Christopher M Mozingo

• M&A, private equity, venture capital and general corporate and business law. Extensive experience in acquisitions and dispositions of private companies, leveraged buyouts, venture capital and growth equity financings, and private equity investments and co-investments.

Chris represents clients in private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and a range of other domestic and international corporate transactions. He also provides ongoing corporate advice to private companies.

Chris has extensive experience in M&A on both the buy-side and sell-side, venture capital and growth equity financings, private equity investments and co-investments in both public and private companies, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and leveraged dividends. Chris also regularly advises clients on general corporate matters, including state and federal securities law compliance, and regularly represents fund clients and “independent sponsor” clients in fundraising and other private offerings. He also implicitly serves as a general counsel for both private companies and investor clients who don’t have in-house counsel.

Representative transactions that he advises on include the following:

• Acquisitions and divestitures for private equity funds and independent sponsors.

• Venture capital and growth equity investments across a wide array of industries.

• Add-on acquisitions and general representation of private companies, including advising boards of directors.

Chris’ clients operate in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, financial technology and financial services, consumer products, media and marketing/communications, restaurant and food and beverage, data analytics, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and biotechnology. Fund clients that Chris has represented include Heartwood Partners, L Catterton, Metropolitan Partners, Oak HC/FT Partners, Oxeon Venture Studio, Saugatuck Capital Company, Southfield Capital, and Town Hall Ventures.

Chris joined the firm in 2005 and became a partner in 2013. Chris serves as co-chair of the firm’s Hiring Committee.

• Admitted in the States of Connecticut and New York.

• Member of the American Bar Association (including the Business Law Section and the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee)

• Member of the Connecticut Bar Association (including the Business Law Section)

• Private Equity in 2009 – 9 tips for protecting your investment, your rights and your designated directors, Deal Lawyers, Vol. 3, No. 3, May-June 2009.

Emory University School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude

State University of New York at Buffalo

Bachelors, cum laude

Listed in the 2026 Legal 500 US City Elite guide for Connecticut in the area of Corporate & M&A

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Edition for the Stamford Metropolitan region in Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Securities/Capital Markets, Securities Regulation (Recognized since 2006)

Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer (Business Law) in Fairfield County (2024-2026)

Connecticut Super Lawyer in Mergers & Acquisitions (2009-2018)

2016 Stamford Securities Regulation Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers (2014)