Christopher L. Martin is a partner in the Houston office of Locke Lord LLP where he focuses his corporate and transactional law practice on commercial transactions, outside general counsel representation, private equity investments, financing arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and investor matters, executive employment matters, regulation and governmental relations and structural issues in a variety of industries.
He also has a wealth of experience in insurance industry related transactions and insurance regulatory matters. Formerly, he was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
Representative Experience :
- Advise purchaser in acquisition of Florida managing general agency assets and book of business (2015)
- Advise purchaser in acquisition of Pennsylvania managing general agency assets and book of business (2015)
- Advise insurance holding company borrower in negotiation of syndicated revolving credit facility (2008–13)
- Advise assuming insurer in assumption reinsurance and novation transaction (2014)
- Advise purchaser in acquisition of Puerto Rico managing general agency (2016)
- Advise purchaser in acquisition of Texas managing general agency (2014)
- Advise seller in disposition of Texas insurance agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser (2015)
- Advise seller in disposition of Texas surety managing general agency assets and book of business to national platform purchaser (2016)
- Advise surety company in merger with public insurance holding company (2017)
- Advise insurance holding company in conversion of Texas Lloyd’s plan entity into stock insurer and merger with affiliate insurer (2015)
- Advise insurance holding company in wholesale underwriter substitution for Texas Lloyd’s plan entity (2016)
Professional History :
- Partner, Locke Lord LLP
- Shareholder, Nathan Sommers Jacobs, P.C.
- Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.
- Associate, Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, PC
Professional Affiliations :
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Member, American Corporate Counsel Association
- Member, Insurance Council of Texas
- Member, Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers
- Member, Texas Captive Insurance Association
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