Charlotte Bhania
Charlotte Bhania
Legal Director, Litigation
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Charlotte is a legal director in the commercial litigation and banking & financial services litigation teams, focusing on complex, high-value, multi-jurisdictional disputes. Charlotte’s particular focus is on fraud and asset recovery, trust disputes and sanctions matters.
Charlotte advises a diverse international client base including corporates, sovereign states, and high-net-worth individuals on multifaceted, high-stakes mandates.
Charlotte has over 13 years-experience representing clients before courts and arbitration bodies in England and Wales, the Middle East, and numerous international and offshore jurisdictions.
Charlotte has a particular focus on the GCC region (comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE), having previously lived and worked in the Middle East. Charlotte has been recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” by Legal 500 and regularly speaks on key litigation and arbitration issues. Charlotte consistently leads complicated, high-value matters from instruction to trial with clarity, control, and commercial focus. Charlotte is recognised by her clients for a calm, pragmatic, and solution-driven approach under pressure.
Charlotte joined Wallace in 2025 having previously worked at US firms and a Tier 1 litigation boutique.
“Charlotte Bhania - a charming manner, yet tough as old boots as a litigator.
She is ruthlessly efficient and has a strong tactical sense which ensures that the best strategy is adopted.
Charlotte Bhania is an excellent colleague with stand-out skills in all disclosure and technology-related issues and you feel that when she is handling the disclosure and administrative backup you will get the best results without muddle or drama.”
Work highlights
Representing the claimants in a Lawyer 2025 Top 20 Case pursuing and defending complex claims involving high-value, multi-layered sanctions issues
Acting for the claimant, a leading Russian commodities firm, in a $3 billion claim in the Commercial Court
Advising the successful Trustees in Lea Lilly Perry and another (Appellants) v Lopag Trust Reg in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, and subsequently in the Privy Council
Acting for a successful defendant in Tatneft v Bogolubov and others
Acting for a Saudi claimant in a $250 million ICC arbitration (English law, seated in Dubai) arising from a joint venture dispute
Acting for the Republic of Cuba and the Banco Nacional de Cuba, in their defence of a €70 million sovereign debt claim brought in the Commercial Court
Advising on resisting enforcement of a $45 million ICC Arbitration Award before the English and Jersey Courts
Managing a large portfolio of construction-related disputes before the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC) and Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
Representing the claimant in the first anti-suit injunction to be heard by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Court
Acting for the Kurdistan Regional Government to challenge a DIFC Court order recognising and enforcing two partial arbitration awards issued by a London-seated LCIA tribunal
Acting for a defendant in a claim under section 90 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Undertaking a six-month in-house secondment at Euronet Worldwide, a global electronic payment and transaction processing provider
Assisting on a US$1 billion breach of warranty claim before the LCIA, regarding a Ukrainian steelworks acquisition
Acting for a Part 20 defendant airline in the Emerald Supplies Ltd v British Airways antitrust follow-on damages claim before the English High Court arising from a European Commission's cartel decision
Acting for various international financial institutions across Europe and the Middle East in relation to multi-agency inquiries, including conducting internal investigations into alleged violations of US sanctions
Representing various athletes and a National Olympic Committee before the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Qualifications
Qualified: 2012
Accolades: Ranked by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner for Commercial Litigation (2024 and 2025)