Commercial Litigation lawyers

Cecilia Moss

Founding Partner

Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

Celinda Metro

Counsel

Watson Farley & Williams (New York) LLP

Celso Cintra Mori

Partner.

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Chad Ewing

Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Chaitanya Kaushik

Associate Partner

DMD Advocates

Chan Siew Cheong

Senior Consultant

Teh & Lee

Chan Wei Meng

Director, Corporate Restructuring & Workouts

Drew & Napier LLC

Chantal Feeney

Solicitor in the Litigation Department

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP

Chantale Fiebig

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Charbel Maakaron

Managing Partner- Doha Office

Crowell & Moring LLP

Charles Davies

Charles Davies is a partner within the Dispute Resolution department in the Isle of Man. He joined Appleby in October 2007 and became a partner in 2010. He specialises in complex corporate and commercial disputes. Since joining the firm, Charles has advised and acted for clients in a variety of commercial, corporate and trust disputes. Clients have included regulatory and governmental bodies, insurers and city firms of solicitors. Prior to joining the firm, Charles practised from 1996 to 2007 as a barrister in a commercial set of chambers in London (Stone Chambers), specialising in all aspects of commercial and shipping litigation, including arbitration.

Appleby

Charles Fursdon

Charles advises private, commercial and institutional clients on a wide range of contentious matters. He advises both claimants and defendants on all stages of the litigation process from pre-action up to trial. He has experience assisting on multi-million pound cases in the High Court as well as smaller matters in the County Court.

Farrer & Co

Charles Goumaz

Charles Goumaz is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution Group in Geneva. Specializing in white-collar and cybercrime defense as well as commercial litigation, Charles provides legal and strategic representation to high-profile individuals, corporate clients, and financial institutions in a wide range of matters involving sensitive issues and multi-jurisdictional aspects. His practice also includes crisis and reputation management, international mutual legal assistance and enforcement proceedings, asset tracing and recovery, as well as internal investigations. Charles is a Certified Specialist SBA (Swiss Bar Association) in Criminal Law. Experience: Defense of banks, financial intermediaries, commodities trading companies and senior executives in criminal and mutual legal assistance proceedings, involving inter alia fraud, mismanagement, bribery, money laundering, forgery and war crime allegations. Defense of senior executives and financial institutions in enforcement and administrative criminal proceedings. Representation of clients in complex shareholders disputes involving litigation proceedings and settlements negotiation. Defense of cybercrime victims, including data breach notification processes as well as asset tracing and recovery.

Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd

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 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 Lloyd

Charles is a private client disputes lawyer with over 25 years of specialist experience in a broad range of international trust and estate disputes as well as general commercial litigation. He has a depth of experience and specialist expertise in advising trustees, beneficiaries, protectors, executors, administrators in contentious situations arising out of disputes involving these structures. In particular, he advises on disputes relating to the succession of valuable family businesses and other assets held in complex structures, involving trusts, foundations, partnerships and other corporate entities, as well as cross-border estates. These cases have often involved issues around the capacity of settlors and testators. Charles frequently works at the point of intersection between traditional private client litigation, white-collar crime, regulatory investigations, and fraud. In addition, he advises trustees facing challenges in matrimonial litigation and has experience handling disputes involving Sharia law. Charles is described in directories as “a brilliant litigator, incredibly clever and accessible“. He is ranked Band 1 in Chambers & Partners, listed in the ‘Hall of Fame’ by The Legal 500, and recognised as ‘Top Recommended’ in the contentious trust Spear’s 500 index. Before becoming a partner at Harbottle & Lewis in April 2025, Charles was for 25 years the head of Macfarlanes’ private client disputes group.

Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Charles Powell

I have over 25 years’ experience as a mediator and have now conducted over 450 mediations. I am a founder member of the Association of Midlands Mediators. I joined the In Place of Strife panel in 2018. I specialise in commercial disputes, partnership disputes, professional negligence, property claims, fire damage claims and banking/asset finance disputes.

IPOS Mediation

Charles Scerri

Partner

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Charles Scibetta

Founding Partner

Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

Charles Shewmake

Partner

Holland & Knight

Charles Tobin

Partner and Practice Leader of Media and Entertainment Law Group

Ballard Spahr LLP

Charles Weiss

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Charlotte Coleman

Senior associate Charlotte qualified in October 2008 and joined the Property Litigation team at Winckworth Sherwood in October 2012. She has experience advising on contentious commercial landlord and tenant issues including all aspects of estate and asset management such as service charges, opposed and unopposed lease renewals, the exercise of break options, rent reviews, breaches of leasehold covenants, tenant insolvency and applications for consent to assign and underlet. She has significant experience advising on vacant possession strategies and rights of light issues and has also dealt with issues relating to party walls, restrictive covenants, easements, access rights and trespass

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Charlotte Dowding

Associate in Dispute Resolution

TWM Solicitors LLP