Charlotte Hill

Solicitor, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Charlotte is an experienced commercial litigator and is named as a ‘rising star’ in The Legal 500. She is recognised as being ‘tenacious … and a real force of nature’, and is said to be ‘brilliant at case management and marshalling evidence’ with ‘a particular talent for sniffing out the best pieces of evidence in a case’.

She advises on a broad range of complex, high-value cross-border disputes across a number of commercial and business sectors, including financial services (having previously been on secondment at a large institutional bank), company disputes, corporate insolvency and civil fraud / asset tracing. In addition, she has recently developed expertise in proceedings involving digital assets, including blockchain, cryptocurrencies and trading platforms / exchanges.

Charlotte is the elected president of the Junior London Solicitor Litigation Association, a committee member of the Cyber Insurance Association and a steering committee member of the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations.

Contributed to

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Criminal investigations involving cryptoassets—practical considerations

Practice notes

This Practice Note provides practical guidance in relation to companies or their directors accused of criminality involving cryptoassets and businesses who have been affected by and are the victims of crime involving cryptoassets. It considers the criminal investigation of cryptoassets, what the darkweb is, cryptocurrency tracing services and some of the enforcement powers of investigators or enforcement authorities against cryptoassets and their custodians.

Corporate Crime

Introduction to cryptoassets for corporate crime practitioners

Practice notes

This Practice Note provides an introduction to cryptoassets from the perspective of a corporate crime practitioner, who may be advising a company on criminal risks associated with cryptoassets. It covers why crypto assets pose a particular problem for UK criminal investigators/authorities, why and how criminals exploit them and what kinds of offences can be committed in relation to cryptoassets including fraud, money laundering and regulatory offences. It also considers the definition of cryptoassets as property within the criminal jurisdiction.

Corporate Crime