Christian focuses his practice on mergers & acquisitions, corporate transactions, securities, and corporate governance. He has experience with drafting securities registration statements, business contracts, and corporate governance documents and handling due diligence for transactions. He counsels a wide variety of emerging and public companies in the financial services, technology, and other sectors.
Before joining Mintz, Christian was an associate at a business law firm in Los Angeles, where he concentrated on transactional and corporate governance matters. Earlier, he was an associate and a summer associate in the Palo Alto office of a global law firm, where he handled litigation and regulatory matters for financial institutions and technology companies.
While he was in law school, Christian served as a judicial intern to then Chief Judge Howard R. Tallman of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. He also worked as a graduate assistant tutor during his second and third years of law school.
Education
- University of California - Los Angeles (JD, Order of the Coif)
- University of Colorado (BS)
Experience
- Represented diversified filtration company Spectrum, Inc. in its approximately $359 million merger with life sciences company Repligen Corp.
- Advised Haitong International Zhonghua Finance Acquisition Fund I, LP in its $190 million cash acquisition of the Obagi Medical Products business from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Recognition & Awards
- Order of the Coif
Involvement
- Represented diversified filtration company Spectrum, Inc. in its approximately $359 million merger with life sciences company Repligen Corp.
- Advised Haitong International Zhonghua Finance Acquisition Fund I, LP in its $190 million cash acquisition of the Obagi Medical Products business from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.