Profile Christopher Rees
Partner
Herbert Smith LLP

Christopher has over 30 years experience across a broad range of transactional, advisory and contentious matters in the technology sector. His practice covers outsourcing, M&A, IPOs, system development, outsourcing and joint ventures. He has guided clients through High Court litigation and mediation as well as ICC and LCIA arbitrations.

Christopher is a member of the India Executive at Herbert Smith. He has worked on many of the deals which have established Herbert Smith as the pre-eminent legal adviser for Indian cross-border M&A transactions: Tata Steel on its acquisition of Corus in 2005, Tata Motors on its acquisition of JLR in 2008 and Essar on its joint venture with Vodafone in 2009.

  • Christopher is ranked as one of the world's top three IT lawyers (The Legal Expert Guide, 2008).
  • Christopher is a member of the Council of the International Bar Association
  • Has been the Chairman of its Computer and Database Committee since 1996.