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Christopher R. Williams
Associate
Assistant
Tegan Jeffreys+971.4.350.6845
Chris Williams is a member of the firm’s Business and Regulatory Group. His practice focuses on corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and company and commercial work.
Mr. Williams’ clients are drawn from a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, the defense sector, oilfield services, media, publishing, hospitality, and recruitment. Mr. Williams also counsels private individuals and not-for-profit organizations.
Mr. Williams has experience advising clients on a wide range of Middle East and international merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures, commercial trading agreements, and general international and Middle Eastern corporate advisory issues.
In addition, Mr. Williams has experience in drafting and advising on complex commercial contracts, joint ventures, supply, franchising, distribution and agency agreements, confidentiality undertakings, IT contracts transitional services agreements, and employment and service agreements.
Prior to joining Bracewell, Mr. Williams practiced in the London and Dubai corporate groups of DLA Piper.
Representative Matters
Representing an international motor manufacturer on a number of commercial arrangements including the manufacturer’s vehicle dealership arrangements throughout the Middle East, supply chain arrangements, employment law issues, trading and local law compliance issues, and financing and securities arrangements.
Representing various manufacturing and service provider clients on the appointment of commercial agents and distributors in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan.
Representing clients in respect of the formation of joint venture arrangements in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait.
Representing clients from across a number of sectors in respect of general “doing business” advice including labor law issues, company incorporations, and general corporate structuring advice.
Represented a GCC state entity on the divestiture of a royal flight from a national airline.
Represented an international marine services company on proposed acquisition of a major Middle Eastern ship builder and charterer with significant levels of interest in the Caspian.
Represented Henderson Global and John Laing plc on the disposal of Chiltern Railways to German transport group Deutsche Bahn.
Represented 2waytraffic (now part of Sony Entertainment) on the acquisition of the worldwide TV game show “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” for the sum of £106 million.
Represented various private equity houses on various minority and majority equity stakes.
Education
LPC, The College of Law, Chester, 2001
LL.B., The University of Liverpool, 2000
Bar Admissions
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of England and Wales
Affiliations
Law Society of England and Wales
Noteworthy
Emmott Memorial Law Scholarship Prize, University of Liverpool, 1997
