Charlotte (Lottie) Ritchie
Associate, London
Charlotte (Lottie) Ritchie
Associate, London
Charlotte (Lottie) Ritchie is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s London office. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Regulation and Litigation & Arbitration practice groups. Lottie’s recent work has comprised a range of matters across the Litigation & Arbitration and White Collar Defense & Regulation spaces, including acting as independent legal advisor to a witness in a substantial cross-border investigation, working on and leading multiple investigatory document reviews, and acting in commercial disputes.
Lottie has worked on diversity and inclusion initiatives both at Cohen & Gresser and otherwise, and is a Co-Chair of the firm’s global Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. She also works on pro bono legal matters, most recently initiating a project in which Cohen & Gresser supports the Malawian Legal Aid Bureau in the defense of detainees facing the death penalty.
Prior to joining Cohen & Gresser, Lottie trained and qualified in the London office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where she gained invaluable experience with cross-border matters and high-value commercial disputes.
Lottie completed her Legal Practice Course and Masters of Science in Law, Business, and Management with distinction from the University of Law. She received her Graduate Diploma in Law with distinction also from the University of Law, and her Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with Upper Second Class Honors from the University of Oxford. Lottie is conversational in French.
Charlotte (Lottie) Ritchie is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s London office. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Regulation…
Education
University of Law (MSc, LPC, 2017; GDL, 2016); Christ Church College, University of Oxford (Bachelor’s Degree, 2015)
Bar Admissions
England & Wales
Activities and Affiliations
Member, Young Fraud Lawyers Association
Member, Female Fraud Forum
In short: Should a defendant be stripped of their full earnings from a job obtained by lying on their CV? In answering the question on appeal, the Supreme Court called for a proportionate remedy that considered the earnings received by the defendant as well as the earnings he would have received but for the deception. The case serves as a cautionary reminder that lying on a CV is a crime, and inflated earnings received as a result may be confiscated.
- Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal overturned the previous decision of the High Court in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc.
- The claim concerned the liability of Barclays Bank for carrying out transfers that constituted an ‘authorised push payment’ fraud on Mrs Philipp – transfers that were requested and authorised by her, but induced by a third party through the use of fraudulent representations.
- Mrs Philipp had argued that Barclays was liable for her losses because of its failure to comply with its Quincecare duty – a duty that has risen to prominence as a result of several high-profile cases in recent years.
In light of the current outbreak of COVID-19 and other critical events of 2020, Jumana Rahman and Charlotte Ritchie consider the current state of force majeure in English law, and its impact on the performance of contractual obligations.
London team members Jeffrey M Bronheim, Jumana Rahman, Charlotte Ritchie, and Daniel H Mathias discuss the English law contractual provisions which may impact businesses and investors in light of the coronavirus epidemic.
John W Gibson, Tim Harris, Barbara K Luse, and Charlotte Ritchie discuss the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations”) that recently came into force in the UK. The 2019 Regulations extend anti-money laundering responsibilities to UK art market participants, including art dealers and other intermediaries, in response to the increasing recognition that high value art is used by criminals and terrorist groups to launder and hide money.