Management Team

Our management team is made up of a diverse group of customer service, traditional retail, technology, legal, and marketing professionals. We pride ourselves on running a smooth and efficient operation from our offices located in San Diego, California.

Co-Founders

Mike Christopher

Mr. Christopher maintains a Phoenix, Arizona based boutique legal practice concentrating primarily on transactional matters. Mr. Christopher's practice focuses on equity and debt financing, including venture capital and angel investments, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, counseling boards of directors and special committees on fiduciary and other legal obligations and internal investigations, and securities and general corporate assistance. Mr. Christopher works with companies in several different industries, including consumer goods and retail, biotechnology and life sciences, semiconductor and electronics technology, manufacturing, financial services, entertainment, information technology and construction as well as investment banks, venture capital firms, mezzanine and other financial intermediaries, and high net worth individuals. Mr. Christopher also provides expertise in channel contract negotiation, including OEM and other manufacturing and supply agreements, distribution agreements (domestic and international), software and other technology licensing, joint development and research agreements, strategic alliances and other arrangements. Mr. Christopher started his career in Delaware focusing on public mergers and acquisitions matters and, prior to embarking on his current solo practice in June 2003, Mr. Christopher was a partner concentrating in business and finance at Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix's largest law firm.

 

James Dougherty

Mr. Dougherty was the founder of PETsMART in 1986, sharing leadership responsibilities in the company for nearly a decade as it revolutionized the pet industry. Mr. Dougherty's experience in disrupting the logistical paradigm of an entire industry along with his focus on partnering with industry suppliers and modifying an entire industry's distribution model will prove invaluable. Mr. Dougherty is an entrepreneur at heart, successfully starting and selling companies in many industries, from bicycles to imports to alfalfa sprouts.