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Brodies LLP

15 ATHOLL CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH3 8HA
Tel:
Work 0131 228 3777
Fax:
Fax 0131 228 3878
Web:
www.brodies.com
Email:
Glasgow, Edinburgh

Charles Smith

Tel:
Work +44 131 656 0236
Email:
Brodies LLP

Work Department

Corporate, projects.

Position

Partner and commercial and projects lawyer who also specialises in environmental law and public sector/regulatory work. Practice includes large commercial contracts, PPP/PFI projects and outsourcing transactions. Has particular expertise in contaminated land and waste management issues.

Career

Career: Articled Brodies, Edinburgh; qualified 1987; assistant solicitor Brodies 1987-90; partner 1990; lectures widely on environmental law. Publications include: frequent contributor to legal periodicals and specialist publications; co-author of ‘Pollution Control: The Law in Scotland’ (T&T Clark).

Languages

Languages: French.

Member

Member: Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; treasurer of UKELA Scottish Branch; member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Environmental Law Committee.

Education

Education: Perth Academy; Exeter College, Oxford (BA); University of Edinburgh (LLB).

Leisure

Leisure: Music, reading, tennis, travel.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; Environment; Project finance (including PFI)

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