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Charles Russell LLP is a leading law firm based in London with regional and overseas offices, providing a wide range of services to companies, institutions and individuals, both nationally and internationally, with a particular focus on certain sectors: charities and not-for-profit, energy and natural resources, family, healthcare, private wealth, real property, retail, design and leisure, sports and media, and technology and communications.
The firm: The firm’s proposition is to provide highly commercial, wide-view advice in its areas of specialism. Charles Russell is experienced in carrying out cross-border corporate and commercial work, and are members of two major non-exclusive law firm networks, ALFA International and the Association of European Lawyers.
Services are integrated across five offices in the UK and two overseas offices: London, Cheltenham, Guildford, Oxford, Cambridge, Geneva and Bahrain; and are provided by highly motivated and talented people. Charles Russell’s commitment to training and development, and its unity of purpose, are key reasons for being known as a friendly practice to work with and work at.
Types of work undertaken: Corporate/commercial: the group advises on a wide range of issues, including flotations, M&As, outsourcing, venture capital financing, banking, institutional funding arrangements, MBOs and MBIs, commercial contracts of all kinds, business start-ups, tax, joint ventures, and EU and competition issues. The group has recognised expertise in AIM flotations and transactions.
Employment and pensions: Charles Russell has one of the largest employment and pensions teams in the UK, providing a comprehensive service. The team advises companies and organisations, as well as individuals, in this fast-changing area.
Real estate: the group provides a full range of services to investors, developers and occupiers, including planning, construction, and litigation.
Litigation and dispute resolution: the group handles all types of litigation, arbitration and mediation, both in the UK and internationally. Members of the group have particular expertise in commercial disputes, sports regulation, judicial review, pharmacy law, and clinical and professional negligence.
Corporate recovery and insolvency: the group handles the full range of corporate recovery, restructuring, business support and insolvency requirements for insolvency practitioners, SMEs, FTSE-listed companies, factors and invoice discounters, individuals, commercial landlords, company directors, shareholders, banks and other financial organisations, as well as for borrowers themselves.
Private client: the private client group advises individuals and institutions in the UK and internationally on tax, trusts and trust administration, estate restructuring, probate, and private property.
Family: the family group provides advice on all issues relating to marriage, separation, divorce, cohabitation and adoption involving different jurisdictions.
Charities and not-for-profit organisations: the long-established charities team continues to be one of the leaders in the country, comprising a team of specialists providing a full range of services to the charitable and voluntary sector.
Technology, media, communications and sport: the group provides an integrated service to this major sector, with expertise spanning telecoms, IT, multimedia, film, music, media law, entertainment and sport. Work includes advising international companies on major transactions involving finance, distribution, franchise and other agreements, and reputation management.
IP: the team has expertise in all types of contentious and non-contentious work, including copyright, patents, trade marks, registered designs, database rights, passing off and confidential information.
Other offices: Bahrain, Geneva
Number of UK partners 97
Number of other UK fee-earners 198
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