Charlotte Hill
FinTech Guide 2024
Band 2 : Crypto-Asset Disputes
Band 2
About
Provided by Charlotte Hill
Practice Areas
Charlotte is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team and an experienced commercial litigator.
She advises on a broad range of complex, high-value cross-border disputes across a number of commercial and business sectors, including financial services (having previously been on secondment at a large institutional bank), company disputes, corporate insolvency and civil fraud. She has specialist expertise in digital assets where she advises clients about cryptocurrencies, NFTs and blockchain disputes, and she successfully acted in one of the very few contested cryptocurrency disputes.
In 2023, Charlotte won the esteemed title of ‘Woman of the Year – FinTech/Crypto Innovation – UK’ at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards, for the impact of her work in the sector. She sits on the Law Society Council on behalf of civil litigators (non-personal injury) and is also the chair of EMEA for Multilaw’s Young Lawyers Group.
Career
Joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2016; partner in 2023.
Professional Memberships
Board member of Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery (CFAAR); committee member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association; committee member of the Cyber Insurance Association; and steering committee member of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations.
Education
Cardiff University
2006 - 2009
Cardiff Law School
2009 - 2010
Chambers Review
FinTech
Charlotte Hill leads Penningtons' digital assets team, and uses her experience as a commercial litigator to advise on cryptocurrency fraud disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Charlotte is excellent. She's very user-friendly, responsive, commercial and pragmatic."
"Charlotte is really commercial and innovative, she's thoughtful and pragmatic about what can be done. She is also innovative in the world of crypto."
"Charlotte is absolutely fantastic: one of the highest profile solicitors in this area. She has broad commercial dispute experience, can handle a huge range of digital asset matters, and is very responsive."
"Charlotte is excellent. She's very user-friendly, responsive, commercial and pragmatic."
"Charlotte is really commercial and innovative, she's thoughtful and pragmatic about what can be done. She is also innovative in the world of crypto."
"Charlotte is absolutely fantastic: one of the highest profile solicitors in this area. She has broad commercial dispute experience, can handle a huge range of digital asset matters, and is very responsive."