Christopher Neill

Christopher Neill

Partner, Legal Business Solutions, PwC United Kingdom

UK Managed Legal Services Leader
Christopher is a Partner in the Legal Business Solutions team and has significant experience advising leading financial institutions on areas including commercial contracts, banking and corporate finance, acquisition finance and unsecured lending.

Christopher has niche experience in consumer credit licensing, derivatives transactions and securities financing transactions. He has also acted as local counsel on asset-backed securitisations including the acquisition, warehousing and securitisation of residential and commercial mortgages and consumer credit receivables originated in Northern Ireland.

Christopher leads document creation and negotiation pods to deliver services for a number of global clients and brings subject matter expertise to the design and implementation of technology-enabled managed legal services across a range of business as usual and complex contract types.

Prior to joining PwC, Christopher was a partner in a top-tier commercial law firm in Northern Ireland specialising in banking and commercial law.

Specialism

  • NewLaw

Recent work

  • Leads PwC’s Legal Business Solutions Managed Legal Services business.
  • Leads service delivery to a number of global financial services institutions and has delivered technology enabled end-to-end managed legal services spanning numerous contract classes across the complexity spectrum.
  • Led numerous process improvement, risk, regulatory, and technology projects, involving design, development, and integration of enterprise-wide solutions and initiatives.

Areas of focus

  • Banking and finance,
  • Acquisition finance
  • Unsecured lending
  • Asset and wealth management
  • Commercial contracts

Credentials

Christopher was ranked as Next Generation Lawyer in Legal 500 2018/19; Recognised Practitioner for Banking and Finance in Chambers and Partners Guide 2018/19; and named in the Northern Ireland 40 Under 40 List 2017.

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