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Charles Grossman

Charles joined Druces as a Senior Associate in our Property Litigation team in May 2024. Charles qualified as a Solicitor in June 2017 and has previously worked for both City and regional firms. Charles has a broad range of experience encompassing commercial landlord and tenant, real property and residential landlord and tenant. Charles’ experience includes acting for clients and advising on lease renewals, break notices, dilapidations, adverse possession, party wall matters, possession claims, forfeiture claims (including tenant breach of covenant), easement disputes, trespass, nuisance, land registration issues including alteration of the register. Charles has experience acting for a broad range of clients including Housing Associations, Hotels, House Builders, Developers, High Net Worth Individuals, SMEs etc. Charles is recommended and named as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by Legal 500 [UK 2023]. Whilst Charles is experienced in alternative dispute resolution, particularly mediations and arbitrations, Charles’ clients have always appreciated his pro-active and proportionate approach to litigation. He has successfully taken cases to trial and also brought litigation to an early conclusion through the use of interlocutory applications and obtaining interim injunctions where required. Charles is a member of the Property Litigation Association. Client Reviews “ I really Couldn’t be happier with the work that Charles has done for me. … I have been so impressed with his approach and ideas with managing this case.” – Portfolio Landlord Client

Druces LLP

Charles Gschwind

Charles Gschwind is a partner of the Real Estate team at Niederer Kraft Frey. He has broad experience in M&A with a particular focus on real estate transactions. He regularly advises domestic and international clients on asset deals, large-scale portfolio transactions, development projects, hotel transactions, acquisitions of real estate companies as well as on the financing of real estate portfolios. Related administrative law matters (e.g., Lex Koller and environmental law), general corporate, commercial and contract law as well as tenancy matters also belong to his areas of expertise. He further regularly advises on (pre-)litigation matters in the real estate sector. Charles Gschwind is a recommended lawyer in real estate by both Chambers and Legal 500. Charles regularly publishes in his areas of expertise and has taught namely at the MBA Program of ZHAW and at SVIT School. He is also a member of the Committee of SVIT Romandie.

Niederer Kraft Frey Ltd

Charles H. Googe Jr.

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Charles Hansford

Charles is a Partner in our property team. He is a property lawyer who is experienced in all types of commercial property including issues such as landlord and tenant law, acquisitions, corporate support, development and renewable energy project matters. Charles specialises in acting on landed estates and agricultural property and represents clients with considerable land holdings. He deals with matters ranging from farm and land purchases/sales to mines and minerals, sporting rights and fell rights. He advises on development project-related issues such as option and planning promotion agreements and supports colleagues in our corporate team on property matters. He sits on the Parliamentary Property Rights committee and the Cumbria branch committee of The Country Land and Business Association. Charles is a Governor at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith. Charles joined us in 2014 and is based in our Lancashire office.

Brabners LLP

Charles Harding

Charles represents academic organisations, SMEs and blue chip companies before the UKIPO and the EPO in patent matters in the life sciences sector. His portfolio covers various technologies such as molecular biology, immunology, biotechnology, virology, veterinary science and food science, through to protein chemistry, chemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceuticals and devices. After more than 35 years in the sector, he is still passionate about working with innovative clients who are breaking new ground and making a genuine difference. Charles has an extensive practice in EPO oppositions and appeals, with over 25 years' advocacy experience including representation before the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal. He has been involved in litigation (including at first instance and appellate level) in the UK, France, Germany, USA, South Africa and Japan and has also attended interviews at the US Patent Office. Charles has frequently chaired and lectured at numerous international conferences and conventions on issues concerning patents in the life sciences. He has been giving lectures at Queen Mary, University of London to candidates wishing to become European patent attorneys since the 1990s.

D Young & Co LLP

Charles Heppenstall

Partner - Large Loss 2

Weightmans LLP

Charles Hicks

Partner specialising in trusts, probate, wills, capital taxation and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals for the past 40 years. He has assisted numerous families to resolve family disputes relating to trust, probate and inheritance matters, usually managing to engineer a satisfactory conclusion by agreement without expensive and protracted litigation. In the 90s he focused on the problems of Lloyd’s membership, particularly at the individual level, advising in excess of 1,000 clients over time and at action group level. He is now the firm’s COLP and COFA and focuses primarily on compliance and risk management matters.

Wedlake Bell LLP

Charles Hodder

Charles has over 25 years’ experience in commercial property and advises clients ranging from landlords of commercial buildings to corporate occupiers and developers as well as banks and other lenders. His experience encompasses offices, shopping centres, retail units, industrial warehouses and development as well as acting on property finance transactions covering bother residential and commercial property. Charles has acted for a number of overseas clients with a particular emphasis on Malaysia and Singapore. These include major banks and investors in property acquiring and lending on UK property. Other work includes purchases and disposals, leases, renewals and lease re-gearing, alterations and portfolio restructuring, as well as corporate mergers and acquisitions, advising on personal and corporate guarantees, and rent deposits as security.

