Charles Robinson > Wedlake Bell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Wedlake Bell LLP Offices
71 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4AY
England
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Charles Robinson
Work Department
Commercial litigation; debt recovery; insolvency.
Position
Charles is widely known for gas and electricity supply dispute resolution and advisory work and oversees a specialist team of experienced solicitors. He has over 20 years’ experience acting for suppliers including a majority of the Big Five.
With deep industry knowledge Charles advises on late billing, shipperless supplies, multi-tenanted sites, split supplies, off-site metering, vacant and squatter sites, erroneous transfers, supplies to insolvent entities, mis-selling and broker disputes, fraudulent COTs, datalogger / SMART meter failures, late meter installations, meter accuracy disputes, disputed disconnections, multiplier errors, mis-estimation and industry charge challenges.
He acts on disputed warrant applications and has obtained multi million pound recoveries for commodity theft.
Charles’ team is experienced in working with suppliers in countering fraud including phoenixism, ‘creditor avoidance’ and commodity theft.
Career
Charles started his career with a niche City practice and a multi-jurisdictional American firm renowned for its upstream energy work. He joined Moon Beever as a partner in 2010 and Wedlake Bell in 2021 when the firms merged.
Languages
Italian, Japanese.
Memberships
Freeman of the City of London; Travellers Club, Worshipful Company of Pewterers
Education
Eton College; University of Kent (1986 BA (hons) Film Studies and English); College of Law (1998 Postgraduate Diploma in Law)
Leisure
Rowing; golf; mushroom picking.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
(Leading individuals)Wedlake Bell is renowned for its work in the utilities and finance sectors, acting for debt buyers and lenders as well as insurers, landlords, government departments and local government. Frances Coulson has over 30 years’ experience in contentious insolvency, covering all forms of debt, with particular expertise in cases involving fraud and injunctive relief. Coulson co-heads the sizeable practice with Charles Robinson, a leading figure in the utilities debt arena, where he developed a specialisation in countering fraud including phoenixism, ‘creditor avoidance’ and commodity theft. Graham McPhie acts in disrepair claims and other legal services for social housing.
Lawyer Rankings
- Debt recovery London > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms