Kris is a Partner in the Securities and Capital Markets Practice of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio. He practices corporate and securities law, and advises both public and private companies in connection with a broad range of matters, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private offerings, Rule 144A private offerings, as well as cash and stock mergers and acquisitions. He regularly represents investment banks in connection with capital markets transactions, fairness opinions and other engagements. Kris also counsels start-up companies and venture capital firms in venture capital financings.
Kris is a frequent speaker on securities law and corporate governance topics at regional and national continuing legal education seminars, including panels hosted by TheCorporateCounsel.net, the RR Donnelly SEC Hot Topics Institute, and KPMG LLP’s Audit Committee Institute. He also is a member of the Board of Advisors of TheCorporateCounsel.net and has authored articles published in Deal Lawyers and The Tax Lawyer. He is a graduate of the Georgetown Law Center (J.D., 1999) and the University of Washington (B.A., 1996).
