoLocal Prov, Power List (2016)
• Super Lawyers® Rhode Island, Mergers & Acquisitions (2007-2020)