Charlotte Whitworth > Howard Kennedy LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Howard Kennedy LLP Offices
NO.1 LONDON BRIDGE
LONDON
SE1 9BG
England
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Charlotte Whitworth
Work Department
Corporate Real Estate
Position
Charlotte Whitworth is a solicitor and co-head of corporate real estate team advising on a range of corporate matters with specialisms in corporate real estate and student accommodation. She is also co-lead of the student accommodation group.
She acts on a wide variety of transactional and non-transactional corporate work including mergers and acquisitions, corporate real estate matters and general company law matters.
She focuses on corporate real estate and has deep sector knowledge of the real estate market which is used to her clients’ advantage when completing transactions. Much of her work has a strong international focus.
Charlotte acts for developers, landowners and investors in documenting their joint venture arrangements (including shareholders, LLP, and contractual profit share arrangements). Charlotte also deals with all aspects of corporate wrapper acquisitions and disposals.
She takes a commercial and pragmatic approach when assisting clients and delivers commercial and strategic advice to her clients.
Charlotte is one (of three) of the firm’s appointed representatives for the international network Meritas and is a member of the Meritas Young Lawyer Advisory Board.
Charlotte has been appointed Chair-Elect of the Meritas Emerging Leaders Advisory Board. This is the first time Meritas has elected a chair from outside North America.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Howard Kennedy LLP has a strong market reputation for its M&A practice which has expertise in domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, investments, joint ventures, and reorganisations. The group has experience in the retail and hospitality, corporate real estate, renewable energy, and fintech industries, among others. Gillian White leads the practice and stands out for her ‘strategic acumen, common sense, and ability to find creative solutions.’ White acts for both prominent entrepreneurs and major multinationals, and boasts vast experience handling M&A transactions, investments, and joint ventures. Ashley Reeback
concentrates on public and private M&A and AIM transactions, assisting predominantly business owners and managers. Hotels and leisure sector expert Stephanie Brigg is adept in M&A, private equity, and corporate real estate transactions, as well as joint ventures, while Charlotte Whitworth focuses on real estate transactions. Eve Gallagher and Benjamin Filmer, who joined the team in January 2023 from Freeths LLP, bring a wealth of transactional experience to the group, such as distressed M&A and asset acquisitions and sales.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Immigration