Chris Grey is a technology M&A partner in Morrison Foerster’s London office. He has an extensive track record on complex cross-border transactions totalling over US$100 billion across his career.

His clients include the world’s leading technology groups, companies, investors, founders, corporate venture arms and growth-stage businesses. His practice spans cross-border M&A, take-privates, strategic investments, partnerships and joint ventures, venture capital transactions, financings, licence-and-release transactions and other strategic and corporate governance mandates.

His practice spans a broad range of technology sectors, including fintech and payments, artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, robotics, software, cybersecurity, semiconductors, quantum computing, defense, and IT services.

Clients note that “Chris Grey is a standout in terms of his ability to get to the nub of the issue quickly and provide seamless delivery.” - Legal 500 2027.

MergerLinks named Chris a top ten fintech lawyer in EMEA in 2025. Chambers Global and Legal 500 recognise him for Multi-Jurisdictional TMT and Venture Capital, respectively. He brings extensive experience in the UK and French markets as an English law solicitor, having also qualified in France and Australia.

Representative Experience

Technology M&A

• Google on multiple transactions, including:
• its investment in Ineffable Intelligence's $1.1 billion seed round, Europe’s largest ever seed financing to date; and
• its equity investment in and Google DeepMind's partnership agreement with Fenris creations, developer of Eve Online.
• Samsung on multiple technology transactions across EMEA.
• Xpansiv on its acquisition of Evident, combining their complementary registry and infrastructure capabilities to support the further growth of global renewable energy markets.
• Shop Circle on its acquisition of KrakenD, a high-performance API gateway trusted by leading enterprises in fintech, commerce, and global technology sectors, including several Fortune 500 companies.
• Schibsted on the US$13 billion voluntary takeover offer for Adevinta by a consortium of financial investors, including Permira and Blackstone.
• The founders of Devoteam on the take-private of the company with the support of KKR.
• AGL Energy on its acquisition of a 20% equity interest in Kaluza, valuing the company at approximately A$750 million.
• UB FIGG on its acquisition of 100% of FiberLean Technologies Limited from the Werhahn Group.
• Columbia Threadneedle Investments on its investment in DNA Script’s US$200 million Series C financing.

Fintech and Payments

• Mollie on its acquisition of GoCardless, integrating card payments, local methods and bank payments to create Europe's most complete payment platform.
• Zepz on its US$267 million Series F equity fundraising led by Accel, along with TCV and Leapfrog.
• AlpacaDB, Inc on its intended acquisition of WealthKernel Limited, a wealthtech firm specialising in digital investment infrastructure and tax-advantaged products.
• Confluence Technologies on its sale of sustainability index provider ECPI, a Milan-based provider of sustainability indices, data and analytics to the institutional investor community, to ISS STOXX.
• Standard Chartered and Zodia Custody on the company’s US$36 million Series A financing.
• CDC Group on its investment in TymeBank’s US$180 million Series B financing.
• Anchorage Capital Partners on its acquisition of GBST a financial services technology provider to the capital market and wealth management sectors globally.
• Ashutosh Bhatt, the founder of Pillar Labs, a UK-based fintech company, on the company’s sale to global fintech payments platform LemFi.

Digital Infrastructure

• ST Telemedia Global Data Centres on its sale of a significant minority stake of Virtus data centres to Macquarie Asset Management.
• Telefonica Tech on its £340m acquisition of Cancom UK & Ireland, a cloud services business based in the UK.
• OMERS Infrastructure, Allianz Capital Partners and AXA Investment Managers on their acquisition of a 49.99 percent stake in Altice's SFR FTTH fiber optic business for €1.8 billion.
• American Tower Corporation and PGGM on the acquisition of FPS Towers.

Other significant transactions

• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on its €34 billion proposed combination with Groupe Renault as a 50/50 merger.
• Unibail-Rodamco on its acquisition of Westfield, enterprise value of US$24.7 billion.
• Mayhoola on its acquisition of Balmain, the French fashion house.
• Bouygues in the €6.2 billion acquisition of Bombardier Transportation by Alstom.
• Technip on its combination with FMC Technologies to create US$13 billion company “TechnipFMC”.
• Groupe Casino on the multiple transactions, including (i) the disposal of its majority stake in Big C Thailand to TCC Group for €3.1 billion, (ii) the sale of Big C Vietnam to Central Group for €1 billion and (iii) the €150 million investment by Tikehau Capital and Bpifrance in GreenYellow.
• EDF SA on its equity investment in the £18 billion Hinkley Point C EPR nuclear power station with CCNC and CNNC.
• AccorHotels on its US$150 million acquisition of John Paul.