CHRISTOPHER E. NOVAK
PARTNER

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’s skillset runs the entire lifecycle of emerging technology companies, but he has deep expertise in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other complex corporate transactions.
 
Prior to joining Ashbury in 2021, Chris worked at Skadden, which Forbes called “Wall Street’s most powerful law firm,” for nearly eight years. While there, he worked on the largest tech deal ever (Dell’s acquisition of EMC for $67 billion) and was the lead associate on most of WeWork’s significant transactions (including its founder’s attempted $47 billion squeeze out of minority stockholders – now dramatized in a miniseries on Apple TV+).
 
Chris also performed freelance work for Fenwick, one of Silicon Valley’s prominent firms for startups, where he advised Coinbase on M&A deals.
AT ASHBURY LEGAL

  • Advised clients on numerous M&A deals in both the blockchain and traditional tech spaces

  • Advised DEX in connection with an SEC investigation

  • Advised clients on numerous equity and facility financings

  • Designed the staking protocol for a token with a top-20 market cap

  • Provided corporate structuring advice to several NFT and web3 gaming companies

  • Advised blockchain exchanges and other marketplaces on issues related to FinCEN and securities law compliance

  • Advised client on securities law implications of tokenized real estate assets

CREDENTIALS

BEFORE ASHBURY LEGAL

 

Skadden
Fenwick

 

EDUCATION

 

BS, University of Connecticut
JD, University of Connecticut

 

BAR ADMISSIONS

 

Connecticut
Massachusetts

 

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