Charlie Shillito
Senior associate
Services
Commercial dispute resolution
Charlie is a senior associate in the commercial dispute resolution team and works out of the firm’s Oxford office. He is well versed in litigation tactics and procedure, having navigated claims through every level of the English and Welsh judicial system, from the county courts up to the Supreme Court.
Charlie has a particular interest in banking disputes and professional negligence, especially APP fraud and Quincecare claims and negligence claims against solicitors. He has extensive experience in shareholder and partnership disputes and disputes arising from distribution and licensing agreements.
The law is complicated and being embroiled in a dispute can be extremely stressful. I aim to empower my clients to achieve the best real-life outcomes by formulating commercially relevant solutions; keeping ahead of the game with a proactive case strategy; and communicating complex legal issues and options in a digestible manner.
In the seminal Supreme Court case of Philipp v Barclays, Charlie represented the Consumers’ Association trading as Which?, acting as an intervening party. He is regularly approached for legal commentary on developments relating to APP fraud and has recently featured in Saga Magazine and MLEX. He is also a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association.
Recognised by the legal directories as a leader in his field, Charlie is ranked as a leading associate in commercial litigation in the Legal 500, and a band 3 lawyer in commercial litigation and ‘associate to watch’ in professional negligence in Chambers UK. Clients have described him as ‘a very talented and capable individual’, who ‘engages with the details and merits of the case, and has sound judgement’ and ‘removes any stress from the process’. Charlie qualified in 2017 into the financial services disputes team at another international law firm. During his time there he was seconded to Lloyds Bank’s retail and consumer finance litigation team. He joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2020 from a leading global insurance law firm, where he specialised in professional negligence.
Recent work highlights
APP fraud claim
High Court professional negligence claim
Settlement for unfair prejudice
Seven-figure Quincecare claim
Professional negligence claim
Complex partnership dispute
Distribution and licence agreement dispute
Life sciences shareholder dispute
Automotive sector arbitration proceedings
Distribution and licence agreement dispute
Life sciences shareholder dispute
Automotive sector arbitration proceedings
External recognition
What people are saying
He understands big ticket litigation and brings a cool, measured approach.
Charlie Shillito has pedigree, but also an excellent understanding of how defendant professional indemnity firms operate. He is plainly very clever, engages with the details and merits of the case, and has sound judgement.
Charlie is a credit to the firm. He remains polite, professional and friendly in his demeanour, but clinically efficient in all of his duties and care. His communication is superb, and he navigates very complex matters with ease.
Charlie is my family. We couldn’t have done without him this last year.
I was impressed with your higher-level analysis and you saw things that the others did not see. I am also grateful for your understanding and ethical approach to our case. You were frank and honest from the beginning.
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