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Charlotte is an experienced commercial litigator, and has been named as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in The Legal 500. She is recognised as being ‘exceptional’, with ‘genuine skill and business understanding’ and ‘an ability to get to the point of legal issues which is unsurpassed’ – ‘a brilliant addition to any client’s arsenal’. 

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 emerging tech and digital assets disputes and is a well-known industry commentator in this space. 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 was also named as one of Citywealth's Top 50 Crypto Professionals in 2024. 

Charlotte sits on the Law Society Council on behalf of civil litigators (non-personal injury) and is a committee member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association, having formerly spent two years as the elected President of the Junior LSLA. She is also the chair of EMEA for Multilaw's Young Lawyers Group (having won Multilaw’s ‘Rising Star’ award in 2024), vice-chair of the Cyber Insurance Association, and vice-chair of the Law Society’s Civil Justice Committee. 

Recent work highlights

  • Defeating a worldwide freezing order against an offshore business that was said to have received stolen cryptocurrency, and having the claim successfully discontinued against her client.
  • Advising various victims of the theft of their cryptocurrency and preparing global strategies for recoveries and enforcement purposes.
  • Advising businesses about cyber security and acting when their systems have been compromised with ransom demands being made of them. Subsequently pursuing the bad actors and other third parties to seek to recover compensation for them or their insurer.
  • Acting for a former director to defend a claim for breach of statutory, contractual and fiduciary duties in connection with various jurisdictions, including Cyprus, the Cayman Islands, Scotland and England.
  • Advising a Premiership Football Club with regard to a shareholder dispute and subsequently pursuing its legal advisors for professional negligence.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC311575 and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 419867.

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