Chris Young heads up mergers and acquisitions research for RiskMetrics Group’s Financial Research and Analysis unit. In this role, Young provides analyses and vote recommendations for high-profile and contentious mergers and proxy fights via M&A Edge, a premium research solution. M&A Edge clients include leading institutional investors, investment banks and law firms.

Previously, Young was an investment banker at Bear Stearns (New York) with a focus on capital raising and M&A in the technology sector. Prior to that, Young was an attorney specializing in M&A at Sullivan & Cromwell (New York) and a futures and options trader at The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. (New York).

Young received a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a JD, magna cum laude, from Boston University School of Law. He is also a CFA charter holder.