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Chris Godfrey

Chris Godfrey

Burges Salmon LLP, South West

Work Department

Corporate finance; investment funds; M&A.

Position

Corporate and funds partner; head of the firm's Corporate and Financial Institutions department, handling a full range of public and private company transactional work together with investment funds and partnership law. Has handled more than 30 IPOs and has a diverse client base including Virgin Management, the University of Oxford, Renishaw and Premier Miton Group.

Career

Trained Linklaters & Paines; qualified 1986; partner Burges Salmon 1990.

Languages

French.

Education

Attended Hertford College, Oxford (1983 BA Hons Jurisprudence; MA).