Christopher P. O'Connell relocated to California in 1995 after twenty-three years of practice in New York City and has been a shareholder in the firm since 1997.

Area of Specialization: business, corporate and securities law matters

Mr. O'Connell has spent his entire career representing corporations, partnerships and other business entities in financing and business transactions. Major matters have included:

• Initial and other public offerings of securities
  
• Mergers and Acquisitions of public and private companies
  
• Dispositions of public and private companies
  
• Creation of business entities for entrepreneurs
  
• Institutional financing of public and private companies
  
• Private offerings of securities
  
• Dissociations of equity owners

Education:

College of the Holy Cross - '67 - A.B. History
Columbia Law School - '72 - J.D. (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)

Academic Experience:

Adjunct Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law: Corporations, Business Planning and Securities Regulation

Publication:

"Stock Drop," Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 2, 2003

Language:

French