C. Brophy Christensen is Co-Chair of O’Melveny’s Corporate Department and a boardroom-level advisor to sophisticated dealmakers. He counsels public and private companies, financial investors, and investment banks on growth strategies, transformative M&A and investments, significant capital-raising transactions, and business and governance matters.

Brophy has been recognized by The Legal 500 as one of the nation’s top M&A lawyers. Over his more than 25 years in practice, he has advised some of the market’s most active and sophisticated dealmakers on high-profile transactions, including some of the largest completed in recent years. He is also a trusted advisor to innovative private companies, providing full-cycle counseling on venture and growth financings, corporate matters, and IPO and sale transactions.

The Legal 500 similarly recognizes Brophy as a leading Equity Capital Markets and Debt Capital Markets lawyer. In addition to representing corporate issuers and major bank underwriters in the full array of public and private offerings and exchange offers, he advises companies and their boards on corporate governance, securities, and Sarbanes-Oxley issues, as well as investment bank clients on securities law matters.

To further serve clients, Brophy frequently taps his strong network of contacts in the executive, entrepreneur, banker, and investor communities, drawing on those connections to facilitate introductions, identify investment and fund opportunities, and help select the best investors and financial advisors to fit each client’s specific needs.