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Charlotte Beynon
Position
Charlotte has a commercial chancery practice encompassing contentious trusts, civil fraud, insolvency and commercial litigation. She frequently deals with complex, high-value cases, both onshore and offshore, often with international elements. She is particularly experienced in acting in high-value offshore trusts disputes and complex fraud claims – often raising issues of private international law.
Charlotte regularly appears in the High Court and County Court both led and as sole counsel. She also appears as specialist chancery counsel in matrimonial proceedings in the Family Division. Her legal writing has been published in Trusts & Trustees.
Education
University College, Oxford: BA English Literature (Double First); City University: GDL; BPTC (Outstanding, 3rd in year)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Private wealth and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4With ‘many fantastic barristers’, Serle Court represents both claimants and defendants in high-profile civil fraud cases in English courts and abroad, drawing on its expertise in banking and finance, insolvency, and trusts. In Magdeev v Tsvetkov and others, Jonathan Adkin KC, leading Adil Mohamedbhai, represented the second defendant in a multi-million-pound Commercial Court dispute between Russian businessmen, where each party claimed to have been defrauded by the other concerning the operation of a jewellery business. Hugh Norbury KC and Tim Benham-Mirando represent the fifth and seventh defendants in Jinxin v Aser Media and others, a $661m claim for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy, involving alleged fraud and misrepresentations related to the acquisition of media rights for Italian Serie A and FIFA World Cup matches. Wright, Rowley, BHS and others v Chappell and others sees Daniel Lightman KC and Charlotte Beynon representing a former BHS director in High Court claims by the BHS Group liquidators for alleged wrongful trading, misfeasance, breach of duties, and misapplication of funds before the companies went into administration.
The English Bar Offshore > Trusts and private wealth
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Charlotte Beynon – Serle Court ‘Charlotte commands the respect of all involved in a team. She always has her eye on the wider picture – a truly exceptional junior.’