Twenty Essex

(Re)insurance; Arbitration; Banking and financial services; Civil fraud and asset tracing; Commodities and international trade; Company law; Energy and infrastructure; Insolvency and restructuring; Intellectual property; Jurisdiction, conflicts and enforcement; Public and administrative law; Public international law; Shipping; Technology, media and telecoms

Charles has a busy practice across all of Chambers’ core practice areas, including commercial litigation and arbitration, with a particular interest in civil fraud, jurisdictional and sports law matters. He is currently instructed in several high-value commercial disputes.

After pupillage, Charles spent four months on secondment at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP working on a range of civil fraud matters.

Before joining Chambers, Charles graduated with a first-class degree in History from the University of Cambridge, where he served as President of the Cambridge Union. After receiving a distinction in his MPhil in American History (also at the University of Cambridge), he converted across to law. He completed the GDL (placing second in his year) and the Bar Course at City, University of London. He then received a scholarship to study the BCL at the University of Oxford, which he graduated from with distinction, and taught contract law at City, University of London.