Profile
Work Department
Position
Partner in WilmerHale's New York Office
Career
Chris Barnstable-Brown's nationally recognized practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and corporate finance transactions, with particular emphasis on the technology, finance and life sciences industries.
Mr. Barnstable-Brown has extensive experience advising public and private companies and private equity sponsors in matters involving domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures and asset sales. Mr. Barnstable-Brown is a trusted advisor to issuers, underwriters and lenders in domestic and international financing transactions, including public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, as well as solutions-focused advice to emerging growth companies during all stages of their lifecycles, including with respect to corporate organization, governance, venture and mezzanine financings and sales transactions.
Mr. Barnstable-Brown was recognized by The M&A Advisor as a winner of the 2019 Emerging Leaders Awards, and has been named a "Next Generation Lawyer" by The Legal 500 United States in the 2020 edition for his M&A corporate and commercial practice and by New York Super Lawyers in the 2015–2018 editions.
Before joining WilmerHale, Mr. Barnstable-Brown was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr. of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Barnstable-Brown was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Memberships
- New York
Education
JD, Boston University School of Law, 2008
BS, Management, Purdue University, 2005
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Super pleasant to work with, very knowledgeable, and capable deal makers who are pragmatic. The quality of the firm's output is A+.'
‘The WilmerHale M&A team are domain experts in nuanced and complicated (both technical and corporate structure) transactions that include publicly listed companies. They have a deep bench of legal, tax, human resource/compensation, regulatory and corporate law expertise and a diligent team with an attention to detail that is much appreciated.’
‘Chris Barnstable-Brown was a terrific thought partner and a very clear thinker who put forward well-reasoned arguments and positions that proved invaluable during the negotiation process and was a very reassuring voice of reason.'
‘Strong cross-functional practice with, in particular, very capable and commercial M&A lawyers who maintain very high standards of client service and are a pleasure to work alongside.’
‘Stephanie Evans is a highly experienced, effective and commercial partner. She leads her teams adeptly and takes responsibility for the output of the firm as a whole for the relevant client. She is very personable and very committed to securing great outcomes for her clients.'
Key clients
- Marley Spoon Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. Medtronic Dedrone Alliance Strategies TechTarget Penn Mutual Life Insurance BioCatch Casella Waste Systems Nomura Securities International/Instinet Cresset Asset Management Nordstrom Family Casdin Capital, LLC DeignWorld LLC (d/b/a WTWH Media, LLC) and Mountaingate Capital Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Alcresta Therapeutics Akamai Technologies General Catalyst TMX Group ExecOnline Spectris PLC State Street Corporation Fortive Corporation Eliem Therapeutics