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Christopher Converse

Partner

Christopher Converse

Partner

Chris Converse specializes in corporate governance matters and mergers and acquisitions, advising public and private companies, private equity firms and family offices. He serves as co-chair of the firm鈥檚聽Texas Corporate Governance Team聽and co-chair of the firm鈥檚 Private Equity practice.

As a result of his and his team鈥檚 intimate involvement in the drafting and passage of Texas Senate Bill 29 by the Texas legislature in 2025, Chris and his co-chair of the Texas Corporate Governance Team, Chris Babcock are considered the leading counselors to Fortune 500 companies when considering incorporating in Texas. 聽 Chris and his team have unique experience counseling public and private companies in the intricacies of Texas corporate law and its application to public and private companies and their boards and shareholders. 聽In concert with this experience, Chris鈥 team has crafted corporate governance documents tailored to public and private companies implementing the latest updates to Texas corporate law.

In addition, Chris has advised private equity firms and other public and private companies in hundreds of M&A transactions with an aggregate deal value exceeding US$10 billion. Chris manages mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, financings, and private offerings of debt and equity for companies throughout the United States.

Chris is known by clients as a pragmatic and responsive counselor in sophisticated, high value transactions. Working with a team of experienced lawyers, his work spans many industries, including consumer packaged goods, aerospace components, product distribution, energy logistic services, information technology services, health and nutrition products, and infrastructure services.

Awards and Recognitions

  • The Best Lawyers in America漏 in the fields of Corporate Law (2015-2024) and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2023-2024)
  • Region鈥檚 most influential business leaders in North Texas, D CEO’s Dallas 500 (2022)
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, Corporate Law: General (2015); Corporate Law: Mergers and Acquisitions (2017)
  • Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business (Tom Wicker ed., Chambers & Partners) in the practice area of Corporate/M&A (2016, 2018, 2021 – 2026)
  • 40 Under 40 Recognition Award, M&A Advisor (2014)
  • Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, as published in Texas Super Lawyers Magazine, Business/Corporate (2005, 2007-2009, 2013-2015)

Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas, Member
  • Dallas Bar Association, Securities Section, Member

Community Involvement

  • Former Board Member, Carter BloodCare
  • Member, Dallas Arboretum聽and former member of the Corporate Advisory Committee
  • Former Board Member and Secretary, Friends of the Trinity Strand Trail
June 12, 2026 In the News

Chris Babcock and Chris Converse on Wave of Companies Moving to Texas

番茄社区; Lardner LLP partners Chrisopher Babcock and Chris Converse commented on the widening trend of companies reincorporating to Texas in the Houston Business Journal article, 鈥淭exas law changes could spark wave of corporate redomestication proposals."
June 4, 2026 Press Releases

Foley Achieves Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026

番茄社区; Lardner LLP is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business.
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May 29, 2026 Foley Corporate Governance Update

DExit One Year Later: An Assessment of SB21, the Continuing Pace of Reincorporation and the Maturation of Texas as a Corporate Domicile

When I last addressed the so-called DExit phenomenon, Delaware鈥檚 General Assembly had just enacted Senate Bill 21 in response to the growing concern that public companies, prompted by a series of decisions from the Delaware Court of Chancery, most prominently聽Tornetta v. Musk, were reconsidering their historical preference for incorporation in Delaware.
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May 28, 2026 Foley Corporate Governance Update

Exxon Shareholders Approve Redomestication to Texas: A Milestone for Corporate Mobility

This landmark decision reflects a growing trend among large public companies to re-evaluate their state of incorporation in light of evolving legal frameworks and business priorities.
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April 16, 2026 Foley Viewpoints

Delaware Chancery Rejects 鈥淩ace to the Courthouse鈥 in Enforcing Texas Exclusive Forum Bylaw, Dismissing Three Derivative Lawsuits filed before Tesla鈥檚 Redomestication

On April 13, 2026, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed three derivative suits in In re Tesla, Inc. Derivative Litigation based on Tesla鈥檚 forum selection bylaw requiring that those lawsuits be brought in Texas. All three derivative lawsuits were filed after Tesla announced its proposal to redomesticate and adopt a Texas exclusive forum bylaw but before the redomestication and amended bylaw became effective after shareholder approval.
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March 18, 2026 Foley Viewpoints

Meritless Lawsuits No Longer Fly Free in Texas

A federal judge in Dallas has dismissed a shareholder derivative suit against Southwest Airlines鈥 board, providing the first meaningful judicial test of Texas Senate Bill 29 (SB 29) and offering useful guidance for companies navigating Texas鈥檚 evolving corporate governance landscape.