Charles Robinson > Wedlake Bell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Wedlake Bell LLP Offices
71 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4AY
England
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Charles Robinson
Work Department
Commercial litigation; debt recovery; insolvency.
Position
Charles is widely known for gas and electricity supply dispute resolution and advisory work and oversees a specialist team of experienced solicitors. He has over 20 years’ experience acting for suppliers including a majority of the Big Five.
With deep industry knowledge Charles advises on late billing, shipperless supplies, multi-tenanted sites, split supplies, off-site metering, vacant and squatter sites, erroneous transfers, supplies to insolvent entities, mis-selling and broker disputes, fraudulent COTs, datalogger / SMART meter failures, late meter installations, meter accuracy disputes, disputed disconnections, multiplier errors, mis-estimation and industry charge challenges.
He acts on disputed warrant applications and has obtained multi million pound recoveries for commodity theft.
Charles’ team is experienced in working with suppliers in countering fraud including phoenixism, ‘creditor avoidance’ and commodity theft.
Career
Charles started his career with a niche City practice and a multi-jurisdictional American firm renowned for its upstream energy work. He joined Moon Beever as a partner in 2010 and Wedlake Bell in 2021 when the firms merged.
Languages
Italian, Japanese.
Memberships
Freeman of the City of London; Travellers Club, Worshipful Company of Pewterers
Education
Eton College; University of Kent (1986 BA (hons) Film Studies and English); College of Law (1998 Postgraduate Diploma in Law)
Leisure
Rowing; golf; mushroom picking.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
(Leading partners)At Wedlake Bell LLP, the ‘communicative, informed and commercial‘ team is split into departments focused on debt and utilities debt (a key area of strength). Practitioners are also active in the financial services sector and energy sector, with large UK energy companies as clients; the group is frequently instructed on energy theft mandates. Overseeing the practice are Frances Coulson, the head of the debt side of the practice, and Charles Robinson, the head of the utilities side of the practice. Its deep bench also features Steven Elsey, who has recently assisted clients with issues related to the collection of domestic supply debt.
Lawyer Rankings
- Debt recovery London > Dispute resolution
- Leading partners London > Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
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Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms