Christopher L. Tinen
Partner
Admissions
California
Address
12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92130
10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 140, Las Vegas, NV 89135
Office Tel.
858.720.6320
Fax
619.398.0102
Overview
Christopher focuses on corporate and securities law representing public and private companies handling all aspects of securities law compliance, startup formation, and a wide array of financings including registered offerings, PIPEs and venture financings. He has represented a wide range of technology startups in Silicon Valley and San Diego, and is the leader of Procopio’s Capital Markets and Securities practice.
- Represented a publicly traded adtech company in its $114-million business combination and related PIPE financing placed by Chardan Capital.
- Represented a travel booking platform company in its $40-million reverse merger into Nasdaq issuer.
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed medical device company in a series of tranched financings placed by Maxim Group.
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed biotech issuer in a series of tranched financings.
- Represented a Silicon Valley-based bioelectronic medicine company in its successful $17.25-million Nasdaq IPO underwritten by ThinkEquity.
- Represented a Nasdaq-listed emerging technologies company in its $30-million registered direct public offering of common stock and warrants placed by EF Hutton.
- Represented a publicly traded supplier and manufacturer of hemp cannabidiol (CBD) products in its registered debt offering.
- Represented a clean energy software solutions company in its registered at-the-market (ATM) offering of up to $500 million.
- Represented an underwriter in a registered ATM offering of up to $10 million.
- Represented a clean energy software solutions company in its $200-million underwritten public offering.
- Represented a publicly traded m-commerce company in its acquisition of a digital marketing artificial intelligence (AI) company.
- Represented a Nasdaq software simulation company in its $115-million public offering underwritten by Oppenheimer and Raymond James.
- Represented a clean energy software solutions company in its $40-million public offering underwritten by H.C. Wainwright & Co.
- Advises small-cap OTC public companies on uplisting to Nasdaq and NYSE, including financings and corporate governance matters.
- Represents a race horse syndication crowdfunding platform company in its ongoing Regulation A (Reg A) offering of Series LLC interests in excess of $10 million.
- Represented a Nasdaq technology company in its $10-million ATM follow-on public offering.
- Represented a Mexico-based VC firm in its $7-million Series A lead investment into Silicon-Valley-based SaaS analytics company.
- Represented a high performance computing company in its upsized $19.5-million Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing on Nasdaq.
- Represented a publicly traded m-commerce company in its multi-million dollar tranched S-3 shelf public offering.
- Represents companies in Regulation CF “crowdfunding” offerings, as well as Rule 506(c) advertised offerings.
- Represented a clean energy software solutions company in its $4-million registered direct public offering with SEG.
- Represented a NASDAQ-listed software company in its acquisition of a French software company.
- Represented a FINRA-registered broker-dealer in the roll-up of a competing investment banking team, broker-dealer and RIA.
- Represented a publicly traded m-commerce company in its $25-million asset acquisition of a Minnesota-based technology company.
- Represented a high-speed wireless data delivery company in its Reg A offering.
- Represented a publicly traded thermal energy company in a public shelf offering of up to $15 million.
- Represented a Canadian FinTech company in its Regulation (Reg A) offering in the United States.
- Represented an agriculture technology company in its Series C Preferred Stock Financing.
- Represented a Silicon Valley-based enterprise sales technology company in its Series B Preferred Stock Financing.
- Represented a Silicon Valley-based integrated healthcare technology company in its Series A Preferred Stock Financing.
- Represented an advertising technology company in its Series A Preferred Stock Financing.
- Represented an image search technology company in its sale to a major retailer.
- Represented Silicon Valley-based technology start-up companies in their formation and early-stage financings.
- Represents public companies in public and private financings, securities law compliance and related corporate matters.
- JD, Chapman University School of Law (Chapman Law Review), 2011
- BS (Finance), San Diego State University, with distinction, 2008
- Author. “What Legal Trends are Impacting MicroCap Issuers in 2024?” June 10, 2024.
- Panelist. “Legal Trends and Insights for MicroCap Issuers,” Planet Microcap Showcase, Las Vegas, NV, April 30, 2024.
- Co-author. “An Alternative Listing Strategy for U.S. and Canadian Capital Markets: Q&A with Cboe Global Markets and Miller Thomson LLP,” April 17, 2024.
- Panelist. “Connections & Conversations: Boardroom Brilliance in 2024,” Corporate Directors Forum, San Diego, CA, March 6, 2024.
- Guest Speaker. “Stay Ahead of the Curve on SEC Regulations,” 2023 Haskell & White SEC Roundtable, June 28, 2023.
- Author. “Navigating a Tough Market: Insights and Strategies for Emerging Public Companies Raising Capital and Avoiding Delisting,” March 13, 2023.
- Co-author. “Recently Proposed SEC Amendments to the Shareholder Proposal Rule May Further Affect Shareholder Proposals Related to Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” August 5, 2022.
- Author. “What California’s New Law on Female Board Members May Mean For Your Public Company,” October 24, 2018.
- Author. “Small-Cap Companies Gain Compliance Relief Under New SEC Rule Changes,” September 5, 2018.
- “CleanSpark Announces Closing of $200 Million Underwritten Public Offering of Common Stock,” PRNewswire, March 18, 2021.
- York, Tom. “Six Attorneys From San Diego Law Firm Procopio Elevated to Partner Status,” Times of San Diego, January 11, 2021.
- “M&A: One Stop Systems Buys German Tech Supplier with Help from Procopio,” San Diego Daily Transcript, November 20, 2018.
- Julie Bawden Davis. “Could a Nontraditional IPO Be Right For Your Company?” American Express Open Forum, April 13, 2018.
- “One Stop Systems Goes Public with Help from Procopio, Dickinson Wright,” San Diego Daily Transcript, February 6, 2018.
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