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Chris Cowley, a partner at Taylor Wessing, is a corporate lawyer who advises businesses and HNW individuals on complex cross-border transactions, including acquisitions and sales, restructurings, capital raising and private equity investments.

As wealthy individuals and family offices increasingly engage with private investments, Cowley has built a niche guiding them through the process of becoming limited partnerships. Established entrepreneurs will also come to him with passion projects in the entertainment, leisure or real estate world, seeking to acquire trophy assets or fulfil lifelong ambitions in a particular sector.

Working with private individuals and families, Cowley collaborates closely with tax lawyers to carry out transactions in the most optimal financial format for the client. ‘You’re a sherpa and therapist as much as you are a lawyer,’ he tells Spear’s when asked about his relationship with clients.