Chris co-heads Lincoln’s U.S. Consumer Group and heads the Los Angeles office. In addition, he is on the firm’s Global Strategy Committee and a member of the Fairness Opinion Committee. He markets the firm’s services, manages key client relationships and actively leads all aspects of deal execution for owner-entrepreneurs, private equity firms and publicly traded corporations. Chris has more than 25 years of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory experience across a variety of industries. His transaction experience includes sell-side and buy-side M&A, cross-border M&A, corporate carve-outs, fairness opinions as well as debt and equity capital raises. Chris supports clients through a deep understanding of their needs and the dynamics driving M&A and the capital markets. Chris has successfully closed more than 120 transactions totaling over $50 billion in value. Prior to joining Lincoln, Chris held multiple senior-level roles at Lehman Brothers / Barclays Capital, including Head of the Western Region Middle Market Group, SVP in the Financial Sponsors Group and VP in M&A. Chris holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California Los Angeles, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude.