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Christopher D.
McDemus
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Mr. McDemus is a partner in the Bethlehem office of Florio Perrucci Steinhardt
& Fader, LLC. He is a well-respected corporate and transactional attorney
with a versatile skill set developed from both global law firm and senior
in-house counsel experience. Chris advises private and public companies in
varying industries on mergers and acquisitions (including stock and assets
deals), divestitures and spin-offs, venture capital and private equity
transactions, equity and debt financing transactions, joint ventures and
strategic alliances, commercialization and licensing of technology and general
corporate counseling. Drawing from his in-house experience, Chris understands
the needs of corporate clients and the necessity to carefully balance legal
advice with a client's business objectives.
While a portion of Chris'
diverse practice consists of advising mature companies, he has particularly
extensive experience counseling entrepreneurs and start-up and emerging growth
companies in all aspects of corporate activity. Often acting as outside general
counsel, Chris advises emerging growth companies on day-to-day legal and
business issues such as business plan development, entity formation, capital
structure, financing, capital raising, exit strategies, employment matters,
technology and software licensing, distribution agreements, commercialization
and licensing of intellectual property, software development, commercial
contracts, equity compensation, stockholder agreements, limited liability
company agreements, partnership agreements and other general contractual
matters.
Chris has represented emerging growth companies, venture
capital funds, corporate venture units and angel or other private investors in
venture capital transactions and private placements, including structuring and
negotiating the purchase and sale of preferred stock, convertible debt and
warrants or completing bridge loans or financing-related recapitalizations. He
also makes the necessary introductions to assist his clients in raising
capital.
Prior to joining the firm, Chris served as Senior
Vice President and General Counsel to ClearPoint Business Resources, Inc., as
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel to ICT Group Inc., and as Senior
Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer to Scünci
International, Inc. Prior to Scünci, Chris was associated with Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP, and Cozen O'Connor, P.C.
The following engagements are
representative of Mr. McDemus' practice. He has:
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Represented a market leader in
pharmaceutical care for niche disease markets in a $37 million Series C
Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock round completed in parallel with
the redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock holders. |
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Represented an optical component and
network equipment maker in a $15 million Series B Preferred Stock round.
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Represented an international consumer
products company divesting its largest division for $77 million. |
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Represented the United States subsidiary of
a U.K.-based international market information group in numerous acquisitions
and mergers, totaling $13 million. |
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Represented an interactive voice response
company in a seller-financed, $8 million acquisition of a division of a
publicly held company. |
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Represented a publicly held utility company
acquiring majority control of several power and hydroelectric generation
facilities for $650 million. |
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Represented a publicly held utility company
acquiring an equity interest in two synthetic fuel production facilities,
designed to qualify for Section 29 IRC tax credits, for $375
million. |
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Represented an online calendaring and
scheduling company in Series A – G Preferred Stock rounds valued in the
aggregate at $25 million. |
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Represented an early stage accelerator and
consulting outfit in a $7 million Series C Preferred Membership Interest
round. |
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Represented a leading supplier of equipment
for general metal finishing, semiconductor and printed circuit board
manufacturing in a sale of assets to management for $6.2 million. |
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Represented a leading manufacturer and
worldwide supplier of laser trackers and targets as well as metrology software
in a $1.5 million debt financing and subsequent sale to a publicly held,
leading provider of computer-aided manufacturing measurement solutions for $6
million. |
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Represented a provider of out-sourced
services to health care institutions acquiring a laundry services company for
$4 million. |
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Represented a Swiss trading company
divesting its cleaning solvent manufacturing subsidiary in a management buyout
for $1.8 million. |
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Represented a corporate venture unit of a
publicly held international biopharmaceutical company in a $6.5 million Series
D Preferred Stock investment in a clinical-stage pharmaceutical
company. |
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Represented a publicly held regional
internet service provider in a $5 million PIPE financing
transaction. |
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Represented two early stage venture capital
firms in Series A investments totaling $5 million. |
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Represented a publicly held chemical
company serving agricultural, industrial and consumer markets in its $965
million debt re-financing, consisting of a term loan, revolving credit facility
and senior secured notes. |
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Represented an international consumer
products company in securing a $15 million revolving credit facility.
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Represented an online permit company in $5
million bridge loan in the form of convertible notes and warrants. |
Mr. McDemus holds an undergraduate
degree from Providence College and earned his
Juris Doctorate from Widener University School
of Law in 1995. During law school, he served
as Internal Managing Editor of The
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Mr.
McDemus is also the editor of the VC Deal Lawyer Law
Blog (www.vcdeallawyer.com).
He
is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New
Jersey.
cmcdemus@florioperrucci.com
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