Areas of expertise
Charles was called to the tax bar before later joining Slaughter and May and converting to become a solicitor. He advises businesses on all areas of tax law. His practice includes advising on tax consultancy matters, a wide range of transactions (including public and private M&A, debt and equity markets transactions, and group reorganisations), as well as on contentious issues (at both enquiry and litigation stages).
Charles is a member of the British Venture Capital Association’s Tax Committee and is part of Slaughter and May’s Private Equity Team.
Highlights include advising:
- Compagnie Financière Richemont on its global strategic partnership with Alibaba and Farfetch
- BlackRock Real Assets on a consortium purchase of an equity stake in Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited
- Daily Mail and General Trust plc on the US$7.0 billion business combination of Cazoo with the AJAX 1 SPAC
- Valaris plc on a restructuring, including the full equitisation of over $6.5 billion of unsecured debt, to be implemented through prearranged chapter 11 cases and one or more parallel English processes
- Whitbread plc on the sale of Costa Coffee to The Coca-Cola Company for £3.9bn and a subsequent return of value to shareholders