Charles is a commercial, technology and regulatory lawyer advising both businesses and individuals. Charles heads our technology sector group and supports clients across the financial services and insurance sectors on their tech and regulatory requirements.
Charles joined Stevens & Bolton in 2016 having trained and worked at a City law firm, and became a partner in 2020. Charles has spent time on a number of secondments during his career (including time at Belron, Nike and Hermes Fund Managers) and regularly draws on this experience to provide targeted and concise commercial and legal advice to clients.
Charles has a particular interest in the financial services sector and supports our key clients in this space, often in conjunction with our insurance sector team led by Heidi Sawtell. His work in this area has included advising on material outsourcing, insurance distribution, custody and clearing, as well as on consumer credit and payment services matters. Much of this work is technology driven and Charles is frequently asked to provide both technology and regulatory advice in a joined-up manner.
Separately, Charles also advises on sports matters, where he focuses on the sports regulatory and commercial aspects of the work we do with our sports clients. He co-heads our sports sector group with Tom Collins and has particular experience advising on the acquisition and sale of football clubs across the UK football pyramid. Charles is also well-versed in the professional golf landscape and looks after several clients operating in this space.
Recent highlights include advising:
- Financial services and insurance
- Outsourced providers in connection with numerous material outsourcing agreements with varying financial institutions and insurers
- On insurance distribution arrangements and related compliance issues
- On regulatory perimeter questions and associated structuring
- Asset managers on key commercial arrangements, including new custody and clearing deals, bespoke AR arrangements and the interaction with the regulatory perimeter
- A market leading financial information business on the review and roll-out of its customer contracts
- On the full range of consumer credit matters, including application of legislation and analysis of enforceability of loan portfolios
- A leading emoney institution on its key customer documentation, including complex card issuer arrangements
- Samsung, in connection with Samsung Wallet
- IT, digital assets, data and ecommmerce
- Papa Johns in connection with the minting and subsequent transfer of approximately 10,000 NFTs, including working with developers to structure all associated smart contracts
- A de-fi platform on the use of open source licensing arrangements
- Samsung, in connection with its key collaboration with TikTok for marketing purposes
- Managed service provider, Zenitech, in connection with its key customer arrangements
- SecurMed on its implementation and management of the UK Medicines Verification System
- A leading digital infrastructure business on the roll out of its pioneering full fibre offering in the UK
- A first-to-market ESG-focused housing business, on the purchase and set up of a robotics-led production line
- A range of businesses on international data transfers, including the application of the new UK international data transfer agreement (IDTA) and addendum
- A world-renowned art auctioneer on its data protection strategy
- Sports
- On football regulatory aspects of the sale and purchase of a number of football clubs, including in the Premier League, EFL and Vanarama League
- A consortium of US investors in Dugout, a JV arrangement involving top European football clubs
- Jenahura in connection with its player management and sponsorship arrangements with tournament professional golfers as well as the establishment of the Jenahura Tour Academy
Charles regularly contributes articles on a wide range of topics, and his sports law blog can be read at www.lawinsport.com/item/charles-maurice. He is also a member of the Society for Computers & Law.
Charles is regularly recognised for his work in leading legal directories, and is regarded as a “Next Generation Partner” in the latest edition of The Legal 500.