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Christopher C. Razek

Senior Managing Associate
Cleveland
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216.363.4413
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Chris provides strategic legal counsel to businesses across the entire supply chain, including carriers, freight forwarders, shippers, depositors, warehouse logistics and fulfillment providers, and other stakeholders. 

As a regulatory advisor, Chris stays ahead of emerging regulatory developments on behalf of his clients.  Chris takes pride in assisting both providers and commercial users of transportation and logistics services navigate the complex regulatory and commercial landscape of the transportation industry.  Chris has extensive experience assisting clients obtain, maintain, and comply with all manner of required registrations, operating authorities, licenses, and permits across all modes of transportation and logistics at the federal, state, and local level.

Chris has built a niche within the practice assisting depositors, warehousemen, fulfillment providers, and vendors in the warehousing and fulfillment space.  He drafts and negotiates warehousing and fulfillment contracts in various sectors, including retail, pharmaceutical, alcohol, and utilities.  He remains committed to industry perspective through his deep involvement with the International Warehouse Logistics Association and other trade organizations.

Chris regularly advises clients on their compliance with alcohol regulatory obligations, including assisting clients obtain retail permits and comply with regulatory requirements across the three-tier system.  He also regularly assists in due diligence of government contractors and subcontractors in transactions.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Yusen Logistics in its acquisition of Taylored Services, a multichannel third-party logistics fulfillment organization, from private equity firm Saybrook.
  • Litigation
  • Transportation & Logistics
  • Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2018, J.D.
    • Managing Editor, The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law
  • John Carroll University, 2015, B.A.
    • magna cum laude
  • Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • Listed, Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Stars, 2024-2025
  • Member, Regulatory Compliance Committee, Airforwarders Association
  • Director of Professional Development, Institute for Supply Management (ISM) – Cleveland Chapter
  • Member, Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)
  • Member, Ohio State Bar Association
  • Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Highlights

Articles and Presentations
June 12, 2025
Tariff Mitigation Toolbox: Understanding Customs Bonded Warehousing | Jonathan R. Todd and Christopher C. Razek
March 27, 2025
Marc Blubaugh, Jonathan Todd, Christopher Razek Publish Article in Forward Magazine | "Limitations of Liability for International Air Transportation are Rising"
March 25, 2025
Hauling for Uncle Sam – Government Contracting Primer and Hot Topics | Robert Pleines, Jr., Christopher C. Razek, Jonathan R. Todd

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