Christopher Georgiou

Chris is a partner and head of our global Ashurst Advance division, the firm's integrated "NewLaw" offering which focuses on the three fundamental areas of innovation in legal services: resources, process and technology. The objective of the Ashurst Advance team is to transform client service by continually evolving the firm's legal services delivery in order to provide real value and help our clients achieve their business objectives in a highly cost effective way.

With 30 years’ experience in the legal sector, both in private practice and in-house, Chris has a deep understanding of clients’ changing needs, and has a market-leading reputation in developing innovative solutions for clients.

Chris was formerly CEO of the alternative legal solutions division of a leading international law firm. Prior to that, Chris spent fourteen years with Ashurst successfully building a global securities and derivatives practice and as co-head of the firm's bank sector, and played a key role in establishing the firm's alternative legal services capability in Glasgow in 2013 before rejoining the firm in 2018.