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Chris Haynes

Chris
Haynes

Partner

CONTACT INFO

chaynes@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+44 (0)20 7071 4238

FAX:+44 (0)20 7070 9238

London

Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HB United Kingdom

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PRACTICE

Capital Markets Emerging Companies Fashion, Retail and Consumer Products FinTech and Digital Assets Financial Institutions Media, Entertainment and Technology Mergers and Acquisitions Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Technology Transactions

BIOGRAPHY

​Christopher Haynes is an English qualified corporate partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.

Chris has extensive experience in equity capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions including advising corporates, investment banks and shareholders on initial public offerings (including multi-track processes), rights issues and other equity offerings as well as on public takeovers, private company M&A and joint ventures. He also advises on corporate and securities law and regulation.

Chris is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers, IFLR1000 and Legal 500.  In Legal 500 2023 he is described by clients as being a “standout partner” and the team is praised for its “partner lead engagement” and being “great to work with”, and in the 2022 edition he is described by clients as “one of our most trusted business advisers” and as providing advice that is “excellent”.  In Chambers 2023 clients note that he provides “excellent client service” and has “strong commercial acumen” and that the practice comprises “an excellent and experienced senior team”. In prior editions of Chambers he has been described as being “hugely capable in all corporate and transactional matters”, “really good, commercial and gets stuff done”, “extremely user-friendly”, “a pleasure to work with”, “excellent” and “extremely strong when situations are stressful”.

Chris practiced with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP from 1998 to 2016 and became partner in that firm in 2002.  Prior to that he was a solicitor with Bell Gully in New Zealand.

Selected experience includes*: 

  • Trustpilot Group – £1 billion London listing and IPO (for the company)
  • THG – £5.4 billion London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Network International – £2.2 billion London listing and IPO (for its parent company, Emirates NBD Bank)
  • THG – various matters including its $350 million acquisition of Dermstore.com, $255 million acquisition of Bentley Laboratories and pre-IPO equity issuances to BlackRock, Merian and Sofina (for the company)
  • Sophos Group – placings of shares by Dr. Peter Lammer and Dr. Jan Hruska raising $582 million, in connection with the takeover offer by Thoma Bravo (for the selling shareholders)
  • CMR Surgical – $240 million series C financing (for the banks)
  • AO World – £1.2 billion London listing and IPO, on its subsequent placing and on its class 1 acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct (for the company)
  • Hostelworld – £176 million IPO and London and Irish listings and on its subsequent placing (for the banks)
  • The Weir Group – £363 million placing in connection with the acquisition of ESCO Corporation (for the banks)
  • J2 Acquisition – $1.12 billion London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Ocelot – $425 million London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Photobox Group – sale by way of auction to Exponent and Electra (for the company)
  • Permanent TSB – €400 million capital raising and London and Irish listings (for the banks)
  • Trainline – proposed IPO (sold to KKR pursuant to a M&A track) (for the banks)
  • Sky – £1.36 billion placing in connection with the acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia (for the company)
  • Zoopla – £918 million London listing and IPO (for the banks)
  • Just Eat – £1.47 billion High Growth Segment London listing and IPO and on the step up to a London premium listing (for the company)
  • National Grid – £3.3 billion rights issue (for the banks)
  • MoneySupermarket.com – £840 million London listing and IPO and £87 million acquisition of MoneySavingExpert (for the company)

*Includes matters prior to joining Gibson Dunn

EDUCATION

University of Auckland - 1995 LL.B. (Hons)

University of Auckland - 1995 Bachelor of Commerce

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - March 16, 2023 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2023
Firm News - October 20, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2023
Firm News - October 6, 2022 | Thirty-Nine Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide 2022
Firm News - March 17, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2022
Firm News - October 21, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2022
Firm News - October 7, 2021 | Thirty-Eight Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide
Firm News - March 19, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2021
Firm News - October 23, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2021
Firm News - October 7, 2020 | 33 Gibson Dunn Partners Recognized in Banking, Finance and Transactional Expert Guide
Webcasts - August 26, 2020 | Webcast: Raising Capital in the Current Environment III: SPACs
Client Alert - May 28, 2020 | UK Financial Conduct Authority Outlines Expectations for Managing Enhanced Market Conduct Risks in the Context of the Pandemic
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | COVID-19: UK Financial Support for Businesses through Purchases of Commercial Paper and Lending to SMEs
Firm News - March 16, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2020
Firm News - October 10, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2020
Client Alert - July 8, 2019 | UK Take Privates
Firm News - March 8, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2019
Firm News - November 2, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2019
Client Alert - June 22, 2016 | New European Market Abuse Regime – What Do Non-EU Incorporated Issuers Need to Know?
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