Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Civil Litigation

Partner

Charles is a member of Davis Polk’s Civil Litigation practice. He represents a broad range of clients in complex civil matters, with a focus on securities litigation, board of director representations and tax controversies. He has a varied appellate practice that includes arguing cases in the federal circuit courts of appeal and state appellate courts.

In his securities law practice, Charles represents issuers, underwriters, and individual officers and directors in securities fraud cases.

His board of director and committee representations have included matters involving accounting restatements, related-party transactions, insider trading, board oversight, executive and director compensation, and various aspects of the financial crisis.

Charles also represents clients in investigations by regulatory agencies.