Charles Adams

Practice Areas

Charles Adams is a dual qualified avvocato (Italy) and solicitor (England & Wales) who is widely recognised as one of Italy's leading banking and finance lawyers.

Charles has advised banks and borrowers on some of the most significant syndicated loans, leveraged and project finance transactions in the Italian market over the past 20 years. He also advises clients on major Italian restructurings and insolvencies and is active in the Energy sector, having advised on some of Italy's landmark infrastructure and project financings and more recently on renewables transactions.

Career

Oxford University (BA Hons, Jurisprudence) 1990

Joined Clifford Chance 1992

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1994

Clifford Chance Rome 1994

Clifford Chance Milan since 1999

Partner since 2000

Admitted as an avvocato in Italy 2005

Managing Partner, Italy 2007

Co-Head of Finance & Capital Markets, Italy 2018

Regional Managing Partner, Continental Europe 2018-2022

Global Managing Partner since 2022