Charles Jacobs

Corporate.

Charlie is Linklaters' senior partner and chairman and a corporate partner who focuses on public and private M&A and international capital raisings and regulatory and corporate governance standards. He has been the outstanding name in the mining sector worldwide for many decades. He also advises on many of the largest M&A deals in the market, most recently for SAB Miller on its $100 billion takeover by ABI-InBev and Steinhoff's JSE spin-off of its African assets. Charlie is a key boardroom adviser to many of the firm’s largest clients including Glencore, Arcelor Mittal.

St John’s College, Johannesburg; Leicester University (1987 LLB).