Christopher C. Cain is a partner in Foley & Lardner's Chicago and Madison offices. He helps clients tame technology vendors of all sorts (software, hardware, cloud, SaaS, social media). He represents private equity and strategic clients in mergers & acquisitions in a myriad of industries. He also represents high technology start-ups and is a co-founder of Catapult Chicago, a peer-sourced technology accelerator. Mr. Cain is a member of the firm's Transactional & Securities, Private Equity & Venture Capital, and Information Technology & Outsourcing Practices.
Previously, Mr. Cain was vice president and general counsel at Sonic Foundry, Inc., a publicly traded software/television/film production company where he handled and oversaw all aspects of the company's legal issues, including securities law, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property and litigation. Mr. Cain was also a Certified Public Accountant and tax senior at Arthur Andersen.
Mr. Cain is Peer Review Rated as BV® Distinguished™, a mark of excellence in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system and was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 - 2012 editions in the field of corporate law.* He was also included in the 2006 and 2007 Wisconsin Super Lawyers-Rising Stars® editions for his securities and corporate finance work. In 2005, In Business magazine cited him as one of the "40 Under 40" up and coming business leaders in the greater Madison area. In addition, Mr. Cain is a 2009 recipient of Foley & Lardner's Carl Hitchner Mentor of the Year Award, which is an annual award recognizing outstanding mentoring to young attorneys by partners and senior counsel.
Mr. Cain received a B.B.A., with distinction, in accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He received a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he was articles editor of the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade. He also is admitted to membership in the Order of the Coif. Mr. Cain is admitted to practice law in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota and holds a Certified Public Accountant license from Minnesota.
* The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no certificate, award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.
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