Chris Edwards

Background

About Chris Edwards

C-Suite Global General Counsel, with proven commercial acumen, very broad and international functional expertise, both mature established and young entrepreneurial company experience and highly developed interpersonal skills. Originally, magic circle background and lived and worked in Hong Kong and Amsterdam. Enjoys delivering challenging and complex projects on time, cost effectively and hassle-free. Strong team contributor - great energy, works calmly and effectively under pressure, and can put out fires. Specialities include advising listed company Boards and senior management on legal, compliance and governance issues; being an integral part of the executive management team; risk management; significant international cross-border and emerging markets experience; restructuring and insolvency; litigation/dispute resolution; managing and advising on internal and external regulatory investigations and NYSE/Oslo Listing Rules and disclosure issues. Proven track record in, and enjoys, building from scratch successful internal teams in Legal, Compliance and CoSec across head office and regional locations. Moves businesses from highly reactive use of legal resources to enhancing the way the group conducts its business, embedding legal competencies at every level through continued engagement/training, introduction of revised processes and creation of legal templates – a value-add department that breaks down general siloed behaviours. Genuinely enjoys developing talented and motivated lawyers. Sourced and run external legal teams in over 30 jurisdictions, achieving budget savings and a global network of effective legal relationships. Deep functional knowledge of restructuring/insolvency, litigation and dispute resolution, M&A, joint ventures, finance (bank, debt capital markets and project finance), commercial contracts, supply chain, trading/marketing, compliance and internal/regulatory investigations, governance and securities filings and disclosure issues.