Christopher Christian

Christopher D. Christian advises U.S. and European asset managers and investment funds and their boards of directors, including U.S. registered funds, funds organized under the European Union directive on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS), and funds organized in other jurisdictions offered on a private basis.

Mr. Christian’s practice has a significant international component. He advises offshore funds on compliance with U.S. regulatory requirements and routinely counsels European retail and institutional funds on organization, registration, corporate governance, and global distribution issues.

He has assisted clients in coordinating offering advisory services and various types of investment funds in compliance with local law in jurisdictions in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin and South America.

Mr. Christian is also the architect of Dechert’s World Compass, an innovative marketing compliance subscription service that offers investment firms advice in more than 100 jurisdictions.

Mr. Christian is the former Chair of the International Bar Association’s Investment Funds Committee and was recently selected as Chair of the Irish Funds North America Distribution Working Group. He has spent considerable time working in Dechert’s London office and is a frequent conference speaker.

EDUCATION:

• Brandeis University, B.A., 1995
• The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 1998, cum laude
• Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Securities and Financial Regulation, 1999

ADMISSIONS:

• District of Columbia
• Massachusetts

MEMBERSHIPS : International Bar Association