Chris is an early distributed ledger technology adopter. He’s also a digital nomad and can be found working on client matters from places around the globe.
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Chris advises emerging technology companies throughout their entire lifecycle, with a particular focus on blockchain and digital asset clients. His practice spans a broad range of transactions and regulatory matters involving native blockchain protocols, centralized and decentralized application-layer technologies, exchanges and marketplaces, venture capital investors, and issuers of tokens, real-world assets, and stablecoins.
Before joining Ashbury in 2021, Chris spent eight years in the mergers and acquisitions group at Skadden, hailed by Forbes as “Wall Street’s most powerful law firm.” He also performed freelance work for Fenwick, another prominent Silicon Valley firm known for its work with startups and blockchain innovators.
Over the course of his career, Chris has played a key role in some of the most high-profile deals in the tech industry. He worked on the largest tech deal in history (Dell’s $67 billion acquisition of EMC), served as lead associate on most of WeWork’s major transactions (including its founder’s attempted $47 billion buyout of minority stockholders, now dramatized in an Apple TV miniseries), and has advised Coinbase on a range of legal issues.
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Advised a major VC fund on an $85 million investment in an industrial AI unicorn.
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Successfully negotiated a $500 million governance dispute involving a major VC fund’s investment in a biotech AI unicorn.
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Advised numerous clients on M&A deals, including companies in the software and blockchain verticals.
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Advised numerous clients on debt and equity financings, including companies in the software, blockchain, gaming, AI, and spacecraft manufacturing verticals.
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Advised DEX in connection with an SEC investigation.
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Designed the staking protocol for a token with a top-20 market cap.
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Advised blockchain exchanges and other marketplaces on issues related to FinCEN and securities law compliance.
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Advised clients on securities law implications of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), including certain products related to government bonds and real estate interests.
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Advised numerous clients on legally compliant blockchain token offerings.