Christopher Stoate

Christopher specialises in helping UK and multinational corporate groups to navigate company law and governance requirements, manage the administration of corporate entities and to simplify corporate structures.

He has over 15 years’ experience advising clients across a range of sectors including financial services, technology and manufacturing

Recent experience includes advising:

• A multinational manufacturing group on a project to implement a tax beneficial simplification of its UK group structure to remove no longer needed entities and reduce ongoing compliance costs.
• An international financial services group on implementing a buy-out of its government entity joint venture partner.
• A property development group on establishing special purpose vehicles and property management companies.
• Liquidators of a UK subsidiary of an international electronics group on a solvent liquidation of the company and steps to address ongoing overseas litigation.
• A multinational mining group on a wind-down of UK special purpose vehicles.
• A international technology finance group on a capital restructuring to enable a return of capital and elimination of redundant entities.

Christopher also has significant experience of advising insolvency practitioners, companies, directors and impacted parties on insolvency related matters.