Dentons

Ryan Chia

Ryan is a senior associate in our Milton Keynes Corporate practice. He advises on a wide range of corporate and insolvency-related transactions and matters, including mergers and acquisitions, management buy-outs, business disposals and group restructures, distressed sales and purchases including pre-packs, various aspects of corporate governance, company formation, joint ventures and shareholder agreements. He advises public sector clients such as the National Crime Agency and has worked on public sector matters including the recent nationalization of Northern Rail from Arriva to the OLR. Ryan also assists on various finance, banking and insurance-related matters.

Christopher Colclough

Chris heads the Corporate and Banking team in Milton Keynes. He leads our team offering a wide range of expertise and experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and financing, with particular strengths in owner-managed businesses, venture technology and emerging growth companies, private equity, automotive retail, insurance, manufacturing, acquisition finance and real estate finance. The team has considerable experience in both domestic and cross-border corporate and finance transactions. The team also includes our Company Secretarial unit which services more than 400 companies, many for household name groups. Chris is a corporate and finance specialist. His own practice includes international mergers and acquisitions, fundraising for venture technology and emerging growth companies, advising on complex corporate governance matters including shareholder rights and finance work for both lender and borrower, with a particular focus on UK real estate finance. Chris has previously worked in Dentons' Budapest office as well as being seconded to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.