Chris Davis

Chris Davis is one of Queensland's leading corporate and commercial lawyers. He has been a principal of McInnes Wilson Lawyers since 2004. His expertise is in mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, due diligence, takeovers, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and private equity transactions. He has acted for listed, unlisted and government clients across a range of industries and sectors. 

Chris has received recognition with Doyle's Guide and Best Lawyers for awards for Corporate law, Commercial law or Taxation since 2015, including a 2022 recognition for Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisition Law with Best Lawyers, and leading Business & Commercial and Taxation Lawyers 2022 with Doyles Guide.

There are four components to Chris' practice:

1. unregulated and regulated mergers and acquisitions, including takeovers, schemes of arrangement; 
2. commercial advice and documentation, including contract advice and contract preparation;
3. compliance and governance, including regulatory advice and compliance with various regimes such as Listing Rules, Corporations Act, AFSL matters;
4. capital raising, including unregulated offers, regulated offers, acting for investors, issuers and underwriters. 

Chris regularly seeks out opportunities to assist not-for-profit entities or non-governmental organisations as his way of giving back.