Charlotte Lewis-Williams

Charlotte Lewis-Williams

Partner
Charlotte Lewis-Williams is excellent, with a top-tier pedigree in banking and finance law.
— Legal 500, UK
London
About

Charlotte Lewis-Williams has over 15 years' experience advising on complex, multi-jurisdictional and high value finance matters, ranging from direct lending, private credit and leveraged finance transactions to fund finance, infrastructure finance and sports finance.

Her clients include multinational banks, credit funds and other non-bank lenders, institutional investors, sponsors and corporates across a variety of sectors.

‘Charlotte Lewis-Williams is exceptional - a safe pair of hands, knowledgeable, and extremely attentive and responsive to clients.’ Legal 500, UK

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesLeveraged Finance and Debt FinanceMedia, Sport and EntertainmentInfrastructure, Construction and Transport
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2009

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a consortium of institutional investors and the placement agent on the issuance of EUR424 million notes to support the reconstruction of FC Barcelona's stadium, the Spotify Camp Nou.
  • Advising institutional investors and bank lenders on the EUR332m financing package to redevelop the home of Valencia Club de Fútbol, the Nou Mestalla.
  • Advising Institutional investors and bank lenders on the EUR125m media rights financing package for Real Betis Balompié.
  • Advising institutional investors on long-term structured financing for Porto FC.
  • Advising a private credit fund on EUR100m acquisition financing for a stake in PSA Italy.
  • Advising a private credit fund on financing for the construction of an anaerobic digestion plant.
  • Advising the sponsor on the recapitalisation of its minority interest in Boralex.
  • Advising the bank club on bridge financing for Statkraft.
Languages
  • English
  • French

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Fund Finance 'Practice head', Legal 500, UK 2025
  • Sport 'Key lawyer', Legal 500, UK 2025
Education
  • University of Law, London, LLB
  • Girton College, University of Cambridge, MA, BA (Hons)

Seminars

  • Global Sport Agora hosted by the City of London Corporation and the World Academy of Sport, 1 October 2025
  • Offline Conference, 11 September 2025
  • The Future of Sports Business, Finance and Investment Conference with Everything in Sport, 12 June 2025
  • DLA Piper Investment Management and Funds Academy, 30 April 2025
  • Navigating Fund Financing Structures: Insights for Lenders and Borrowers, 12 November 2024
  • Pemberton ESG Panel, 25 September 2024
  • The Liquidity Conundrum – Navigating Fund Finance, 31 January 2024
  • DLA Piper Private Equity Academy, 2 November 2023
  • Smith Novak Global NPL Conference speaking on the ‘Alternative Funding: Non-Bank Lending’ panel, 27 September 2023

Prior Experience

  • 2020 – 2023, VP & Corporate Counsel, PGIM/Pricoa Private Capital, London
  • 2018 – 2020, Senior Associate (Finance), US law firm, London
  • 2007 – 2018, Trainee to Senior Associate (Finance), Magic Circle law firm, London

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member of the American College of Investment Counsel

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper advises on EUR424 million issuance of notes to finance development of FC...

8 August 2025 .2 minute read

News

DLA Piper advises on EUR332 million financing to redevelop the home of Valencia Club de...

27 June 2025 .3 minute read

Publication

International Debt Finance Intelligence Report 2025

27 March 2025 .1 minute read

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+44 2077 966 275
(Work, London)
+44 7557 422 680
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