Bio

Chris is a partner in Addleshaw Goddard's London Corporate Division where he leads the Core M&A team of 9 M&A partners and more than 20 associates. He has over 21 years' experience advising clients on their mergers, acquisitions and investment strategies, specialising in complex domestic and cross border transactions. Chris is also the Head of AG's market leading Africa Business Group where he oversees a team of 10 partners and more than 20 associates on all aspects of African legal advice from securing IP rights, to transactional activity, compliance work and disputes. He has advised FTSE 100, private equity (PE) and sovereign wealth investors on their acquisitions, investments and joint ventures in Africa. Chris is a regular visitor to the region where he lectures on issues ranging from PE investments to international bribery and corruption compliance. Chris is also one of the lead partners in AG's Tier 1 rated Retail & Consumer Group. Having worked with FTSE 100 consumer businesses throughout his career, he focuses on transactional work in this important sector and the accompanying route-to-market, logistics and manufacturing arrangements which underpin such businesses. Chris's clients include, amongst others, AREVA, ABF, BAT, Bestway, Catalyst Principal Partners, CDC Group, Hikma Pharmaceutical, Kajima Partnerships, Leapfrog Investments, Leidos, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, M&S, RBS, Reebok, Robit, Semperian and TUI Travel.