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Charles Wood

Work Department
Energy, Transport and Infrastructure
Position
Charles specializes in LNG and gas projects and sales, downstream gas and electricity market reform and regulation, and energy and natural resources projects.
He is a partner in the Firm’s Energy, Transport and Infrastructure practice.
His clients include:
- for market reform and regulation – governments, energy regulators, gas and electricity utilities, and energy trading companies (in the UK and overseas);
- for LNG and other energy projects – international and national oil companies (IOCs and NOCs), LNG terminal operators, project sponsors, and governments, in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Education
- College of Law, 1978, LPC,
- University College Oxford, 1976, BA
- University College Oxford, MA, Psychology, Philosophy and Physiology (PPP)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
Energy projects and regulation specialist Lucille De Silva leads the power team at Dentons, which advises both public and private sector clients on a range of power-related regulatory and transactional matters. In addition to advising the UK Government on the ongoing energy crisis, the team regularly assists clients with complex development and financing projects, including grid connection, transmission and distribution issues. Public law specialist Christopher McGee-Osborne
advises governments on policy and regulatory reform, as well as private clients on project development and financing in the electricity sector. Colm Ó hUiginn‘s extensive practice focuses on the development and financing of large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis on emerging markets. Charles Wood
brings his expertise in energy market reform and regulation to the table, while John Inglis is recognised as an international project finance expert.
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
(Hall of Fame)Dentons is well known for its ability to handle oil and gas mandates across the entire value chain, from commercial and corporate mandates to financing work and disputes. Humphrey Douglas stands at the helm of the practice, regularly serving as lead on cross-border M&A, joint venture and project development matters for energy clients. Charles Wood
specialises in the design of new commercial and regulatory frameworks for oil and gas market reform and large energy projects, while Colm Ó hUiginn assists stakeholders with the development and financing of large-scale oil and gas infrastructure projects, with a particular strength in LNG.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Oil and gas London > Projects, energy and natural resources
- Power (including electricity and nuclear) London > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport