Bio

​Chris Haynes is an English qualified corporate partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher. Chris has extensive experience in equity capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions including advising corporates, investment banks and selling shareholders on initial public offerings (including dual track processes), rights issues and other equity offerings as well as on public takeovers, private company M&A and joint ventures. He also advises on corporate and securities law and regulation. Chris practiced with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP from 1998 to 2016 and became partner in that firm in 2002. Prior to that he was a solicitor with Bell Gully in New Zealand. Chris is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers, IFLR 1000 and Legal 500. He has been described by clients in past editions of Chambers as being “extremely user-friendly”, “a pleasure to work with” and “excellent” and in Chambers 2021 clients note he is “really good, commercial and gets stuff done” and “hugely capable in all corporate and transactional matters.”