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Charlotte Nolan

Partner
Baker & McKenzie Services Limited

Biography

Charlotte is a partner in Baker McKenzie's corporate group based in London. Charlotte advises clients in relation to Corporate Reorganisations and general English company law matters.

Having completed her training contract at Baker McKenzie, Charlotte qualified into the corporate group in 2013.

Charlotte has completed two client secondments during her time at Baker McKenzie, spending six months at a multinational pharmaceuticals company in 2014 and ten months at a global financial institution overseeing corporate law matters across EMEA and APAC in 2018 and 2019.

Practice Focus

As a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Reorganisations Practice, Charlotte focuses on designing, planning, implementing and delivering cross-border and domestic business transformations for our multinational clients.

Charlotte advises clients across a range of industries, with a particular focus on Financial Institutions and Healthcare.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Acted for GSK on the separation of its biopharma and consumer healthcare businesses into its consumer healthcare joint venture with Pfizer, and the operational aspects of the subsequent listing of the joint venture company, Haleon plc, on the London Stock Exchange.
  • Advised S&P Global on their merger with the IHS Markit group.
  • Advised Sony Music Entertainment in connection with the restructuring aspects of Simon Cowell's acquisition of Sony Music Entertainment's stake in their global joint venture talent and production company. 
  • Advised a multinational financial institution in respect of the restructuring of its regulated EMEA business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in anticipation of Brexit.
  • Advised a leading US-headquartered energy company with respect to the post acquisition integration of an acquired group across four jurisdictions. 
  • Advised on the English law aspects of a post acquisition integration, and entity rationalisation project for a Global pharmaceuticals company. 
  • Advised on the implementation of an international cash pooling arrangement for a large multinational group of manufacturing and supply companies. 
  • Advised on the restructuring of the holding company and intercompany financing arrangements of an international shipping company across the UK, US and APAC. 

Professional Associations and Memberships

Law Society of England & Wales

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom (2013)

Education

  • College of Law (Legal Practice Course) (2011)
  • College of Law (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2010)
  • University of Oxford (St. Catherine's College) (BA Hons (Oxon) History) (2009)

Languages

  • English