Charles Claypoole
Partner
LATHAM & WATKINS
United Kingdom
Charles Claypoole
Partner
LATHAM & WATKINS
United Kingdom
Charles Claypoole is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins where he specialises in advising on international law, international arbitration, including investment treaty arbitration, and international trade and financial sanctions and trade controls. Charles has been extensively involved in advising clients on EU and UK sanctions arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and is currently involved in a number of international disputes arising out of the imposition of US, EU, UK and other sanctions. Charles led the Latham & Watkins team advising Unicredit in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC and is counsel in several pending international arbitrations against both Russian parties (which also involve mirror proceedings before the Russian courts) and non-Russian parties arising out of disputes caused by the imposition of sanctions. Charles has published on legal and practical issues arising from the interplay between sanctions and international arbitration, and regularly speaks on issues related to sanctions and other issues of international law.