Chris is a Guernsey Advocate, with more than 20 years' experience in private practice in Guernsey, London and New York.
He specialises in investment funds, corporate matters, tax law and financial services regulation. He is a member of our Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group.
Chris advises on investment fund and corporate transactions. This includes forming private-equity and listed funds, capital-markets transactions, acquisitions, disposals and special-purpose acquisition companies.
Having worked as a tax lawyer previously, he also has unique experience in international tax matters, including VAT and GST. He advises on Guernsey tax, economic substance requirements, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Common Reporting Standard, Country-by-Country Reporting Regime and other initiatives.
He also advises on Guernsey regulatory matters, covering financial services (including licensing regimes under the Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2022), data protection and GDPR, beneficial ownership, anti-money laundering, fintech and virtual assets.