Charles Enderby-Smith
About
Provided by Charles Enderby-Smith
Practice Areas
Charlie regularly advises on international law, commercial and media disputes. He maintains a leading practice in international sanctions, spanning international administrative and judicial challenges before various tribunals including the authorities and courts of the EU, the UK, the US and the UN.
Charlie maintains a pioneering sanctions practice, with his cases often testing new rules and legislation, and establishing important principles of law. He is highlighted as a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500, where he is also referred to as a “future superstar”.
As well as maintaining a strong public international law practice (most notably through his work on international sanctions) Charlie regularly advises on contractual, banking, company law, harassment, libel, privacy and wider media disputes (both pre- and post-publication); more often than not in an international and multi-jurisdictional context. His client base includes high-profile, celebrity, corporate and high and ultra-high net worth individuals.
Charlie’s views are often sought by media outlets as an authority on sanctions, and he has written widely on this topic and others.
Charlie’s qualities include great attention to detail, strategic and creative thinking and a highly sympathetic approach to clients and their specific concerns.
Career
Prior to joining Carter-Ruck, Charlie worked for a magic circle law firm, spending time in its London and Hong Kong offices.
Chambers Review
UK
Charles Enderby-Smith is a senior associate with a strong sanctions practice. His practice includes representing clients in administrative and judicial challenges before tribunals at a national and international level.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Charles has an admirable grasp of the bureaucratic mechanics of sanctioning and other relevant government institutions, and how they can be used most effectively to advocate for his clients."
"Charles has an admirable grasp of the bureaucratic mechanics of sanctioning and other relevant government institutions, and how they can be used most effectively to advocate for his clients."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Carter-Ruck
Law360: UK Damages Cap Threatens Rights of Sanctions Targets
There has been no shortage lately of legislative tinkering with the framework governing the UK’s sanctions regime. With sanctions becoming an ever-increasingly important and prolific foreign policy tool these alterations are growing in consequence.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón wins sovereign immunity appeal
The Court of Appeal (King LJ, Simler LJ and Popplewell LJ) has today delivered judgment upholding the claim to sovereign immunity of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I in respect of allegations of pre-abdication conduct made against him by Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (the “Claimant”).
Law360: UK Damages Cap Threatens Rights of Sanctions Targets
There has been no shortage lately of legislative tinkering with the framework governing the UK’s sanctions regime. With sanctions becoming an ever-increasingly important and prolific foreign policy tool these alterations are growing in consequence.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón wins sovereign immunity appeal
The Court of Appeal (King LJ, Simler LJ and Popplewell LJ) has today delivered judgment upholding the claim to sovereign immunity of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I in respect of allegations of pre-abdication conduct made against him by Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (the “Claimant”).