Howse Williams

Corporate/Commercial and Corporate Finance.

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.

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.

English

Member, Law Society of England and WalesMember, Law Society of Hong Kong

1985 Law Society Finals, College of Law1984 CPE, College of Law1981 BA(Hons) in international Relations and Economics, University of Reading