Chris is a partner in Reed Smith’s Global Corporate Group, who leads the firm’s dedicated Corporate Real Estate practice in London. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, Chris was based in the UAE for five years, where he founded and headed-up the Corporate Real Estate team of another global top tier law firm.
He has a diverse practice with a particular focus on big ticket and/or complex structured, usually cross-border, real estate M&A deals (investments, acquisitions, divestments), both direct and corporate-wrapped; REITs and real estate funds; and hospitality and leisure deals, including the acquisition and development of hotels and the negotiation of hotel management and franchise arrangements and operating leases.
Chris has wide experience of laws, practices and customs in the UK and across the Middle East, and he has also executed deals across the United States, Continental Europe, Africa and the Far East.
His clients include financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, asset managers, hotel owners and operators, and developers.
