Chris Borg

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Chris is a partner in Reed Smith’s Energy and Natural Resources Group and co-leads the firm’s Financial Markets and Regulatory team. With 25 years' experience of financial regulatory advisory practice, Chris is a recognised authority in futures and options and commodity trading.

Chris has been named “Lawyer of the Year (Commodities)” in the Best Lawyers™ United Kingdom (2022), as an Acritas Star Lawyer, and in the Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” (Commodities: Derivatives). He is consistently ranked in Band 1 (Commodity Derivatives) in Chambers & Partners (UK). He has been described in these directories over the years, as “phenomenal”, “truly an expert in his field” and having a “depth of knowledge in the commodities regulatory space that is unrivalled by his peers” and as standing out “as the subject matter expert in this field”, with “an unrivalled grasp of the regulations and experience in handling both contentious and non-contentious matters."

His clients include banks, investment banks, derivatives traders and brokers, specialist commodity traders and brokers, energy majors and utilities, custodians and collateral managers, exchange-traded funds, funds and fund managers, software and market services providers, exchanges/MTFs and trade associations.

Earlier in his career he spent a year on secondment at the (then) Financial Services Authority.