27 May 2013

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Christopher Bates

Christopher Bates

Title
Partner
Office
Clifford Chance, London | View map
Practice
Derivatives, Banking & finance
Sector
Banks
Publications
161

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Tel
+442070061041

Experience and career history

Chris Bates is head of Clifford Chance's financial regulatory practice in London. He advises banks, securities firms and other financial institutions on issues associated with the 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.

Christ Church, Oxford (BA, Law) 1978
Columbia Law School, New York (LLM) 1979
Joined Clifford Chance 1980
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1982
Partner since 1987

Speaks French and Spanish

Member of the Council and Executive Board of the International Regulatory Strategy Group advising the City of London Corporation and TheCityUK.

Member of City of London Law Society Regulatory Law Committee.

Highlights of deals and projects

  • Advises the International Swaps and Derivatives Association on European regulatory issues.

Publications

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