Charlotte is a Senior Associate and solicitor advocate in our dispute resolution practice.
Charlotte has significant experience in commercial disputes across various sectors and geographies, with a particular focus on banks and private capital clients. Her experience includes advising on complex contractual disputes, shareholder and M&A disputes, multi-party litigation, corporate and shareholder disputes, fraud and cross-border asset tracing claims and technology disputes.
She has first-hand experience of financial firms, from her secondments with UBS in Hong Kong and Man Group in London. She has advised on financial services matters related to algorithmic trading, mis-selling, employee fraud and misconduct, structured products and derivatives, and various matters arising from Russian sanctions.
Charlotte was previously based in Hong Kong (where she is also qualified). She continues to advise Chinese businesses on contentious issues before the English courts and has significant experience of disputes involving matters related to China. She also has a particular interest in privilege, with experience of complex privilege issues arising in disputes.
Background
Charlotte read English Literature at the University of Cambridge. She is an active and passionate committee member for our Women Lawyers Network and our Social Mobility Network.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a Chinese state-owned asset management company, on fraudulent misrepresentation claims in the English Commercial Court, relating to its acquisition of a majority shareholding in a US$1 billion media rights business, which went into insolvency shortly after the purchase
- various matters arising from Russian sanctions, including advising various Western banks in connection with proceedings brought in Russian, by sanctioned Russian entities (together with Russian counsel)
- a leading Asian satellite business, obtaining multiple awards (including permanent injunctive relief) in UNCITRAL arbitral proceedings arising from a satellite sharing agreement, and in its successful defence of a set aside application at every stage of the appeal process up to the Hong Kong High Court of Final Appeal (C v D [2023] HKCFA 16)
- Société Générale on a US$1.5 billion claim in the English Commercial Court brought by the Libyan Investment Authority, relating to a series of derivative trades and involving allegations of bribery and intimidation
- a European bank on issues arising from a major acquisition
- a leading global optical lens manufacturer, on cross-border asset recovery claims in the Hong Kong High Court against 90 defendants, in connection with a fraud totalling over US$210 million
- UBS in defence of proceedings brought by the Administrators of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Limited relating to a US$65 million ISDA trade, in the English Commercial Court ([2014] EWHC 2450 (Comm)) and Court of Appeal ([2016] EWCA Civ 319)
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