Kristen Centre

Kristen Centre is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Stamford office. Ms. Centre represents private companies and private equity firms in a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, including acquisitions and investments, carve-outs and dispositions. She represents financial institutions, private equity firms and funds and corporate borrowers in finance transactions, including secured and unsecured lending and acquisition financings.

As part of her venture capital practice, Ms. Centre represents high-potential, growth companies and lead investors in venture capital financings, including series seed and Series A preferred stock financings and convertible note financings. She also regularly advises startups and emerging companies throughout all stages of their life cycles and assists executives of small, mid-size and large companies in the nonprofit and private sectors with general corporate and governance matters.

In addition to her corporate practice, Ms. Centre has extensive experience representing charitable organizations and private foundations on a variety of transactional matters, including assistance with incorporation and obtaining 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, negotiating fiscal sponsorship and other complex arrangements with partnering nonprofits, and counseling board members and senior management on compliance issues and charitable registration and reporting requirements.

Ms. Centre also has experience advising debtors, creditors, equity holders and other interested parties in all aspects of distressed situations, including bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Centre was an attorney at a global law firm's New York City office and a boutique corporate law firm based in Westport, Connecticut.