Chris Northway

Chris Northway is a Senior Associate in Dentons' UK Corporate team, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.

His practice focuses on national and international M&A, particularly involving private equity houses and management buy-outs. He advises owners and management on acquisitions and disposals of private companies, with strengths in owner-managed businesses, venture technology, start-up emerging growth companies, and buy-side and sell-side private equity. He also has experience in corporate aspects of UK and cross-border solvent group restructurings and reorganisations. Recent experience includes multi-investment into a psychometric assessment provider, simultaneous cross-border acquisitions of two UK-based data science services providers, PE-backed acquisitions of security software and commodity price data providers, and management exits from global digital marketing groups.

He holds an LL.B (Hons) from Exeter University (2010), a Legal Practice Course from BPP Law School (2011), and an LL.M from BPP Law School (2012).