Hannon, James A.

Chris is a member/partner and is the Managing Member of the firm's Management Committee. Chris is actively involved in the firm's Business and Corporate Law, Securities, Agribusiness, Renewable Energy and Real Estate practice groups. Chris has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of the leading practitioners in Iowa in the areas of corporate/mergers and acquisitions and business law. Chris represents numerous and diverse clients in corporate/mergers and acquisitions, business and transactional matters, and energy projects and assists with numerous other legal concerns. Since 2006, Chris has been selected as a leader in Iowa for inclusion in Chambers USA' in the area of corporate/M&A.

Because most of his clients view him as "general counsel' for all of their legal matters, Chris frequently works with other attorneys at BrownWinick to allow the firm to provide a full range of legal services. Chris prides himself on his ability to "partner' with his clients and add value to their respective businesses and business transactions by taking a proactive, results-oriented approach and viewing each engagement from a businessperson's perspective. He believes one of the keys to providing the best possible legal representation to his clients is knowing their specific business, industry and strategic plan. His focus is on client service, creativity and results.

Chris's practice focuses primarily on domestic and international business, transactional, corporate and securities matters, including: organization/formation and management issues; debt and equity financing including public and private securities offerings; mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures; real estate transactions; manufacturing and supply chain transactions; and franchise/dealer/distributor issues. Industries served include manufacturing, technology, agribusiness (including livestock operations, dairies, grapes and wine and food products) and energy (including generation, transmission, storage and renewable energy).

Chris is a recognized leader within BrownWinick, currently serving as Managing Member after several years on the firm's Management Committee, and he is a past Chair of the Recruiting and Marketing Committees. Chris has also actively participated for many years in all phases of BrownWinick's associate and mentoring programs. Chris currently serves on the Workforce Board for the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Operation Downtown Board of Directors for the Downtown Community Alliance.

Chris received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Central College in 1989 and his J.D., with distinction, from the University of Iowa in 1993. He was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1993, in Iowa in 1994 and is a member of the Iowa State (Member, Business Law; Real Estate and Trade Regulation/Antitrust Sections) and American (Member, Business Law and International Law Sections and Forum on Franchising) Bar Associations.