Charles Leveque > Harbottle & Lewis LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices
7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Charles Leveque
Work Department
Corporate Finance and Media Finance
Position
Charles is Head of the Corporate Group at Harbottle & Lewis. He advises on corporate finance transactions (including public and private mergers and acquisitions and fundraisings) shareholder arrangements and IPOs for clients principally operating in the technology, hospitality, leisure, media and entertainment sectors.
He has advised technology services group The Panoply Holdings plc on its IPO on the AIM Market and on multiple subsequent acquisitions, All3Media on its acquisition of NENT Studios UK and has advised Eiffel eCapital on its provision of debt finance to a number of alternative finance platforms. He also frequently advises SMEs on debt and/or equity fundraisings (including using the Enterprise Investment Scheme).
Career
- Trained, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Qualified 2004
- Corporate Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer London 2004-06; Corporate Associate, Paris 2006-07
- Associate, Harbottle & Lewis London 2007-09; Senior Associate 2009-12; Partner 2012.
Languages
- French (fluent)
- Spanish
- Italian (basic)
Memberships
- EIS Association
- Franco-British Lawyers’ Association
- British Screen Forum
Education
- Berkhamsted School
- Kings College London and Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2000 LLB Law and French Law (2(1)) and Maitrise en droit Français (equivalent 2(1))
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Noted for its strong sense of interoffice collaboration, Harbottle & Lewis LLP possesses a wealth of experience across the technology, retail, leisure, media and entertainment, and private client services sectors, handling a considerable volume of transactions for a diverse roster of clients. The corporate team is chaired by managing partner Charles Lévêque, whose recent engagements include high-profile acquisitions in the technology, media and retail sectors. Colin Howes provides specialist corporate finance and strategic advice on buying and selling businesses, joint ventures and commercial agreements. Tim Parker advises on a wide range of corporate and finance transactions, typically for entrepreneurial and talent-led businesses.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers