Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Commercial dispute resolution, digital asset disputes, financial services regulation, restructuring and insolvency

Charlotte is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team and an experienced commercial litigator.

She advises on a broad range of complex, high-value cross-border disputes across a number of commercial and business sectors, including financial services (having previously been on secondment at a large institutional bank), company disputes, corporate insolvency and civil fraud. She has specialist expertise in digital assets where she advises clients about cryptocurrencies, NFTs and blockchain disputes, and she successfully acted in one of the very few contested cryptocurrency disputes.

In 2023, Charlotte won the esteemed title of ‘Woman of the Year – FinTech/Crypto Innovation – UK’ at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards, for the impact of her work in the sector. She sits on the Law Society Council on behalf of civil litigators (non-personal injury) and is also the chair of EMEA for Multilaw's Young Lawyers Group.

Joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2016; partner in 2023.

English, basic French and Spanish

Board member of Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery (CFAAR); committee member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association; committee member of the Cyber Insurance Association; and steering committee member of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations.

Cardiff University 2006-2009; Cardiff Law School, LPC, distinction, 2009-2010.