Chris is a Partner with more than 25 years of experience as a commercial transactional attorney, focusing on corporate and real estate matters for clients throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. It became clear early on to Chris that commercial transactions and real estate matters often went hand-in-hand and clients were in need of skilled representation for both.  In order to best serve his clients, Chris developed experience in both mergers and acquisitions, business formations and contract drafting and negotiations on the corporate side and leasing, acquisitions and divestitures, tax appeals, and land use applications on the real estate side. Chris has garnered significant experience achieved from handling many complex, intricate and challenging commercial matters for clients across numerous industries. Realizing the importance of an established industry to the economic engine in New Jersey, Chris worked to establish himself as the go to legal counselor for restaurant, hospitality and casino clients. For these niche clients, Chris handles matters involving zoning, liquor licenses, franchise agreements, service agreements, permitting and regulation, and financing and acquisitions.  

Recently, Chris has handled multiple “F” reorganizations with private equity funding in excess of $30 million in the medical publication and fertility practice spaces. He has negotiated several leases for a local pizza franchise in South Jersey, Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania suburbs, and successfully appealed real estate tax appeals for credit unions, shopping centers and industrial spaces. Having served as vice-chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment in Washington Township, Chris puts his insight to work handling planning and zoning board applications for clients in South Jersey. He is also well versed in New Jersey cannabis law and frequently speaks on cannabis compliance and business operations.  

Additionally, Chris is a frequent speaker for NBI, Inc. on various cannabis topics in New Jersey.   

Admissions

  • Florida   
  • New Jersey 
  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1999 
  • Villanova University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MS, 1995 
  • Rutgers University-Camden, B.A., 1991 
Inspired Advocacy
Jump to Page

Cohen Vaughan Cookie Preference Center

Your Privacy

When you visit our website, we use cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. For more information about how we use Cookies, please see our Privacy Policy.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Always Active

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. These cookies may only be disabled by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Functional Cookies

Always Active

Some functions of the site require remembering user choices, for example your cookie preference, or keyword search highlighting. These do not store any personal information.

Form Submissions

Always Active

When submitting your data, for example on a contact form or event registration, a cookie might be used to monitor the state of your submission across pages.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. We access and process information from these cookies at an aggregate level.

Powered by Firmseek