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 a variety of transactional and cross-border regulatory matters within the energy and commodities sector. Christos also has experience advising commodities trading, mining and energy companies in contentious matters.
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 regulatory side, Christos has 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.