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Chris is a business lawyer who devotes much of his practice to counseling clients on regulation, disclosure, and corporate-governance matters. He advises on securities and banking regulation, board of directors conduct, disclosure to investors before and after selling investment securities, and requirements of the several banking agencies. Chris counsels publicly traded companies, private securities issuers, start-ups, venture capital companies, underwriters, registered investment advisors, and broker dealers, and several of his clients are banks that he advises on regulatory matters.

Chris advises numerous clients in business acquisitions, handling corporate-governance issues prior to purchase or sale and documenting the transaction. He assists start-up enterprises in the formation of corporations or limited liability company entities and in shaping shareholder and operating agreements. He also counsels private-equity investors.