Christopher Drewry

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 4

Corporate/M&A

Illinois

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Christopher Drewry

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Practice Areas

Christopher Drewry, a corporate partner in the Chicago office and Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Shareholder Activism & Takeover Defense Practice, regularly represents multinational corporations across industries and jurisdictions in their highest-stakes M&A transactions and shareholder activism defense matters.

Christopher has built a leading cross-border practice that spans the full spectrum of M&A and shareholder activism defense matters, with a focus on complex transactions and board-level advice for leading global companies. His extensive experience includes:

- Transformational “merger of equal” and other strategic M&A transactions

- Multijurisdictional global business separations

- Cutting-edge shareholder activism and takeover defense counseling

- Specialized special committee and board governance advice

Christopher regularly speaks and writes on new developments in the field, including editing the M&A chapters in the updated third edition of Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A and IPOs and on evolving shareholder rights plan (poison pill) technologies.

Christopher is a member of the firm's Finance Committee and the WEB Committee.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Corporate/M&A - Illinois

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Christopher Drewry is a talent in the shareholder activism space. In addition to his activism defense practice, he also advises on high value M&A transactions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Chris is very client-focused, with a high level of domain experience and acumen. He is able to deliver pragmatic and business-enabling support.