Corporate law governs the structure and day-to-day operations of businesses, including transactions, compliance, governance, and strategic growth.
Outside General Counsel
Chris serves as general counsel to a select group of clients, including one of the nation’s largest home improvement contracting companies with an international franchise network, as well as a hospitality company that owns a world-renowned nightclub and other investments and properties. Reeder LLP functions as an extension of in-house legal departments, managing entity compliance, human resource matters, and ongoing operational needs.
Transactions and Acquisitions
Chris also makes deals. Big ones and small ones.
He has acted as general counsel in the re-acquisition of a majority interest in a major nightclub and its related financing, the $100 million sale of an international food distributor, and has closed multiple acquisitions involving home improvement companies. His experience also includes managing the acquisition of a bottling company, negotiating the purchase and lease of another nightclub, managing the re-financing of a credit facility for a home improvement holding company with a franchise network, and closing on an ownership interest in a high-end restaurant.
In addition, Chris has closed numerous acquisitions, related financings, and lease transactions for real estate developers and holding companies, including an $18 million acquisition of an industrial property with complex title and zoning issues.
Chris has also successfully represented a water container and distribution company in several retail acquisitions and the establishment of a franchising unit.