Chris Robinson > DFDL > Phnom Penh, Cambodia > Lawyer Profile
DFDL Offices
Exchange Square 16th Floor, No. 19 & 20, Street 106, Phum 2
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 120211
Cambodia
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Chris Robinson
Work Department
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Partner, Co-Head of Regional Corporate & Commercial Practice, Co-Head of Regional Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Head of Cambodia Corporate & Commercial Practice
Career
Chris has 20 years’ experience in corporate and commercial advisory. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, governance, restructuring, labour and corporate advisory matters. He has experience in advising investment funds, large corporations and financial institutions on acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and restructuring projects in the Asia-Pacific region, most recently in Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar.
Chris also has extensive industry experience in the financial services, telecommunications, education and pharmaceutical sectors. He is ranked as an elite/market leading lawyer by top legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR and is the author of the Cambodian chapter in Wolters Kluwer, Mergers & Acquisitions.
Memberships
He is a fellow of Chartered Secretaries Australia and a member of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
Education
He completed his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor Law (University of New South Wales) in 1994 and was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1996 and the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2004.
Lawyer Rankings
Cambodia > Leading firms
(Leading individuals)DFDL utilises its sizeable Cambodia office to assist its clients with matters across a broad range of sectors, including banking and finance, real estate, and energy and projects. The firm leverages its international network to act as both lead and local counsel, standing out for its strength in handling tax-related matters. Chris Robinson, as head of the corporate and commercial practice, has experience advising private equity funds, multinational corporations and financial institutions on a plethora of corporate matters. Guillaume Massin’s maintains a broad practice, advising on corporate and commercial transactions, dispute resolution, real estate and infrastructure. Clint O’Connell heads the firm’s tax practice, and has vast experience in advising on the tax elements of business transactions. In November 2022, Chuan How Tan departed the firm for Mishcon de Reya LLP.