Christopher B. Ellis
Associate
T: +1 (312) 609 7818
F: +1 (312) 609 5005
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Christopher B. Ellis is an Associate in the firm’s Capital Markets, Finance and Transactions and Financial Institutions groups.
Mr. Ellis concentrates his practice in asset-backed securitization and related transactions. He has advised clients on the structure and documentation of complex financing structures, including multitiered transfers, subscription facilities, offshore and onshore investment funds, project/infrastructure finance and general lending (secured and unsecured) transactions. Mr. Ellis has acted for program sponsors, private and public issuers in private placements, public offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S transactions, investment grade financings, and mezzanine and subordinated investments. Mr. Ellis also has experience working with credit default and other derivatives as well as unusual asset types.
In addition, Mr. Ellis has worked on a wide range of tax-exempt financings, serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel or special corporate counsel to US state authorities, cities, villages and counties on bond issues for non-profit entities, including Children’s Memorial Hospital, the University of Chicago Medical Center, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. He has also counseled governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, including the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago, local and state development authorities and local and county boards in all aspects of the governmental approval process.
From 2002 to 2005, he served as Vice President and General Counsel of Creditgroup, Inc.
Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Ellis was an associate with Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Ellis is licensed to practice in Illinois.
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- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 1999
- B.S., Millikin University, 1996
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