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Charles Penney

020 7606 8855 charles.penney@addleshawgoddard.com

Work Department

Corporate division

Position

Corporate partner, specialising in mergers and acquisitions (public and private), securities offerings, joint ventures and other mainstream corporate finance work.

Career

Trained Lovell, White & King (now Lovells); qualified 1984; partner Lovells 1990, New York office 1986-88 and 1998-2002 (resident managing partner); seconded to 3i plc 1983-84 and as Joint Secretary of the Takeover Panel 1992-94; joined Addleshaw Goddard as partner 2005.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Law Society; City of London Solicitors’ Company; International Bar Association.

Education

Malvern College; Queens’ College, Cambridge (1981 BA, 1984 MA Law First Class Hons).

Leisure

Cricket, travel, family.

Top Tier Firm Rankings

• Finance > Asset based lending
• Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
• Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
• Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
• Corporate and commercial > Partnership
• Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
• Transport > Rail
• Industry focus > Retail and consumer
• Real estate > Social housing: finance
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Water

Firm Rankings

• Public sector > Administrative and public law
• Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Real estate > Commercial property: development
• Real estate > Commercial property: investment
• Real estate > Construction: contentious
• Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
• Risk advisory > Corporate governance
• Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
• Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
• Employment > Health and safety
• Public sector > Healthcare
• Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
• Insurance > Product liability: defendant
• Real estate > Property litigation
• Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
• Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
• Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
• Finance > Debt capital markets
• Employment > Employee share schemes
• Employment > Employers
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
• Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
• Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
• Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
• Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
• Real estate > Planning
• Real estate > Property finance
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
• Finance > Securitisation
• Industry focus > TMT
• Finance > Trade finance
• Finance > Acquisition finance
• Transport > Aviation
• Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
• Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
• Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
• Finance > Derivatives and structured products
• Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
• Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Dispute resolution > International arbitration
• Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
• Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
• Finance > Transport finance and leasing
• Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
• Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
• Investment fund formation and management > Private funds