Areas of expertise
Recent work
Christian has a broad corporate practice, with particular experience in public and private M&A, governance matters, joint ventures and equity financings. Christian advises corporates across the full spectrum of their lifecycle, from start-ups to some of the largest companies in the FTSE 100.
Highlights include advising:
- On a number of the most significant UK public M&A transactions including:
- Shire on the £47 billion offer by Takeda
- Arm on the £24 billion offer by SoftBank
- Meggitt on the £6.3 billion offer by Parker-Hannifin
- Ultra on the £2.6 billion offer by Cobham
- Aggreko on the £2.3 billion offer by TDR Capital and I Squared Capital
- Cable & Wireless Communications on the £3.6 billion offer by Liberty Global
- GlaxoSmithKline on its £3.1 billion divestment of Horlicks and other consumer healthcare nutrition brands to Unilever as well as on other M&A transactions
- Arm on the establishment of a $1.5 billion joint venture for Arm's semiconductor technology in China and on a range of other transactions
- Accenture on a number of transactions including M&A and joint ventures
- Banco Santander on the $17 billion merger of Alawwal bank with The Saudi British Bank and the proposed combination of Santander Asset Management and Pioneer Investments
- Shawbrook on the £875 million offer by Pollen Street and BC Partners as well as on other M&A transactions
- De La Rue on its £100 million turnaround capital raising and its strategic agreement with Epiris in relation to the Group's paper business
- Valaris on its $7.1 billion Chapter 11 financial restructuring and the $12 billion combination between Ensco and Rowan
- ContourGlobal on a number of M&A transactions, including its $837 million acquisition of power plants in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago
- Private companies on capital raisings, M&A and corporate matters including Preqin, the leading provider of data to alternative assets professionals; Y TREE, the digital wealth management platform; and Magway, the zero-emissions underground delivery system