Background
Chris led YMFZ as managing shareholder for two decades and oversaw the firm’s growth and success. Formerly the Associate Counsel and Vice President for Risk Management and Compliance at Mellon Bank Corporation, Chris joined YMFZ in 1995 and has built a substantial financial institutions practice, providing legal counsel for corporate and commercial finance, asset servicing (including institutional trust and custody), and global securities lending.
In connection with his corporate and commercial finance work, Chris concentrates in corporate and middle-market secured lending, credit facility structuring and documentation, and capital markets products.
Chris also provides counsel to local and regional entities in finance and general corporate and business matters
Education
Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 1986)
Bar and Court Admissions
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania (1986)
Memberships
Allegheny County Bar Association (Corporate, Commercial and Banking Law Section)
Duquesne Law Review