About us

Christopher Austin
 

Chris Austin is the founder of Altreon Advisors. He focuses his practice on capital markets, cryptocurrency, venture capital, and corporate law, with extensive experience in public offerings, public and private company governance, and securities law compliance.

Chris has spent his career counseling high-growth technology companies on general corporate and transactional matters, including advising on formation, venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, corporate governance, and intellectual property issues. He has extensive experience advising both companies and investment banks on capital markets matters.

Chambers USA ranks him Band 1 for Fintech. Notable fintech companies he has worked with include AvidXchange, Betterment, SoFi, Personal Capital, Hedera and LendingPoint.

 

Recognitions

  • The Legal 500, Capital Markets: Equity: Equity Offerings - Advice to Issuers (2021)

  • The Legal 500, Leading Lawyer for Media, Technology, and Telecoms - Fintech (2021)

  • Chambers USA, Band 1 for Fintech (nationwide)

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1992

  • University of Washington, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1989

 The Altreon team

Working with growth companies is a team sport.  In addition to Chris, who leads Altreon Advisors, we have a team of professionals, most of whom Chris has worked with for years, available to assist on particular matters. Whether it’s employee benefits, trademarks, patents, we can pull together a comprehensive team to assist.

Both ongoing company work and transactions need a strong paralegal to organize documents and diligence, and we have partnered with Strategic Paralegal Services, led by Joanne Wolforth, to provide consistent paralegal support for our clients. Joanne and Chris have worked together for many years, and are able to provide the kind of seamless experience that has become all too rare in this world.