Craig Harris
Head of Legal - M&A, British American Tobacco (London)
Craig is head of BAT’s M&A Legal department. Prior to joining BAT in 2012, Craig spent eight years in the Corporate team at Allen & Overy in London during which time he seconded to GlaxoSmithKline and Petro-Canada. Over the last few years BAT has been very active in M&A and corporate transactions, culminating in its $54bn acquisition of Reynolds American Inc. last year. In addition to traditional tobacco deals across the world, Craig has undertaken a number of recent transactions in the electronic vapour products and retail space which has brought new challenges for the BAT Group to overcome. Craig was named as The Legal 500’s UK M&A In-house Individual of the Year in 2018. In addition to his work at BAT, Craig is a trustee and director for Parks for London, a charity supported by the London Boroughs which promotes public green spaces in London.