Chris is a highly experienced corporate transactional lawyer. He joined ASW in September 2024. Prior to that, he worked for more than 30 years at international law firm CMS and was a partner there for 23 years, principally in London but including three years in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2003.  He has a broad and deep range of transactional experience across a wide spectrum of client industries, but with a particular focus on the financial services sector, working extensively on domestic, cross-border and international projects in the insurance (life and non-life insurers and intermediaries), funds and investment management and fintech markets.