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About
Provided by Charlotte Thomas
Practice Areas
Charlotte is an in-demand senior junior whose practice covers all aspects of commercial and competition litigation and arbitration together with EU and public law. She was Legal 500’s Competition Junior of the Year in 2022. Client have commented on her “brilliant and creative legal mind” and called her “forensic, hugely knowledgeable and good-humoured throughout”. She is instructed in many of the leading competition cases including regulatory appeals, CPO cases for both defendants and claimants, private damages actions, and merger advice, while significant recent commercial instructions have encompassed auditor’s negligence, civil fraud, and securities litigation, as well as numerous commercial arbitrations.
The wide-ranging nature of her practice makes her particularly well suited to considering novel and complex factual and legal situations which may straddle multiple practice areas. She has developed particular expertise in the financial services, life sciences, energy & natural resources, and software sectors.
Charlotte is fluent in French and German, has a working knowledge of Spanish, and has studied some Italian and Serbian/Croatian. She is called to the Irish Bar.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Charlotte Thomas has a well-regarded practice at the regulatory Bar. She is impressively experienced in licensing and competition-based pharmaceutical litigation, and is well versed in the workings of both the MHRA and the European Medicines Agency.
Called to the Irish Bar, Charlotte Thomas has acted before the European courts in an impressive number of cases centring on pharmaceutical licensing, competition and financial services matters.
Charlotte Thomas has amassed notable experience covering some of the more visible cases in the competition field. Her practice takes in the representation of claimants, defendants and appellants in damages claims and investigations. Of particular note is her involvement in the forex cartel claim.
Charlotte Thomas of Brick Court Chambers is a junior with a busy practice acting in matters related to financial services. She has significant expertise in financial service regulatory issues, as well as matters relating to fraud and foreign exchange disputes. She also has experience in collective proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I have no hesitation recommending Charlotte. She is extremely bright and well known in this area."
"Charlotte is a wonderful lawyer: a hard worker and a good team player."
"Charlotte Thomas is very client-friendly, thorough, analytical and has good a manner in negotiations."
"Charlotte is a very strong junior and is great to work with."
"Charlotte is immensely bright, practical, user-friendly, hard-working, and drafts amazingly. It has been a privilege to be able to work alongside Charlotte."
"Charlotte is wonderful. She is always willing to respond, has a good written style and is a good team player."
"Charlotte is very client-friendly, thorough and analytical and she has a good manner in negotiations. I would really recommend her."
"Charlotte is extremely knowledgeable and astute across a broad range of issues. She can apply her knowledge to real-world situations."
"I have no hesitation recommending Charlotte. She is extremely bright and well known in this area."
"Charlotte is a wonderful lawyer: a hard worker and a good team player."
"Charlotte Thomas is very client-friendly, thorough, analytical and has good a manner in negotiations."
"Charlotte is a very strong junior and is great to work with."
"Charlotte is immensely bright, practical, user-friendly, hard-working, and drafts amazingly. It has been a privilege to be able to work alongside Charlotte."
"Charlotte is wonderful. She is always willing to respond, has a good written style and is a good team player."
"Charlotte is very client-friendly, thorough and analytical and she has a good manner in negotiations. I would really recommend her."
"Charlotte is extremely knowledgeable and astute across a broad range of issues. She can apply her knowledge to real-world situations."