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Charles is a senior associate in the People & Reward department in London. He advises on the employment and incentives aspects of global transactions, as well as covering a range of contentious and advisory work in the employment and incentives spheres.
During his time at Freshfields, Charles has spent time on secondment to the litigation and regulatory enforcement team of a major international bank and to Google’s EMEA employment legal team.
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- Advising Hargreaves Lansdown on its acquisition by a private equity consortium for c. £5.4 billion.
- Advising Cinven on its majority investment in Alter Domus.
- Advising Stanley, Black and Decker, Inc. on the disposal of its security business for $3.2 billion.
- Advising ABB on the sale of its robotics business to SoftBank Group for c. $5.375 billion.
- Advising London Stock Exchange Group plc on the employment and incentives aspects of its €4.325 billion disposal of the Borsa Italiana Group.
- Advising Mars on the employment and incentives aspects of its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat for c. £500 million.
- Advising Croda International plc on the divestment of its PTIC businesses to Cargill Inc for c. €900 million.
- Advising on the initial public offerings of Dr. Martens, Pepco Group and Pod Point.
- Advising a global investment bank in defending a sex discrimination claim, which was struck out by the Employment Tribunal.
- Advising on various Employment Tribunal claims in connection with unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing.
- Advising on the application of malus and clawback to employee remuneration.
- Advising clients (both public and private) on the hiring and departure of senior executives, including consideration of incentive arrangements.
- Conducting investigations for various listed and private companies into allegations of bullying and harassment.
Charles Smye
Senior Associate
London Office
100 Bishopsgate
EC2P 2SR London