Chris Watson is Partner and Head of the Technology, Media and Communications Sector team at CMS. He focuses on international commercial matters in the technology, media and communications sectors, particularly where competition and regulation overlap, and on EU law arising in cross-border and complex communications transactions. He also has extensive experience in other regulated network sectors, such as postal and other utilities, as well as in general commercial, corporate, and financial matters. Chris works with an extensive range of clients in the global telecommunications industry. He has been recognised in The International Who’s Who of Telecoms & Media Lawyers 2021 as a ‘Most Highly Regarded Individual’ in which he is described as “exceptionally bright”, and boasts an “amazingly international practice”. Chris has a strong interest in the Middle East, having lived in Iran for a number of years, and has developed a global practice with approximately half of his clients based outside the UK.