Charlie is a partner in the corporate team with a broad range of experience and also heads up our private equity team.

He advises on public and private M&A, private equity and joint venture transactions for a variety of clients ranging from owner managed businesses here in the North East, to private equity houses including Blue Water Energy, Maven and NVM, and large international groups of companies.

He also regularly supports management teams on debt and equity funded buy-outs.

Charlie has also advised on a number of cross-border corporate group restructurings involving the coordination and project management of advisers across various jurisdictions, and advises generally on corporate governance matters.

Charlie joined Square One Law in 2016 having trained with Eversheds LLP and previously worked out of the London office of Eversheds and latterly at Ward Hadaway. He advises clients across a number of sectors, including most recently in engineering and industrial services, financial services, technology, and retail and leisure.

Charlie also has in-house experience including a secondment to the international funds team of Citi Bank at Canary Wharf.