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Chris Chi joined Bass, Berry & Sims in May of 2005 as an associate in the firm's Corporate and Securities Practice Area. Before joining the firm, Chris practiced for four years at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles as an associate in that firm's transactions department. Chris has a general corporate practice that includes mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, public securities offerings and corporate governance. He advises private and public companies in a variety of industries, including health care, entertainment, food and beverage, telecommunications and broadcasting.

Chris' illustrative transactions include:

Represented a private equity firm in its $330 million acquisition of a dental practices management services company.
Represented a NYSE-traded broadcaster in the $275 million sale of two television stations.
Represented a NYSE-traded health care management services company in the $150 million acquisition of a claims processing company.
Represented a NYSE-traded telecommunications firm in a number of private debt offerings.
Represented a NASDAQ-traded online video game company in the placement of $275 million in convertible debt securities.
Represented a privately held software firm that specializes in assisting hospitals with revenue maximization and accounts receivable collection in a $75 million merger.

Chris authored a compliance timetable for NYSE traded public companies that was published in RR Donnelley's 2004 Handbook for Corporate Officers and Directors. He regularly advises public company clients on securities compliance and SEC filings and has represented issuers in a number of private placements.

Chris graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1993 with a B.A. degree in history and literature. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001, where he was awarded the Hardy Cross Dillard Fellowship for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing and was on the editorial board for the Virginia Journal of Law and Politics. Before attending law school, Chris worked as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times.