Bio

Christopher Graham is the Co-Office Managing Partner of the Providence office and serves as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Corporate and Transactional Department as well as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Chris advises business clients of all types, although he invests much of his time on matters involving private equity. He has led teams of lawyers in many different types of corporate transactions, both domestic and cross-border. Chris counsels startup enterprises and assists in their capital formation, represents emerging companies and private equity investors in different rounds of equity financing, and negotiates acquisitions, dispositions and management buyouts for corporate buyers and sellers, private equity funds and management teams. He frequently represents borrowers in financing transactions, including highly leveraged financings that are integral parts of private equity buyouts. His clients include private equity funds, Fortune 500 companies, international conglomerates, privately held manufacturing companies and numerous technology and life science startups. In addition, Chris enjoys an active general corporate practice with background in secured lending and municipal finance. He is general counsel to many closely held New England businesses as well as to businesses acquired by his private equity clients.