Christopher focuses his practice on commercial finance and real estate transactions. He has nearly two decades of experience analyzing, planning, negotiating, and litigating a variety of client matters for large and mid-market financial institutions, mezzanine lenders, private equity groups, business owners, developers, and other various entities in all aspects of commercial finance and secured transactions, bankruptcy, reorganization and complex workouts, and commercial collection actions.

He is one of only five board certified creditors’ rights specialist attorneys in Pennsylvania and is well-established in drafting, negotiating, and reviewing various finance transactional documents, including loan and credit agreements, inter-creditor agreements, guaranties, security and pledge agreements, asset and stock purchase agreements, stockholders’ agreements, confidentiality agreements, and legal opinions. As part of his work for financial institutions, Christopher is renowned for representing secured and unsecured creditors, as well as trustees, landlords, and small businesses, in all aspects of Chapter 11 business bankruptcy cases and Chapter 7 and 13 individual bankruptcy cases.

In addition to his commercial finance practice, Christopher manages an extensive and broad real estate practice representing owners, developers, shopping centers, restaurants, landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, and investors in various real estate transactions including real estate acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, business entity structuring, financing, construction, property management, like-kind exchanges, contract disputes, foreclosures, landlord/tenant matters, and the issuance and defense of title claims. Christopher is also a Pennsylvania licensed title agent and oversees all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Christopher is known and trusted for his attention to detail and ability to learn, understand, and advocate for his clients’ businesses. He is also the author of the Mechanics’ Liens and Fraudulent Transfers Chapters of the treatise entitled Pennsylvania Commercial Litigation, which was published by American Lawyer Media’s The Legal Intelligencer.