Charles Randell
One Bunhill Row
EC1Y 8YY
Biography: Corporate Governance
Charles Randell has a broad-based corporate practice, focusing in particular on mergers and acquisitions. He also covers public sector work, including privatisations, and energy-related matters.Some of Charles's major transactions include advising: HM Treasury on a range of assignments arising from the credit crunch, including Northern Rock; Bradford & Bingley; the Icelandic banks; the recapitalisation of the banking sector, including the investment of up to £45 billion in shares of RBS and £23 billion in shares of the merged Lloyds/HBOS; and the Asset Protection Scheme; Centrica on its takeover of Venture Production; Apollo Management on the acquisition of Countrywide; Cairn India on its restructuring and IPO; Bertelsmann on the sale of BMG Music Publishing Group to Universal Music Group; RWE on its sale of Thames Water Holdings plc to Kemble Water Limited; HM government on the restructuring and disposal of British Energy; Aviva on its acquisition of RAC; HM government on the privatisations of British Gas and the electricity industry in England and Wales.
Charles is listed as a leading individual in the corporate and M&A: high-end capability section of the 2011 editions of Chambers Europe and Chambers UK and in the 'Projects and Energy: Power' section of Chambers UK. He is also mentioned for corporate and M&A in Chambers Global, 2011.
Charles speaks French and fluent German.
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