- Providing training to a large Retail and Consumer Client on the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and helping with tax points on their review of precedents.
- Advising BP on a complex joint venture signalling their re-entry into the renewable energy sector.
- Advising on multiple mid-market private equity acquisitions and management buy-outs, acting for a mix of individual sellers, PE houses and trade sellers.
- Advising a variety of large international clients on domestic UK M&A deals involving strategic purchases and disposals of UK target businesses.
- Advising on multiple complex development and forward funding deals involving high value residential and non-residential property in London and across the UK.
- Acting for a client setting up a cryptocurrency business.
- Advising a large listed client on a deal involving the spinning off of part of their corporate group for a consideration consisting of certain tax assets.
- Advising Terra Firma in relation to the disposal process for Wyevale Garden Centres on a deal using AG's legal tech platform.
- Assisting Ted Baker with the 2020 disposal of their Corporate London HQ to the British Airways Pension Fund.
Expertise
Chris is a Counsel and chartered tax adviser in the Tax & Structuring team based in London. He advises clients on a variety of different taxes and transactions and matters which include assisting with Corporate M&A, Real Estate deals and Stamp Duty Land Tax queries, and Real Estate Finance deals.
Experience
Education
- BPP University (Law School) - 2013
- University of Oxford - 2011
Professional memberships
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
