Christopher Bender
Associate
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1854
Fax: +1 215 754 4971
Email: cebender@duanemorris.com

Christopher E. Bender practices in the area of real estate. Mr. Bender is a 2012 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University in 2006 and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and International Business in 2004 from Cornell University.

Representative Matters

• Represented American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCP), a NASDAQ-traded real estate investment trust (REIT), with respect to real estate aspects of a merger transaction valued at $3.1 billion to acquire American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., a "non-traded" REIT. The combined company as a result of the merger will have pro forma enterprise value of $10 billion and will be the second largest REIT in the triple net lease sector.
• Represented an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer in documenting the transfer of an industrial complex to subsidiaries for $60 million.

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Education

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2012
• Georgetown University, M.A., 2006
• Cornell University, B.S., 2004

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Associate, 2012-present

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "N.J. Superior Court Finds That Condemning Authority Is Not Required to Negotiate with Mortgagee Prior to Initiation of Eminent Domain Action," Duane Morris Alert, February 21, 2013
• Co-author, "Pa. Superior Court Extends Protection of Implied Warranty of Habitability to Subsequent Purchasers of a Newly Constructed Home," Duane Morris Alert, December 11, 2012; republished in Real Estate Law360, Pennsylvania Law360 and Contract Law360, January 15, 2013
• Co-author, "N.J. Supreme Court Decides Level of Causation Required to Seek Damages Under the Spill Act," Duane Morris Alert, October 12, 2012