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How do I serve as a trusted advisor on the legal issues that affect my clients' business?
I strive to be a trusted, one-stop legal resource and strategic partner for my clients, helping them navigate and manage their legal needs throughout Oklahoma and Texas. I take a practical and pragmatic approach to legal strategy, combining sound judgment with a deep understanding of the client’s broader business objectives. My focus is not simply to resolve immediate legal challenges, but to deliver solutions that protect the business, create opportunities for growth, and promote long-term sustainability and success.
Handling commercial disputes from the first filing through trial
Christopher Staine represents companies in commercial litigation, including disputes involving contracts, business relationships, creditors’ rights, banking and commercial landlord-tenant matters. His clients include banks, staffing companies, roofing companies, medical device manufacturers, oil and gas operators and service companies, and private equity groups with significant real estate portfolios. For those clients, a matter may involve anything from a contract dispute, to a lease dispute or eviction, to protecting a client’s rights in response to a bankruptcy filing.
Bringing bankruptcy and creditors’ rights experience to business problems
Christopher represents secured lenders and other creditors in bankruptcy and related disputes, and his broader litigation practice includes matters involving bankrupt counterparties, loan workouts and restructurings, foreclosures, receiverships, collections and other creditor remedies. His experience on both the litigation and business sides allows him to consider not only the immediate legal issue, but also what it means for a client’s ability to operate, manage risk and continue growing.
Often serving as outside general counsel
Whatever their size, clients with no or relatively small in-house legal teams know they can call Christopher with any legal issue that arises. Because he works across multiple areas of law, he can often address an issue without assembling a large team of subject-matter specialists. That can help control costs while giving clients a lawyer who already intimately understands their business and can consider legal questions in the context of their culture and larger goals.