Christopher L. Tinen, Partner at our San Diego, and Orange County law offices
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Christopher L. Tinen

Partner
San Diego, Orange County
Services
Capital Markets Corporate and Securities SEC Reporting and Corporate Governance Emerging Business Venture Capital and Private Equity Emerging Growth and Venture Capital
Biography

Christopher Tinen is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice group. Christopher focuses on corporate and securities law, providing seasoned counsel to both public and private companies. Christopher’s extensive experience includes all aspects of securities law compliance and transactions. He focuses in advising on SEC reporting, corporate governance and exchange listings as well as various public securities offerings including IPOs, SPACs, follow-on registered offerings and PIPE transactions for emerging and established companies. He also advises on the formation, funding and exit of high-growth startups.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • California


Education

  • Chapman University School of Law (J.D.)
  • San Diego State University (B.S., Finance)
Experience

Representative Experience

  • Represented publicly-traded Canadian mining company in its NYSE American dual listing
  • Represented Nasdaq-listed adtech company in its acquisition of privately-held French adtech company
  • Represented publicly-traded adtech company in its $114 million business combination and related PIPE financing placed by Chardan Capital
  • Represented travel booking platform company in its $40 million reverse merger into Nasdaq issuer
  • Represented Nasdaq-listed medical device company in a series of tranched financings placed by Maxim Group
  • Represented Nasdaq-listed biotech issuer in a series of tranched financings
  • Represented Silicon Valley-based bioelectronic medicine company in its successful $17.25 million Nasdaq IPO underwritten by ThinkEquity
  • Represented Nasdaq-listed emerging technologies company in its $30 milion registered direct public offering of common stock and warrants placed by EF Hutton
  • Represented publicly-traded supplier and manufacturer of consumer wellness products in its registered debt offering
  • Represented clean energy software solutions company in its registered at-the-market (ATM) offering of up to $500 million
  • Represented underwriter in registered ATM offering of up to $10 million
  • Represented clean energy software solutions company in its $200 million underwritten public offering
  • Represented publicly-traded m-commerce company in its acquisition of digital marketing artificial intelligence (AI) company
  • Represented Nasdaq software simulation company in its $115 million public offering underwritten by Oppenheimer and Raymond James
  • Represented clean energy software solutions company in its $40 million public offering underwritten by H.C. Wainwright & Co
  • Advises small-cap OTC public companies on uplisting to Nasdaq and NYSE, including financings and corporate governance matters
  • Represents race horse syndication crowdfunding platform company in its ongoing Regulation A (Reg A) offering of Series LLC interests in excess of $10 million
  • Represented Nasdaq technology company in its $10 million ATM follow-on public offering
  • Represented Mexico-based VC firm in its $7 million Series A lead investment into Silicon-Valley-based SaaS analytics company
  • Represented high performance computing company in its upsized $19.5 million Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing on Nasdaq
  • Represented publicly-traded m-commerce company in its multi-million dollar tranched S-3 shelf public offering
  • Represents companies in Regulation CF “crowdfunding” offerings, as well as Rule 506(c) advertised offerings

Previous Professional Experience

  • Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, Partner
  • Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, Corporate and Securities Associate
  • Inventus Law, EGVC Associate
  • Horwitz + Armstrong PLC, Securities Associate

Representative Presentations and Publications

  • “What Legal Trends are Impacting MicroCap Issuers in 2024?,” Author (June 10, 2024)
  • “Legal Trends and Insights for MicroCap Issuers,” Panelist, Planet Microcap Showcase, Las Vegas, NV (April 30, 2024)
  • “An Alternative Listing Strategy for U.S. and Canadian Capital Markets: Q&A with Cboe Global Markets and Miller Thomson LLP,” Co-Author (April 17, 2024)
  • “Connections & Conversations: Boardroom Brilliance in 2024,” Panelist, Corporate Directors Forum, San Diego, CA (March 6, 2024)
  • “Stay Ahead of the Curve on SEC Regulations,” Guest Speaker, 2023 Haskell & White SEC Roundtable (June 28, 2023)
  • “Navigating a Tough Market: Insights and Strategies for Emerging Public Companies Raising Capital and Avoiding Delisting,” Author (March 13, 2023)
  • “Recently Proposed SEC Amendments to the Shareholder Proposal Rule May Further Affect Shareholder Proposals Related to Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” Co-Author (August 5, 2022)
  • “What California’s New Law on Female Board Members May Mean For Your Public Company,” Author (October 24, 2018)
  • “Small-Cap Companies Gain Compliance Relief Under New SEC Rule Changes,” Author, (September 5, 2018)
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Oct 28, 2024

Snell & Wilmer Welcomes Partner Christopher Tinen to the San Diego Office