Charlie Wright

CHARLIE WRIGHT works on a broad range of contentious matters, with a focus on commercial litigation, international arbitration, dispute resolution, cross-border investigations, and contentious regulatory work.

Charlie has acted for individuals and corporate clients across a wide range of complex multijurisdictional disputes and investigations. He has worked with corporates, ultra-high net worth individuals, financial institutions, and trading firms, as well as technology, analytics, and media businesses.

Charlie has conducted disputes and investigations across a number of overseas jurisdictions, including Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He has significant experience of conducting litigation in the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, including in obtaining injunctive relief for clients.

Charlie’s experience includes cases which have involved allegations of dishonesty, conspiracy, cyberfraud, and data and confidentiality breaches, as well as shareholder, partnership, and sponsorship disputes.

Charlie has also advised clients and rights holders on IP protection and copyright issues on enforcement strategy and defending against infringement claims. His work spans the full lifecycle of IP disputes – from early investigations to litigation before the High Court.

Recent experience includes:

• Successfully acting for a leading Swiss commodities trader in relation to a claim under a cross-undertaking in damages resulting from a Worldwide Freezing Order, and defended a connected counterclaim which involved allegations of dishonesty.
• Advising a leading Formula One organization on a contractual dispute with a principal sponsor in respect of obligations arising out of their sponsorship agreement.
• Acting for a technology giant in concurrent proceedings in the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal, dealing with issues of copyright infringement.
• Acting for a UK merchant banking group in the recovery of substantial outstanding loans, and coordinated and executed the overseas arrest and sale of a high-value vessel in connected proceedings.
• Acting for a preeminent financial information and analytics company in a restrictive covenant dispute and connected minority shareholder action.
• Acting for the administrators of a financial services company as part of an investigation into its collapse and associated debts of over £250 million, culminating in a six-month trial.
• Acting for a Latvian chemicals distributor in a multijurisdictional dispute arising out of unsatisfactory and unfulfilled manufacture and distribution agreements.
• Successfully obtaining multiple Norwich Pharmacal Orders on behalf of clients seeking disclosure of further information, particularly in cases which involved a suspected misappropriation of assets.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

• Charlie has advised a number of UK-based companies on the legal and constitutional requirements involved in obtaining B Corp Certification.