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Charles Jacobs

020 7456 3332 charles.jacobs@linklaters.com

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Charlie is Linklaters’ senior partner and chairman and a corporate partner who focuses on public and private M&A and international capital raisings and regulatory and corporate governance standards. He has been the outstanding name in the mining sector worldwide for many decades. He also advises on many of the largest M&A deals in the market, most recently for SAB Miller on its $100 billion takeover by ABI-InBev and Steinhoff’s JSE spin-off of its African assets. Charlie is a key boardroom adviser to many of the firm’s largest clients including Glencore, Arcelor Mittal.

Career

Articled clerk Linklaters 1990-92 (including six-month secondment to Linklaters, New York); solicitor London 1992-99; partner 1999 to date.

Education

St John’s College, Johannesburg; Leicester University (1987 LLB).

Leisure

4 children, partner, cycling and Barry’s bootcamp.