As a director in the Firm's Business and Tax Group, Chris concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, pharmaceutical and bio-tech licensing arrangements and other complex commercial transactions.  Chris is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and was a legal intern for Bayer Corporation while attending law school.

Chris' areas of practice include:

• Business formation
• Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
• Intellectual Property licensing
• International and domestic supply arrangements
• Commercial lending and finance
• General corporate law

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

• J.D. (Law Review – Executive Articles Editor; president of Environmental Law Society), Duquesne University School of Law, 2000
• B.S. (Biology), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1997 (Dean’s List; Biology Club)

Prior Experience

• Legal intern, Bayer Corporation, 1998-2000
• Legal intern, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1997