Christopher Updike
About Christopher Updike
As General Counsel, and member of Stretto’s Executive Management Team, I direct Stretto’s legal function, advising on corporate and strategic initiatives. Serving as the company’s primary attorney on major business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, I outline Stretto’s corporate architecture and structures its legal entities. My responsibilities include the selection, retention, management and evaluation of outside counsel, as well as the strategic oversight of all legal matters. Working closely with senior management, I utilize best practices and advise on the development and implementation of corporate policies and procedures, ensuring the company conducts its business affairs in compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Prior to joining Stretto, I was a member of the corporate restructuring groups at Debevoise & Plimpton and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. I am also a member of ABI, AIRA, and TMA, as well as the New York City Bar Association. I have been recognized as one of 15 "People to Watch - 2020" by Turnarounds & Workouts, as a "Next Generation Lawyer" for corporate restructuring in The Legal 500 United States guide for 2017 and 2018, as one of 12 “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnarounds & Workouts for 2016, and as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers from 2014-2018. I serve as a member of the Yale New Haven Children's Hospital Council and was Co-Chair of the Junior Advisory Board for Her Justice, a non-profit organization in New York City that provides free legal services to low-income women and their children. I received my J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2006 where I was Managing Editor of the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, and my B.A. with distinction, from Villanova University in 2003. I am a member of the New York and New Jersey Bar and admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.