Christopher Umana

Chris Umana has been a business and securities lawyer for over 12 years. His practice focuses on representation of:

• Large and small, public and private businesses in connection with mergers and acquisitions, financings, contract review and negotiation, and entity formation

• Investors in connection with debt and equity financings

• Executives in connection with employment, severance and retention

 

Mr. Umana has served as counsel for clients engaged in a broad range of industries, including software, Internet, biotechnology, services, manufacturing, and retail.  

Transactions in which Mr. Umana has served as counsel include:

• Series C Preferred Stock financing and restructuring of deNovis, Inc.

• Acquisition of AMI Leasing by Ford Motor Credit Company

• Acquisition of Flash Communications, Inc. by Microsoft Corporation

• Sale of PerkinElmer, Inc.'s Technical Services Business to The Carlyle Group LP  

• Spin-off by Thermo Electron Corporation of Kadant, Inc.  

• CMGI/New England Patriots Field Naming Rights Transaction

Prior to forming Gehrke & Umana LLP, Mr. Umana served as General Counsel, Vice President of Business Development and Secretary of deNovis, Inc., a private venture-backed developer of health care claims processing software, and Associate General Counsel of CMGI, Inc., a publicly traded provider of technology and e-commerce solutions. Mr. Umana also practiced as a Junior Partner in the corporate department of Hale and Dorr LLP (predecessor to WilmerHale LLP) and as an attorney in the corporate and tax departments of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, both of which are nationally recognized law firms.

Mr. Umana received a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School in 1993, where he was editor-in-chief of the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest. In 1990, he received a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University's School of Business Administration, where he concentrated in accounting.

Mr. Umana is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is a member of the American and Boston Bar Associations.