Christos is an associate based in Reed Smith's London office. He joined Reed Smith as a trainee in February 2018 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2020. Prior to joining Reed Smith, Christos worked on the commodities sales and trading desk of a global markets bank.
Christos primarily works with commodities trading, mining and energy companies, but has also advised banks and funds. Christos has experience in both transactional matters and disputes within the energy and commodities sector, including in relation to the sale, transportation and financing of commodities.
Christos’ transactional experience includes assisting clients on trade and commodity finance, merger and acquisition and other corporate finance matters. Christos also has experience drafting and negotiating commodity sale and purchase documentation, including commodity trading GTCs and offtake agreements.
On the disputes side, Christos has advised clients in litigation and arbitration arising out of international trade-related disputes.
Christos has also advised on UK and EU competition law compliance and merger control issues for participants within the energy and commodities sector, including commodities trading companies.
Christos previously undertook a secondment to a transatlantic bank, where he mainly worked on transactional asset finance and banking matters.
