Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel
Legal Business
Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel
Legal Business
Chris Kandel recently spoke to Legal Business as part of its “Banking and Finance perspectives” series. In the article, he looks back on his career to date and discusses his role as a finance lawyer.
“One of the things I’m very proud of is that throughout my career I’ve identified a lot of extremely talented lawyers, including a number of the current market leaders in London. I’ve helped them to get their own practices and stand on their own two feet. Some of them have even become competitors of mine, but that’s part of my job. It’s what I’m most proud of and frankly it’s what I enjoy most about the practice of law.”
“In my area everybody is working towards a common goal. The best finance lawyers understand, whichever side they’re on, that there is a common goal, which is to get the deal done on effective terms. Obviously, there’s the part, which is adversarial, you have to negotiate things that the other side doesn’t want to do, the fees, the pricing and all of that. But it’s a combination of being adversarial and collaborative, and that’s something I really enjoy and it’s critical to being a finance lawyer.”
Read the full article.