Chris Watkinson is a Senior Associate in our Corporate Strategy & Finance Group, based in our London office.

Chris has extensive experience advising on UK and international corporate transactions, including corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, private equity buy outs, re-financings and corporate reorganizations.

Representative Experience

• Advising a multi-national utility company on joint venture arrangements in connection with its bidding in the Crown Estates round 3 offshore wind farm process.
• Advising AIM listed company on various corporate transactions, including the disposal of its wind farm operations in Canada, the acquisition of a UK bio-fuels company and various UK wind farms.
• Advising a UK holding company on the sale of a Premiership football club to an overseas buyer.
• Advising a UK media group on various UK acquisitions, corporate structuring and disposals.
• Advising a UK subsidiary of a US corporation on various corporate transactions and reorganizations.
• Advising a Swedish listed company on the restructuring of its UK divisions.
• Advising mid-market private equity investors on various management buyouts and disposals.
• Advising an AIM listed investment fund on the acquisition of a portfolio of interests in unlisted securities in various UK trading companies.
• Advising joint venture shareholders in the disposal of their interests in a company, being a subcontractor to various PFI schemes.
• Advising a NYSE listed automotive dealership on various corporate matters, including its first UK acquisition.