Bio:
Christopher co-heads Herbert Smith's Technology Media and Telecoms practice group. He has nearly 30 years experience across a broad range of transactional, advisory and contentious matters, mostly in the technology sector. His practice covers system supply, outsourcing, M&A, IPOs, joint venture and financing transactions. He has guided clients through High Court litigation and mediation as well as ICC arbitration. Christopher has represented many of the world's leading companies including Applied Materials, BAT, BP, Groupe Bull, EMC, Huawei, IMS Health, PwC, Toshiba and Time Warner and has acted for government agencies such as the Department of Health, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Christopher has been ranked in the top three of the world's IT lawyers (Euromoney "Best of the Best") and is a regular writer and lecturer on the subject of Data Privacy and Information Law. He is the co-editor of "Database Law" and has contributed chapters to Law Society publications on Data Protection and Freedom of Information. Christopher has been the Chairman of the Computer and Database Committee of the International Bar Association since 1996 and is a Trustee of the IBA Charitable Trust.