Chris Hughes is a partner in the Sydney office of Baker & McKenzie. Chris specialises in mergers and acquisitions, government and joint venture transactions across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on energy and infrastructure matters.

Practice Focus

Chris has assisted on many significant Australian and international transactions for corporate, financial and government clients. He began with Baker & McKenzie in Sydney in 2000, worked with a leading UK law firm in London from 2004-2007, returning to Baker & McKenzie in 2008.

Representative Legal Matters

• Advising on the NSW Energy Industry Reforms
• Advising major utility and financial clients on the acquisition and disposal of various Australian and European wind farm assets
• Acting for a leading Australian property group on the acquisition of its UK and European property fund and development businesses.
• Acting for a global private equity house on the first public to private transaction of a FTSE 100 entity
• Acting for an international energy consortium on the acquisition and financing of an international power generation portfolio
• Acting for a European infrastructure company on the acquisition of an international airport portfolio
• Acting for a European bank on a twin track process for the sale of its UK financial services and funds management business.
• Advising on the nationalisation of a major UK financial institution.
• Advising on State and Commonwealth Government infrastructure and resources privatisations

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Law Society of England & Wales

Admission

England & Wales~United Kingdom (2006)
New South Wales~Australia (2001)

Education

Bond University  (LL.B.) (2000)
Australian National University  (B.A.) (1994)