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Summary
Charles Walford joined Watson, Farley &
Williams in 1985 and his areas of practice include cross-border and domestic
acquisitions and disposals of companies and businesses, corporate and
non-corporate
joint ventures, company restructuring, securities issues and other fund
raising exercises for public and private companies. He also advises on
commercial and project agreements especially in the power sector and for
procurement, outsourcing and facilities management contracts. Charles has
worked on biomass, off-shore wind, waste to energy and fossil-fuel power
project developments and acquisitions in the UK and Europe and is currently
working on LNG and oil product terminals in Europe, Central Asia and the
Far East.
Recent Experience
- Advising FLS Miljo a/s on the terms of
a contract to design, build and operate a power station in Navara, Spain
- Advising ICB Shipping AB on the disposal
of part of its business and the agreed acquisition of a majority interest
by Frontline Ltd
- Advising a French investor on the control
of majority interest in an English shipbroking company
- Advising KBC Advanced Technologies plc
on the disposal of its Sigmafine business to OSI Software Inc
- Advising Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and
Initec on the terms of a contract to design, supply, build and commission
a power station for the AES Group in Cartagena, Spain
- Acting for a US based hedge fund in the
acquisition of a Turkish company holding a significant minority stake in
a Turkish mobile telephone company
- Acting for a major French motor vehicle
manufacturer in the acquisition of the European Captive Finance Activities
of a major Japanese motor vehicle manufacturer and assumption of related
debt and related long-term strategic marketing arrangements
Education and Qualifications
| 1980
| MA; Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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| 1974 - 1977
| BA Hons Law; Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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