Charles Reed

Charles Reed
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Charles Reed

Charles Reed

Senior Associate

Charles Reed
  1. People /

Charles Reed

Charles Reed

Senior Associate

Charles Reed

Senior Associate

London

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Biography

Charlie Reed is a Senior Associate in the Business and Commercial Disputes team in BCLP’s London office. He advises on a variety of high value, complex commercial disputes, civil fraud matters and corporate investigations, often with an international dimension. He has extensive experience in dealing with a wide range of interim applications, including prohibitory and anti-suit injunctions, applications for summary judgment and contempt of court. As well as representing clients before the High Court and Court of Appeal, Charlie’s cases have been resolved using ADR, including by way of mediation and expert determination.

Charlie’s practice has focused, more recently, on the technology and telecoms sectors – he was part of the BCLP team acting for Tata Consultancy Services in a complex and highly technical contractual dispute that was one of the biggest IT trial in recent years and listed in The Lawyer as one of its 'Top 20 cases' for 2023.

In addition, Charlie has spent 8 months on secondment in the dispute resolution team of a major international financial institution. 

 

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