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About
Provided by Charles Currier
Practice Areas
Charles is Senior Partner and Chair of the Board for CMS UK and its international offices. As Senior Partner, Charles focuses on building strong relationships with clients, intermediaries, professional services firms and local regulators across all the firm’s geographic regions, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
As an ambassador for the firm, its clients and its people, Charles champions the importance of wellbeing and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, creating opportunities for all to ensure a strong sense of belonging.
Prior to his role as Senior Partner, Charles was Co-head of the Global Corporate PracticeGroup for nine years and he has been a member of the Board since 2010.
For over 25 years Charles has advised utilities, generators, developers, funds and other financial investors on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors during which time he has worked on some of the highest value and most complex mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector. He has been recognised for many years as one of the leading energy and infrastructure lawyers in the UK.
As a Corporate partner, Charles advised on many multi-billion dollar transactions, from advising on the restructuring of the UK’s gas distribution industry to working on some of the world’s largest renewables projects.
Legal directories such as Legal500 and Chambers have consistently described Charles as a lawyer with strong commercial acumen, a common sense approach, and a focus on practical solutions.
Education
King's College, London
LLB
1995
College of Law, London
LPC
1996
Chambers Review
UK
Charles Currier is well regarded for acting on M&A infrastructure transactions, particularly for clients in the power and renewable energy sectors. His recent work includes advising on the acquisition and disposal of solar and wind farm assets.
Charles Currier is noted for his expert representation of energy companies, infrastructure funds and other investors. He frequently assists with the acquisition and disposal of wind and solar assets, including North Sea wind farms. In May 2024 Currier was appointed senior partner of CMS.
Charles Currier chairs the board for CMS, and is especially knowledgeable of M&A in the context of the energy and infrastructure sectors. He represents companies and investment funds.
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Provided by Chambers
"Charles Currier is a superb operator."
"Charles Currier is a superb operator."