Christina T. Roupas

Christina is the partner in charge and one of the founding partners of Cooley’s Chicago office. A seasoned corporate and securities lawyer with more than 15 years of experience, she focuses on capital markets, representing issuers and investment banks in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as advising public companies on disclosure, governance and compliance matters.

Christina has extensive industry knowledge of the technology, life sciences, and retail and consumer products sectors, among others. She is passionate about helping her clients achieve their strategic and financial goals while providing them with practical and tailored solutions.

Christina is a recognized leader in her field, having been named to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s 40 Under Forty, Law Bulletin Media’s Women in Law: Leaders Leaning In, and Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Women in Law lists. She is also a regular speaker on securities law topics and serves as vice chair of the Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate and Securities Law Institute at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Additionally, Christina serves on the advisory board for Big Careers Little Kids, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to connect Chicagoland’s most accomplished women professionals in the fields of law, finance and business to empower them throughout their professional and parental journeys.

Christina’s representative transactions include advising:

• Tempus AI in its $600 million acquisition of Ambry Genetics
• Tempus AI in its $410.7 million initial public offering (IPO)
• PetIQ in its $1.5 billion sale to Bansk Group
• Alto Neuroscience in its $147.9 million IPO
• COUR Pharmaceuticals in its $105 million Series A financing
• Citigroup, as representatives of the underwriters, in $243 million of follow-on offerings for Vivid Seats
• Goldman Sachs, as representatives of the underwriters, in Rent the Runway’s $410.5 million IPO
• BofA Securities, as representatives of the underwriters, in DICE Therapeutics’ $234.6 million IPO
• Skillz in its $835 million follow-on offering*
• NETSTREIT in its $233 million private placement of common stock pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation D and Regulation S, subsequent $255 million IPO, and $650 million in follow-on offerings
• PetIQ in its $115 million IPO and subsequent $224 million follow-on offering*
• Groupon in its $805 million IPO*

* Pre-Cooley experience