Christopher R. Shea

Christopher R. Shea is a principal of Cohn Birnbaum & Shea P.C. and a member of the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Group and Business & Finance Group. He practices in commercial real estate and general corporate law from a firm with a Hartford office. His work includes purchases and sales of real estate and businesses, commercial leasing, business entity formation, private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate matters. He also represents lenders and borrowers in finance transactions.

Shea earned his B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College in 2007 and his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2011. While in law school, he served as a member and Competition Editor of the Connecticut Law Review. His education combines economics and legal training relevant to the transactional, corporate, financing, and real estate matters described in his current firm profile.

Shea represents clients in commercial real estate transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing. His business practice includes entity formation, business purchases and sales, mergers and acquisitions, and securities matters involving private offerings. His finance experience includes work for lenders and borrowers across a variety of transactions. These services are within his practice’s commercial real estate and business and finance practices, reflecting a transactional practice that connects property, financing, and corporate structuring issues.

Christopher R. Shea is admitted in Connecticut. His profile lists Leasing, Purchases & Sales, General Corporate, and Mergers & Acquisitions as practice areas and identifies him as a principal of the firm. He works on legal matters that require coordination among real estate ownership, business structures, financing arrangements, and commercial agreements, including transactions where property and corporate considerations overlap. His current role reflects a practice focused on commercial deals and related business advice.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, Cohn Birnbaum & Shea P.C.
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association

Licensed State

• Connecticut

Education

• University of Connecticut School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Middlebury College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics

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