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Christopher Popov

713.758.2636 cpopov@velaw.com

Work Department

Commercial & Business Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

Chris is a trial lawyer who practices before courts and arbitration panels across the United States. He has litigated, arbitrated, and tried a range of commercial cases involving merger disputes, antitrust, corporate governance, licensing disputes, intellectual property, constitutional rights, Internet media, class actions, and other commercial matters.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Government > Government relations
• Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
• Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
• Energy > Renewable/alternative power
• International trade > CFIUS

Firm Rankings

• Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
• Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
• Finance > Project finance
• Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
• Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
• Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
• Antitrust > Cartel
• Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
• Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
• Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
• Environment > Environment: litigation
• Environment > Environment: regulatory
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Government > Government contracts
• Tax > International tax
• Antitrust > Merger control
• Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
• Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
• Tax > US taxes: contentious
• Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
• Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
• Real estate > Real estate
• Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
• Industry focus > Sport
• Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
• M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
• Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
• Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
• Finance > Commercial lending
• Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism