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Commercial and chancery litigation; civil fraud; tracing and asset recovery; banking and finance; shareholder disputes; company law; insolvency and restructuring; director disqualification.

Business disputes lie at the heart of Christopher’s practice. Commercial and chancery litigation; civil fraud; tracing and asset recovery; shareholder disputes; company law; insolvency and restructuring; director disqualification; banking and finance. Christopher has wide-ranging experience in all aspects of claims in both the Commercial Court and the Business and Property (formerly Chancery) Division. He recognises the importance of early interim steps such as injunctive relief in leading to a successful outcome. He has considerable trial experience. He has also assisted many clients in successfully resolving their disputes by negotiated ADR procedures. His work often has an international dimension. He has worked with lawyers in many jurisdictions.

Called to the Bar in 1988; Atkin Scholar of Gray’s Inn; Appointed as a Government Inspector to chair an insider-trading inquiry in 1996; Junior Counsel to the Crown, B Panel (1996-2003); Called to the Bars of the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands for specific cases.

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR

Trinity Hall, Cambridge: MA (Hons), First Class

OUP’s ‘Annotated Companies Legislation’, chapters on Shareholder Remedies (Derivative Claims and Unfairly Prejudicial Conduct) and Meetings