Charlotte Mullis
Biography
Charlotte Mullis is an associate in Haynes Boone’s London office and divides her time between the Restructuring and Energy Litigation Practice Groups.
Insolvency and Restructuring
Charlotte has recently developed a contentious insolvency and restructuring practice. She has acted for joint administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, creditors and defendant directors in a variety of insolvency proceedings, including breach of directors’ duties and transaction at undervalue. Charlotte is a solicitor advocate having recently completed her higher rights of audience qualifications.
Energy and Shipping
Charlotte has a broad range of experience litigation and arbitration in the onshore and offshore construction, shipbuilding, private chartering and offshore oil and gas and renewable industries. She has acted for contractors, shipowners, superyacht owners and multi-national engineering companies in respect of disputes and providing advice.
In particular, Charlotte has extensive experience on high value and technically complex international arbitrations (including under LMAA, LCIA and ICC rules), as well as experience in English court proceedings involving issues regarding delay, contractual warranty provisions and allegations of misrepresentation. Alongside this practice, Charlotte also has experience in superyacht charter disputes governed by the LMAA Intermediate Claims Procedure, focusing on the MYBA form.
Charlotte joined Haynes Boone in 2022, having trained and qualified at a Magic Circle law firm. Prior to joining the firm, she represented clients in a variety of practice areas including, litigation, arbitration, banking and asset finance, including a secondment to a human rights charity.
Charlotte Mullis is an associate in Haynes Boone’s London office and divides her time between the Restructuring and Energy Litigation Practice Groups.
Insolvency and Restructuring
Charlotte has recently developed a contentious insolvency and restructuring practice. She has acted for joint administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, creditors and defendant directors in a variety of insolvency proceedings, including breach of directors’ duties and transaction at undervalue. Charlotte is a solicitor advocate having recently completed her higher rights of audience qualifications.
Energy and Shipping
Charlotte has a broad range of experience litigation and arbitration in the onshore and offshore construction, shipbuilding, private chartering and offshore oil and gas and renewable industries. She has acted for contractors, shipowners, superyacht owners and multi-national engineering companies in respect of disputes and providing advice.
In particular, Charlotte has extensive experience on high value and technically complex international arbitrations (including under LMAA, LCIA and ICC rules), as well as experience in English court proceedings involving issues regarding delay, contractual warranty provisions and allegations of misrepresentation. Alongside this practice, Charlotte also has experience in superyacht charter disputes governed by the LMAA Intermediate Claims Procedure, focusing on the MYBA form.
Charlotte joined Haynes Boone in 2022, having trained and qualified at a Magic Circle law firm. Prior to joining the firm, she represented clients in a variety of practice areas including, litigation, arbitration, banking and asset finance, including a secondment to a human rights charity.
Insolvency and Restructuring
- Acting for the defendant director to a transaction at undervalue claim brought by the joint administrators of a financial services company.
- Acting for a creditor in a contentious administration relating the distribution of funds following appointment of an administrator.
- Advising a trustee in bankruptcy on the applicability of EU pension law to bankrupt estate after Brexit, resulting in a successful settlement.
Energy and Shipping
- Representing a drilling contractor in LCIA arbitration proceedings with combined claims in excess of US$200 million arising out the disputed termination of the drilling contract due to alleged defects in the BOP and other subsea equipment.
- Representing a French engineering company in an ICC arbitration against a chemical and fertiliser manufacturer on an outstanding debt of US$4 million in relation to a FEED contract for the construction of a fertilizer complex and subsequent enforcement of said award in Jordan.
- Representing the buyers of two ultra-deepwater drillships in two LMAA arbitrations against a South Korean shipyard regarding the termination of contracts of sale due to delay. Also defending the Buyers in a second arbitration worth US$150 million (with a US$50 million counterclaim) involving the same parties and a third ultra-deepwater drillship, where the contract was terminated for misrepresentation.
- Acting for separate owners of two superyachts in defending two separate charterparty disputes governed by the LMAA Intermediate Claims Procedure, the first concerning the cancellation of a charterparty arising out of the coronavirus pandemic and the second a misrepresentation claim relating to an engine failure.
- Acting for a US-based offshore contractor in an ICC arbitration against the manufacturer of offshore cranes regarding the contractual warranty following defects found in the cranes, including assistance in a successful mediation.
Education
LL.M., Commercial Legal Practice, BPP Law School, 2019, Distinction
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law, 2018, Distinction
B.A., English and Related Literature, University of York, 2017, First Class Honours
Admissions
England and Wales