Sherrards Solicitors LLP

Charles Hord

Norton Rose Fulbright

Charles J. Pesant

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Charles J. Yao

Partner

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Charles Jackson

Charles is a Legal Director in the Real Estate Division. He has experience of all aspects of real estate work and specialises in acting for investors, developers and funders in relation to investment sales/purchases, commercial, mixed use and residential developments, forward sales/purchases, forward fundings, and lettings. Charles has particular sector expertise in relation to build to rent, mixed use and healthcare transactions (including care homes, retirement villages and primary care centres). Recent experience includes: acting on the purchase of a residential-led mixed use city centre development for a London-based property fund; acting on the purchase of a major city centre office building and the forward funding of a build to rent development/conversion for a London-based property fund; acting for a local authority in relation to a major mixed use town centre redevelopment, including cinema, food and beverage lettings and a retail lease re-gear; acquiring a development site for a retirement village developer and advising on structuring and set-up issues in relation to the development; and managing the team acting for the landlord of a major city centre shopping centre in relation to retail unit lettings.

Shoosmiths LLP

Charles Johnson

Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US Consultores em Direito Estrangeiro

Norton Rose Fulbright

Charles Jordan

Of Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Charles Joseph Mumba

Legal Director

DLA Piper Africa, Zambia (Chibesakunda & Co)

Charles Julien

Counsel

White & Case S.A.

Charles Katz

Partner

King & Spalding

Charles Kazaz

Charles specializes in mining law and practices all aspects of environmental law. He is based in both Montréal and Toronto. Charles advises mining companies in day-to-day legal matters related to their operations and commercial transactions, including earn-in, joint venture, royalty, and off-take agreements, mine acquisitions and divestitures, mine reclamation and closure issues and mineral rights concerns, as well as in respect of indigenous matters. He has extensive expertise in environmental aspects of corporate, commercial and property transactions, project development, regulatory compliance, and liability issues. Charles advises on contaminated property, permitting, environmental impact assessments, investigations, enforcement under and defending prosecutions under environmental legislation, waste management issues, environmental audits, officer/director/parent company liability. Charles is also experienced in negotiating agreements with Indigenous groups.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Charles Keizer

A leading energy lawyer, Charles Keizer advises clients on some of the most sophisticated work in the sector, combining skilled advocacy and deep regulatory knowledge to help advance projects and unique and complex matters. Charles is co-head of Torys’ Infrastructure and Energy Practice and leads the Energy Regulatory Practice. He maintains an active practice with an emphasis on administrative law and project development in the energy sector. He frequently advises generators (renewable and conventional), transmitters, and electricity and natural gas distributors in relation to regulatory, project development and contractual matters. Charles regularly appears before the Ontario Energy Board on rates, licensing and leave to construct matters applications, some of which are the most complex and unique matters considered by that tribunal. As lead counsel on a number of generation and transmission projects, Charles has provided strategic advice related to federal and provincial regulatory regimes, and he has a strong understanding of project development—from the initial stages to connection and commercial operation.

Torys

Charles Kelley

Partner

Mayer Brown

Charles Kimmett

Charley Kimmett has been identified as “a go-to attorney in business law” and “the kind you’d go to war with.” He is a trial attorney who focuses on civil and commercial litigation, complex business and contract disputes, appeals, and bid protest and procurement litigation. Charley tries cases in federal courts, state courts, and before tribunals—anything and everything from a jury to an ALJ or arbitration tribunal. Charley is a seasoned trial attorney focused on winning the case for his client by being the most prepared, highly skilled, experienced advocate. He relishes any opportunity to try a case, but appreciates the value of a worthwhile settlement. His recent experience as lead counsel includes: Winning a unanimous jury decision on all counts in the federal district court in Sherman, Texas—the opposing party’s and counsel’s “home court”—on behalf of the worldwide leader in live touring family entertainment experiences. Winning a defense award in an American Arbitration Association proceeding in New York City defeating claims that that his client breached license and royalty agreements. Winning an evidentiary hearing on a TRO proceeding in Springfield, Illinois and convincing the Judge not only to deny the requested injunctive relief, but to throw out the entire case brought by the opposing party. Winning an arbitration in which his client sought specific performance of a $37 million teaming agreement. Convincing an administrative law judge after a three-day hearing to reject false representations by a competing bidder in the client’s protest to a procurement award. In addition to his civil litigation work, Charley leads HWG’s bid protests and procurement litigation and litigation financing practice groups.

HWG

Charles Kolstad

Partner

Withers

Charles Koskas

Partner

Bersay

Charles Koster

Partner

White & Case LLP