Chris Ivey is a business-minded lawyer whose solutions help companies operating throughout the United States and internationally achieve their goals at every stage of their lifecycle, from start-up to exit. Since 1994, Chris has helped public and private companies complete hundreds of mergers and acquisitions, in addition to assisting clients in venture capital financings, private equity financings, recapitalizations, and public capital market transactions. The sound and timely advice he provides helps build companies that are attractive acquisition targets for investors and public companies alike. He also advises clients in acquiring emerging companies as part of their private equity or strategic growth transactions.
Making clients’ interests a top priority has earned Chris long-time relationships with companies across a wide range of industries, including technology, biotechnology, consumer products, engineering, health care and environmental services. Clients know he is committed to learning about their business, listening to their concerns and drawing on his experience in similar matters to find practical solutions. He understands their objectives and anticipates challenges before they arise. Boards of directors and executives often find that the responsive counsel he provides in transactional and financing decisions makes him the perfect fit as their outside general counsel for the long-run. Whether he’s advising on matters of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, securities compliance or other pressing legal concerns, the level of certainty he brings to any complex matter saves his clients time and money.
To balance the fast pace of his busy legal practice, Chris enjoys surfing and stand-up paddle boarding breaks on the ocean. Some of his more recent excursions have taken him out on the waves of the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch and around Santa Rosa Island.
Some highlights of his career include the following matters:
Chris helped a California-based home infusion therapy business working with a private equity sponsor to expand nationally through several acquisitions and then ultimately get acquired by a public competitor. Using his experience in acquisitions and his knowledge of the business, Chris provided cost-effective representation to the company in its initial funding and through each of its add-on acquisitions.
Chris represented a real estate services business from its inception and through its recapitalization approximately five years later. When the new majority owner needed legal assistance for its newly acquired business, it turned to Chris to continue representing the company. He ultimately helped the company get acquired by one of the largest global real estate service providers.
Represented an open-source dev-ops company in its sale to one of the largest open-source platforms in the country.
Speaking Engagements
- “Regulation A+ Making the Grade?”, OC Tech Alliance (September 2015)
- “Executive Compensation” and “Public v. Private”, OCTANe’s CEO Mini-Bootcamp (September 2014)
- “Emerging Trends and Challenges in Corporate Governance”, Audit Committee Roundtable of Orange County and The National Association of Corporate Directors (November 2013)
Making clients’ interests a top priority has earned Chris long-time relationships with companies across a wide range of industries, including technology, biotechnology, consumer products, engineering, health care and environmental services. Clients know he is committed to learning about their business, listening to their concerns and drawing on his experience in similar matters to find practical solutions. He understands their objectives and anticipates challenges before they arise. Boards of directors and executives often find that the responsive counsel he provides in transactional and financing decisions makes him the perfect fit as their outside general counsel for the long-run. Whether he’s advising on matters of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, securities compliance or other pressing legal concerns, the level of certainty he brings to any complex matter saves his clients time and money.
To balance the fast pace of his busy legal practice, Chris enjoys surfing and stand-up paddle boarding breaks on the ocean. Some of his more recent excursions have taken him out on the waves of the Kelly Slater Surf Ranch and around Santa Rosa Island.
Some highlights of his career include the following matters:
Chris helped a California-based home infusion therapy business working with a private equity sponsor to expand nationally through several acquisitions and then ultimately get acquired by a public competitor. Using his experience in acquisitions and his knowledge of the business, Chris provided cost-effective representation to the company in its initial funding and through each of its add-on acquisitions.
Chris represented a real estate services business from its inception and through its recapitalization approximately five years later. When the new majority owner needed legal assistance for its newly acquired business, it turned to Chris to continue representing the company. He ultimately helped the company get acquired by one of the largest global real estate service providers.
Represented an open-source dev-ops company in its sale to one of the largest open-source platforms in the country.
Speaking Engagements
- “Regulation A+ Making the Grade?”, OC Tech Alliance (September 2015)
- “Executive Compensation” and “Public v. Private”, OCTANe’s CEO Mini-Bootcamp (September 2014)
- “Emerging Trends and Challenges in Corporate Governance”, Audit Committee Roundtable of Orange County and The National Association of Corporate Directors (November 2013)