With regulators bearing down on banks around the world, the Asia-Pacific general counsel of France’s third biggest bank tells Elizabeth Broomhall how his background in compliance keeps the bank on the front foot

Seventeen years after he left Hong Kong for greener pastures Chris Davies has found himself back once again in the vibrant city. Having spent the early part of his career in Richards Butler’s Asia practice he returned last year to take up a new role as regional general counsel for legal and compliance at French bank Societe Generale, responsible for the whole of the Asia-Pacific business.