Christine M. O'Connor
Senior Associate
coconnor@hselaw.com
tel: 585.231.1337
fax: 585.232.2152
Christine O’Connor represents public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, private equity leveraged buyout transactions, venture capital financings and general corporate matters. Christine’s clients include local, national and international companies as well as individuals. In particular, Christine has extensive experience with:
- Buying and selling software-based, manufacturing-based and product distribution-based companies.
- Buying and selling surgery centers and dental practices.
- Transactions involving management equity rollovers, senior and mezzanine debt financing and corporate restructuring.
- Raising funds for venture-capital backed companies by selling rounds of preferred stock ranging from Series A to Series D.
Prior to joining Harter Secrest & Emery, Christine worked for the Cleveland, Ohio office of Jones Day.
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Director, The South Wedge Planning Committee, Inc.
- Director, South East Area Coalition
- Council Member, Business Law Section of the Monroe County Bar Association
- Member, Monroe County Bar Association
- CLE Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions Seminar, June 2015
- Co-Chair, Capital Strategies and Exit Planning for Successful Businesses Seminar, March 2015
Honors & Awards
- Recognized by Chambers USA 2016 and 2017 in the field of Corporate/M&A
- Named to the Chambers USA 2016 and 2017 “Associates to Watch” List
- AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Seleted to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2017
Presentations
- “Steps to Start a New Business,” Eyes on the Future Radio Show, Greater Rochester Enterprise, January 2017
- CLE Speaker, “Indemnification in Mergers and Acquisitions,” December 2012
- CLE Chair, “Nuts & Bolts, Evolution of a Business,” May 2012
- CLE Speaker, “Escrow Services: Protecting Clients, Mitigating Risk,”
February 2012
Admissions
- New York
Clerkship
- Judicial Extern to the Honorable Aleta Trauger, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2006
- Judicial Extern to the Honorable David Alan Ezra, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, 2005
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., Honors Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007
- Notes Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
- Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., Chemistry, with high honors, 2002