Christopher Martin Meekins

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Biography

Mr. Christopher Martin Meekins served as Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel at Empyrean Capital Partners. He joined Empyrean in 2011. He joined Empyrean from Perella Weinberg Partners, a global financial services firm that provides advisory and asset management services, where he was Assistant General Counsel from 2007-2011. He served as General Counsel to Ace Ventures, a private investment firm from 2006-2007. From 1997 to 2005, he was a Corporate Associate at Vinson & Elkins in Houston, Covington & Burling in Washington, DC, and White and Case LLP in Los Angeles. He received his BA from The University of Texas at Austin in Plan II, with honors, was a Dean's Distinguished Graduate, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Additionally, he contemporaneously received both his MBA from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business and his JD from The University of Texas School of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Hedge Funds Subcommittee, as well as a former member of the New York City Bar Association's Private Investment Fund Committee. He serves on the Advisory Board for The University of Texas McComb's School of Business Center for Leadership and Ethics.