Chris is General Counsel & Head of Compliance for the Northstar Group, a Singapore headquartered private equity and venture capital firm managing more than US$2.5 billion in equity capital dedicated to investing in growth companies in Southeast Asia. Chris has lived in Asia for 25 years (10 in Hong Kong and 15 in Singapore). Before joining Northstar, Chris was MD & Regional General Counsel at Barclays Bank where he managed a team of 60 lawyers across seven Asia offices. Chris joined Barclays in 2001 from Bank of America in Hong Kong where he was a member of the Capital Markets legal team. Chris started his legal career in the San Francisco office of Pillsbury Winthrop where he advised clients on private equity, public securities offerings and M&A transactions. Chris attended university and law school at the University of California Los Angeles. In his spare time Chris enjoys swimming and golf.