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Charles Bischoff

Charles Bischoff

UK 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Charles is Head of the Finance Group. He leads the Specialty Finance team and co-heads the Fund Finance team. He specialises in specialty finance, fund finance, corporate lending, and general banking matters acting for financial institutions, private equity sponsors, investors and borrowers.

Finance Practice

Charles represents lenders and borrowers on complex and highly structured transactions, predominantly in the specialty finance, warehouse lending and fund finance spaces. He has a well-established lender practice advising on a number of different financings including in relation to facilities made available to financial institutions, funds and corporate borrowers.

Charles also has particular expertise in specialty finance and forward flow arrangements. He has advised lenders, borrowers, servicers, account banks, originators, purchasers and other parties on transactions across a range of sectors in this space including debt purchase, non-performing loans, mortgage-backed lending, unsecured consumer credit, asset finance, auto loans, debt collection and payment systems.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Banking & Finance: Fund Finance - UK-wide

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Charles Bischoff leads Travers Smith's specialist finance team and is co-head of its fund finance team. He is particularly noted for his fund finance expertise and is regarded as an experienced practitioner in the market. He typically works with funds and institutional lenders, as well as challenger banks.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Charlie is the perfect blend of technical excellence and commercial astuteness, as well as being a highly personable lawyer to work with on a deal.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Charlie is dependable, knowledgeable and provides sensible commercial advice.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Charles is very thorough, timely and proactive.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • He is willing to consider lender and borrower perspectives and helps provide an intermediary solution which allows a sensible compromise for all parties.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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