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Christina Ahrens
Christina Ahrens is a corporate and securities attorney who represents private companies, founders, investors, and emerging businesses across a broad spectrum of industries in complex domestic and international transactions and regulatory matters. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital formation, securities offerings, and intellectual property.
Ms. Ahrens regularly advises clients in asset and equity acquisitions and sales, business combinations, and Regulation D private placements, including international transactions involving companies and investors across multiple jurisdictions. She also counsels companies on general corporate matters, including entity formation, operating and shareholder agreements, governance best practices, recapitalization, and ongoing regulatory obligations.
Ms. Ahrens frequently counsels boards and executives on corporate governance, fiduciary duties, and compliance with federal and state securities laws. She has helped clients raise more than $40 million in capital, obtain regulatory approvals from state and federal banking agencies including the FDIC and Federal Reserve, and navigate inquiries, examinations, and compliance issues involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, while guiding companies through complex corporate structures and restructuring matters that often accompany acquisitions and expansion initiatives.
Outside of her legal practice, Ms. Ahrens enjoys cooking, creative writing, and board games, and spending time with her husband and their cocker spaniel, Cinderella.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities Regulation & Private Offerings
- Corporate Finance & Capital Formation
- Start-up and Emerging Companies
- International Transactions
- Intellectual Property Licensing
- Florida State University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
- Business Law Certificate
- Professional Development Certificate
- Law & Justice Certificate
- Study Abroad Program, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (2018)
- Florida State University, B.A. in English, magna cum laude, 2017
- Florida State University Honors Medallion for Academic Achievement, 2017
- English (native)
- Spanish (professional working proficiency)
- Member, Florida Bar
- Member, Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL)
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