Christopher Letters Principal Associate


Speaks:  English, French

Qualified: 2015 - Solicitor of England & Wales


Primary office:  Birmingham




Christopher Letters

Christopher Letters, a principal associate in our Corporate team, advises on a range of corporate matters, helping clients to successfully navigate their way through acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and investments.

Experience

  • Acting as part of a team advising Staffline on the £34.5 million acquisition of A4e, creating one of the UK's largest Work Programme providers.
  • Advising a US real estate investment fund on the acquisition and subsequent liquidation of a portfolio of thirteen property-holding Luxembourg S.à r.l.s, with a combined value of over £210 million.
  • Advising a Canadian real estate investment fund on the disposal of three property-holding Luxembourg S.à r.l.s, with a combined value of over £225 million.
  • Advising a US real estate investment fund on the disposal of two property-holding Jersey SPVs, with a combined value of £43.5 million.
  • Supporting a European investment management group on its £25 million equity and debt investment to support and accelerate growth of a residential developer of brownfield sites across the North West of England.
  • Acting as part of a team advising on the private equity funded acquisitions of two multinational IT distributors to create an EMEA-wide high value specialist distribution business.
  • Supporting a FTSE 100 international manufacturing group on its £12.5 million acquisition of a UK street lighting and road sign manufacturer.
  • Advising on the corporate aspects of the acquisition of a £70 million 23MW data centre by the UK's fastest growing data centre provider.

Career & Recognition

Filter timeline:
  • 2018

    • Career
      July 2018
      Gowling WLG (UK), senior associate
  • 2016

    • Career
      February 2016
      Gowling WLG (UK) , associate
  • 2015

    • Career
      September 2015
      Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, associate
    • Qualifications (Year of Call/Admission, etc.)
       2015
      Qualified, Solicitor of England & Wales
  • 2013

    • Career
      September 2013
      Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, trainee
    • Education
       2013
      University of Law, LPC
  • 2012

    • Education
       2012
      University of Leicester, LLB Law with French Law and Language
  • 2011

    • Education
       2011
      Université de Strasbourg, Diplôme des Etudes Juridiques