Siino, Christopher M.

Christopher M. Siino

Associate

christopher.siino@lw.com
    Siino, Christopher M.

    Christopher M. Siino

    Associate

    christopher.siino@lw.com

    Profile

    Chris Siino is an associate in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins.

    Chris represents private and public companies, venture capital and private equity firms, and other investors in a broad range of corporate transactions, focusing on:

    • Venture and growth capital
    • Emerging companies
    • Mergers and acquisitions
    • Formation and corporate governance

    Chris also maintains an active pro bono practice advising nonprofit organizations on formation and governance matters.

    Chris received his law degree from UCLA School of Law. While in law school, he served as the CFO of the Law and Entrepreneurship Association and received the Judge Barry Russell Federal Bar Association Award for Excellence in Federal Practice. Prior to law school, Chris spent four years working as an electrical engineer and has experience in telecommunications, electronics design, industrial automation, and manufacturing.

    Experience

    Chris’ representative experience includes advising:

    Venture Capital, Growth Capital, and Private Equity

    • AllianceBernstein
    • AMD
    • Khosla Ventures
    • KKR

    Emerging and Venture-Backed Companies

    • Erebor Bank
    • Higher Ground Education
    • hiyo
    • Perceptive Medical
    • PLACE
    • Prepared 911
    • Real Games
    • Redemption Games
    • Regeneration Biomedical
    • Shield AI
    • Syntiant
    • Truepill

    Mergers and Acquisitions

    • Prepared 911 in its acquisition by Axon
    • AtaiBeckley (formerly atai Life Sciences) in connection with US securities law matters relating to its acquisition of Beckley Psytech
    • bluebird bio in its acquisition by funds managed by Carlyle and SK Capital Partners
    • Syntiant in its US$150 million acquisition of Knowles Corporation’s Consumer MEMS Microphone Division
    • Truepill in its acquisition by LetsGetChecked
    • Golden State Foods in its sale of a controlling interest to Lindsay Goldberg
    • Cerevel Therapeutics in its US$8.7 billion acquisition by AbbVie
    • Realty Income Corporation in connection with securities law matters relating to its acquisition of Spirit Realty Capital

    Nonprofit Pro Bono

    • Altadena Land Initiatives
    • Eden: People + Planet
    • OASIS Center International
    • Pacific Battleship Center

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, UCLA School of Law, 2023
      Order of the Coif
    • BS in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2018
      cum laude, Tau Beta Pi

    Practices

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