Practice Areas
Chris Bates advises banks, securities firms and other financial institutions on issues associated with the impact of Brexit, regulatory response to the financial crisis, the impact of the EU single market programme, financial services regulation and regulatory capital, as well as advising on securities and derivatives transactions and mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector.
Chris is a Visiting Professorial Fellow in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London.
Career
Joined Clifford Chance 1980
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1982
Partner since 1987-2021
Special Counsel, Consultant to Clifford Chance since 2021