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MoFo is proud to host and participate in the upcoming CVC Accelerator for Startups, hosted by Pitch Global on May 7, 2025. This event brings together top corporate VCs, accelerators, and innovative startups for a day of high-impact networking and collaboration.We’re thrilled to support emerging ventures and be part of the conversation driving the future of innovation and investment.To learn more and register visit the <a href="https://pitchglobal.com/cvc-accelerator-for-startups-may-7th-2025-start/" target="_blank">website</a>.<hr>

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Chris represents venture capital investors, private equity firms, and emerging and established companies in corporate finance and securities matters, including venture capital, growth equity and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and other strategic transactions.Chris has significant experience advising on complex deals involving high-growth, venture-backed companies in the technology industry (AI, Fintech, AR/VR, semiconductors, software). For private equity sponsors, he advises on investment fund transactions, buyouts, and divestitures. For entrepreneurs, he advises fast-growing emerging companies throughout their lifecycle, from formation through exit.Before rejoining Morrison Foerster, Chris advised a leading global investment firm, as associate general counsel and legal director, on cross-border investment and M&A transactions. Leveraging that experience, Chris provides clients with creative, business-forward, and solutions-oriented advice.Chris has been recognized as a top-tier advisor by numerous leading publications, including the Financial Times, Venture Capital Journal, San Francisco Business Times, and Daily Journal. He is on the leadership committee of the ABA’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee and frequent author and speaker on investment- and M&A-related topics and trends.At NYU School of Law, Chris was a Lederman Fellow in Law & Economics and on the executive board of the NYU Journal of Law & Business. He majored in business economics as an undergraduate at University of California, Santa Barbara.

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CVC Accelerator for Startups

07 May 2025 12:30 PM - 5:15 PM PDT