Charles Jurd

"Charles Jurd is very bright, cuts to the chase, resilient and tenacious within a negotiation, spends the 'right' amount of time on different areas of focus, good at managing team workflow and contribution."
Legal 500 UK, Projects, energy and natural resources: Renewables client

Charles has experience in a range of corporate and commercial transactional work, primarily cross-border in nature and/or for multinational clients.

Experience

Representative matters

Advising NYSE-listed forex broker FXCM on its US$176m acquisition of a 50% controlling interest in market making and trading firm Lucid Markets

Negotiating and advising in relation to contracts for numerous offshore wind projects including turbine supply and operation and maintenance

Representing a US hedge fund on its acquisition of a business park located in Eastern Europe for approximately EUR120m

Advising NYSE-listed forex broker FXCM on its US$176m acquisition of a 50% controlling interest in market making and trading firm Lucid Markets

Negotiating and advising in relation to contracts for numerous offshore wind projects including turbine supply and operation and maintenance

Representing a US hedge fund on its acquisition of a business park located in Eastern Europe for approximately EUR120m

Advising Vale in relation to the divestment of its European manganese ferroalloys business to Glencore for US$160m

Representing FXCM on its acquisition of ODL Securities, a UK-based forex, derivatives, equity and commodity trading house subject to FSA regulatory approval

Assisting n.v. Nuon on the EUR443m acquisition, through a competitive auction process by ConocoPhillips, of participations in 35 gas fields in the Dutch North Sea as well as gas pipeline and gas processing facilities

Advising the Technology Transfer Division of Wellcome Trust on the Indian based joint venture with Merck & Co. establishing MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories with combined funding commitments of £90m

Representing a leading real estate investment firm on a refinancing of a portfolio of six hotels spread across England and Scotland

Assisting Microsoft Corporation on acquisition of a technology spin-out from the University of Cambridge

Acting for a leading global investment bank in relation to the acquisition of a crude oil and condensate trading business for approximately US$1bn including substantial in tank crude oil stocks

Advising World Fuel Services Corporation in relation to the establishment of an exclusive supply and trade credit arrangement with a key UK customer

Assisting a Russian confectionary company in relation to the establishment by way of joint venture of a cocoa liquor import/export and manufacturing facility to be based in the Ivory Coast

Advising a leading provider of private hospitals in the UK in relation to a second generation outsourcing of business critical services involving multiple bidders and parallel negotiations with prospective suppliers

Acting on the sale of a landmark Scottish hotel by a global investment management firm for approximately £25m

Working with a leading UK provider of rail infrastructure services in relation to various commercial agreements including development and periodic update of standard terms and conditions for purchase

Advising a hotel owner on the negotiated exit of an underperforming manager from a portfolio and transition to a new manager

Advising a global provider of supply chain management services to leading brands including Coca Cola and McDonald’s on a range of commercial contracts both on the revenue generating side of the business and in relation to procurement

Providing corporate counsel to an agricultural commodities trading house including advice in relation to inter-company distributions, intra-group lending arrangements and reductions of capital

Acting on the disposal of a portfolio of four hotels and advising in relation to the winding down of the associated joint venture structure

Advising a world renowned high fashion and leather goods brand in relation to warehousing, logistics and distribution contractual arrangements

Advising La Perla in relation to the acquisition of a UK distributor including concession agreements with Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Harrods and House of Fraser

Assisting the Information Systems division of a global corporation in relation to its bid for an IT outsourcing contract from The Pensions Regulator

Acting on the group reorganisation of a UK based hotel portfolio to collapse a Lux PropCo-UK OpCo ownership structure