Commercial Litigation & Investigations & Inquiries

Partner

A former leading commercial silk for over 20 years, Charles’ expertise includes regulatory investigations and disputes, competition, class actions and a wide variety of matters in the energy and natural resources sector.

Charles has appeared principally in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria. He has also appeared regularly interstate and in Papua New Guinea.

Widely regarded as a leading advocate, Charles has regularly been engaged by many of the large corporates in Australia, and by the Australian government, the Victorian government, the Papua New Guinea government, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and other Commonwealth agencies and departments.