Kemp is Uptown Capital’s President and a Managing Partner. Prior to Uptown Capital, Kemp spent 20 years as a business litigator with the international law firm, Baker Botts, where he served as a partner.

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Kemp represented many Fortune 500 companies in a variety of business matters, including securities and shareholder litigation, bankruptcy disputes and internal corporate investigations. Kemp earned an AB in Economics from Dartmouth College and a JD from Southern Methodist University School of Law.

Chris is Uptown Capital’s CFO and a Managing Partner. Prior to Uptown, he managed public and privately held investments for his Family Office for 15 years. He was also General Counsel for a wholly owned subsidiary of SKOPBank, Helsinki, Finland.

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After SKOPBank’s assets were acquired by Resolution GGF Oy, Chris worked closely with Government of Finland Officials in resolving a large amount of legal issues related to Skopbank’s financial subsidiaries in the United Sates. Chris holds a JD from St. Mary’s University and a BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M University.