Charles Raffin

Practice Areas

Charles’ broad commercial and commercial/chancery practice, both on and offshore, encompasses civil fraud (with related contempt of court work), company/joint venture and partnership, CDR, insolvency and trusts litigation. Charles advises and appears regularly in arbitration disputes under all the major international arbitral rules.

Much of his work has a strong international edge. Charles acts regularly for clients based in, or involved in disputes in, mainland Europe, Russia, the Americas, the Caribbean (in particular the Turks & Caicos Islands and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas) and the Far East, and he enjoys working with foreign counsel and experts of foreign law.

Much of Charles’ work involves conflicts of laws matters and he also acts as an expert on English law in foreign proceedings.

Publications

Co-Author of Electronic Disclosure Law and Practice, Oxford University Press

Contributor to various publications including: Paul Reed KC, Construction Professional Indemnity Insurance, Sweet & Maxwell; Reed KC Construction All Risks Insurance, Sweet & Maxwell; Insurance Broking: Practice and the Law, Informa

Career

Charles’ experience at the Bar is enhanced by his three years as an Associate in the International Arbitration & Litigation Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP and then his later secondment with a major litigation funder.

Professional Memberships

Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (CFLA)

Chancery Bar Association

COMBAR

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

LCLCBA

MCIArb

The Fraud Lawyers Association

TECBAR