Mr Christopher Williams > Howse Williams > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Howse Williams Offices
27TH FLOOR, ALEXANDRA HOUSE
18 CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Mr Christopher Williams
Work Department
Corporate/Commercial and Corporate Finance.
Position
Chris is one of the founding partners of Howse Williams. Chris specialises in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, direct investment and corporate restructurings and reorganisations. He also advises on corporate governance and compliance. Chris sits as non-executive chairman and non-executive deputy chairman of three entities listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (“SGX”).
His practice encompasses Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region, particularly Indonesia and Singapore. Chris has been named in the Guide to the World’s Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers as well as the International Who’s Who of Merger and Acquisition Lawyers as one of the world’s top mergers and acquisitions lawyers.
Career
Chris qualified as a solicitor of England & Wales in 1986 and practiced with Richards Butler in London. He then moved to Richards Butler Hong Kong in early 1991. He was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1991. Chris left Reed Smith Richards Butler to set up Howse Williams in 2012.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Law Society of England and Wales
Member, Law Society of Hong Kong
Education
1985 Law Society Finals, College of Law
1984 CPE, College of Law
1981 BA(Hons) in international Relations and Economics, University of Reading