Christina Michelle Houston

Partner
Chair, DLA Piper's Legal Opinions Committee
Chair, DLA Piper's Audit Inquiry Response Committee
Member, Section Council, Business Law Section, American Bar Association
Director, Working Group on Legal Opinions Foundation
Wilmington
About

Christina Houston chairs the Delaware corporate transactional practice of DLA. Christina is internationally recognized in the areas of Delaware law, limited liability company law, partnership law, corporate law, legal opinions, and anti-money laundering laws. Christina is known as a go-to strategist for complex business transactions, governance matters, and disputes. Christina is a leader of DLA's work on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, and she is a leader of DLA's blockchain and emerging technology services.

Areas of FocusCorporateEmerging Growth and Venture CapitalFinanceHealthcareMergers and Acquisitions
Bar admissionsDelaware
Education
  • J.D., Temple University School of Law, 2003
  • B.A., College of the Holy Cross, 1996

Bylines

  • Co-author, "CTA Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules," Business Law Today, forthcoming
  • Co-author, "FinCEN's Residential Real Estate Reporting Rules," Business Law Today, forthcoming
  • Co-author, "What Fresh Hell Can This Be? Beneficial Ownership Reporting in Limbo," Business Law Today, forthcoming December 2025
  • Co-author, "What Fresh Hell Can This Be? Beneficial Ownership Reporting and the CTA," Business Law Today, forthcoming December 2025
  • Co-author, "What Fresh Hell Can This Be? Beneficial Ownership Reporting and the New York LLC Transparency Act," Business Law Today, forthcoming December 2025
  • Co-author, The Corporate Transparency Act: Are Rumors of Its Death Exaggerated? " American Bar Association, March 2025
  • Co-author, "The Corporate Transparency Act Is Still on Pause, but Less So," American Bar Association, February 2025
  • Co-author, "How FinCEN Stole Christmas: The Corporate Transparency Act, Year 1," American Bar Association, January 2025
  • Co-author, "Corporate Transparency Act Update: Texas Decision," American Bar Association, December 2024
  • Co-author, "Avoiding Problems in the Uncharted Waters of Opinions on Amendments and Restatements," American Bar Association, September 2024
  • Co-author, "September 2024 in Brief: Legal Opinions & Ethics," American Bar Association, September 2024

Media Mentions

  • "DLA Piper acts for Rioprevidência and State of Rio de Janeiro in landmark transaction," The Lawyer, July 17, 2014

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Statutory Drafting Member, Partnership and Limited Liability Company Committee of the Corporation Law Section, Delaware State Bar Association, which is responsible for annually reviewing and updating the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act
  • Member, American Law Institute, the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law
  • Director, Working Group on Legal Opinions Committee, a national forum for the discussion of important issues relating to legal opinions
  • Member, TriBar Opinion Committee. The TriBar Opinion Committee was formed over forty-five years ago by three New York bar associations, and its membership over the years has expanded to include lawyers from across the United States in leadership positions in state and national bar groups focusing on third-party legal opinion practice
  • Leader, Business Law Section, American Bar Association, including as:
    • Member, Section's Council
    • Member, Editorial Board, The Business Lawyer
    • Executive Editor, Legal Opinions and Ethics, of Business Law Today
    • Former Chair, LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Committee
    • Vice Chair, Legal Opinions Committee
    • Member, Section's Marketing Board

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