Charlotte Branfield joined the Bar after 10 years in banking, including nearly 9 years at the US investment bank Citigroup (also known as Citibank or Citi) where she led strategy and governance globally for Citi’s business services and products as part of Citi’s Transformation under CEO Jane Fraser (May 2022 to October 2023), and was Global Head of Operational Resilience from 2019 to 2022. Charlotte has been called to Bars of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands; 2025) and Gibraltar (ad-hoc; 2025). She is uniquely positioned to represent clients in parallel proceedings, cross-jurisdictional matters, and advise on the cross over between civil, commercial, regulatory and criminal matters, particularly those aspects of criminal law which engage with regulated activity.
Charlotte is instructed in legally and factually complex matters, either unled or as sole junior. She successfully appealed, unled, the duration of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) involving areas of unsettled law, with the Court of Appeal (Crim.) describing her advocacy as “succinct and impressive” (R v Miah [2026] EWCA Crim 129, [2026] 2 Cr App R (S) 1). She successfully responded unled to an application for permission to appeal to the Privy Council in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal (Civil), and separately, secured unled a c. USD 450 million worldwide freezing order in the BVI High Court which involved arguments relating to alter egos, sham corporate structures, and the Chabra jurisdiction.
Ongoing cases include: advising the National Wildlife Crime Unit on civil recovery and asset tracing; representing a senior professional accused of fraud in ICAEW disciplinary proceedings; a 7-day fraud and perverting the course of justice trial involving a former member of police staff (Southwark Crown Court, December 2026); a 10-week £100 million money laundering trial (Brimingham Crown Court, June 2027); and enforcement and contempt of court proceedings in the High Court (KBD) representing an investigative journalist following his previous successful defamation claim.
In the BVI, Charlotte is sole junior to Blair Leahy KC of Erskine Chambers in the enforcement of an arbitration award; and is acting in the BVI proceedings related to a c. USD 7 billion claim (with parallel proceedings in Hong Kong and England), led by John Brisby KC of 4 Stone Buildings. She is also sole junior to Hefin Rees KC of 3VB in a matter involving allegations of fraud, unlawful and lawful means conspiracy, breach of implied terms and the tort of deceit.
Charlotte offers pro bono legal services as part of the International Lawyers Project, and frequently advises investigative journalists and NGOs on topics across her practice areas, particularly sanctions, POCA, white collar crime, investigations and supply chains / ESG.
Offshore: Charlotte has a significant BVI experience, being seconded to Agon Litigation, a specialist litigation firm. As the BVI is a non-split profession, she has gained practical experience as a solicitor as well as deepening her courtroom skills. Her case load is varied and involves substantial sanctions advisory, unfair prejudice and other shareholder disputes, civil fraud, contentious insolvency, contentious trusts, contentious probate, and asset recovery.
Charlotte’s Gibraltar experience spans successful challenges to European Investigations Orders and associated production orders, as well as judicial review.
Expertise: providing a strategic, business-focused approach to the international and domestic legal, political and regulatory environment. Charlotte has particular expertise in advising Boards, executive management and senior managers. She is accustomed to working closely with a range of stakeholders including crisis communications and PR firms, family offices, accountants, investigators and in-house legal teams to develop a holistic legal strategy that covers all sensitivities and risks associated with investigations and disputes, such as reputation management, privacy concerns and recognising the need for an ongoing relationship with government(s) or regulator(s) worldwide, including the UK, offshore jurisdictions, the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East and Africa.
Practice areas: Proceeds of Crime Act incl. Unexplained Wealth Orders; sanctions; foreign influence / direct investment, national security and investigatory powers regimes (e.g., NSI Act, FIRS, RIPA); white collar crime (e.g., corruption, bribery, money laundering, conspiracy, embezzlement, insider trading, market abuse, fraud, tax evasion, corporate criminal liability); CIFAS and SIRA markers; regulatory and government investigations; commercial disputes; civil fraud; asset recovery and enforcement; interim and injunctive relief; contentious financial services regulatory; contentious trusts; contentious insolvency; contentious probate; company and shareholder disputes (incl. unfair prejudice claims, breach of directors’ duties, JV disputes); antitrust / cartels; extradition; public law and judicial review; and professional discipline and misconduct (FCA, PRA, FRC, ICAEW, SRA, BSB).
Themes of particular interest: human rights abuses and human trafficking; wildlife crime; environmental crime; supply chains; corporate governance; cybersecurity; national security; data privacy; and technology incl. crypto and digital assets, blockchain, DLT and AI.
Acts for: public and private companies; financial institutions (incl. banks, FMIs, PSPs, FinTechs); crypto funds and exchanges; investors; family offices and UHNW individuals; senior executives; directors; regulated/authorised persons; influencers / high-profile persons; government agencies and prosecuting authorities; regulators; law enforcement (incl. NCA, Met Police, INTERPOL, National Wildlife Crime Unit); sovereigns, supranationals (the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund) governments and public officials; and NGOs.
Background
In addition to being Citi’s Global Head of Operational Resilience and Global Head of Strategy and Governance for Business Services (“products”), Charlotte was previously Citi’s global head of the CISO team responsible for cybersecurity strategy, governance, regulatory and client engagement, policies, standards, and Board, senior manager and employee training (including tabletop exercises and ‘war games’).
In her first role at Citi, she led global government, public policy, legislative and regulatory efforts on financial crime, cybersecurity, data privacy, ESG and FinTech.
At Citi, Charlotte spearheaded initiatives such as the Tech for Integrity Challenge, now run by the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative; developed and piloted the world’s first multi regulator supervisory exam (US (FRB, OCC, SEC), EU (ECB, BaFin, CBI), UK (PRA, FCA)) (cybersecurity penetration testing); and world’s first multi country, multi sector cyber-attack simulation with the Commonwealth of Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Central Banks, regulators and CEOs of the largest local banks and telecommunications firms of Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and the UK (then Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth).
Between 2013-2015, Charlotte led work on international financial centres in Moscow, Istanbul and Kazakhstan, and was involved in creating and supporting various financial crime initiatives between banks, law enforcement and government including the UK Finance Financial Crime Alerts Service and the NCA’s Joint Anti-Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce.
As a result, she has a deep experience and unique understanding of supervisory relationships, banking and large organisations’ reporting structures; stakeholder management; Systems; Controls; Operations; Risk Frameworks; and policies and procedures, which she leverages in her advice. She is known for her ability to get to grips with large volumes of complex technical and financial data.
Charlotte has a particular interest in both civil and criminal fraud, financial crime (also known as corporate or business crime), restraint, confiscation and civil recovery, and investigations.
Civil / Commercial
Charlotte is sole junior to Blair Leahy KC of Erskine Chambers in the enforcement of an arbitration award; and is acting in the BVI proceedings related to a c. USD 7 billion claim (with parallel proceedings in Hong Kong and England), led by John Brisby KC of 4 Stone Buildings. She is also sole junior to Hefin Rees KC of 3VB in a matter involving allegations of fraud, unlawful and lawful means conspiracy, breach of implied terms and the tort of deceit.
In the BVI, Charlotte is acting in a range of unfair prejudice and civil fraud claims, as well as general commercial disputes. She is also acting for the Interim Administrator in an exceptionally high value and complex contentious probate matter involving UHNW individuals.
She has experience acting for and against provisional liquidators, and in enforcement proceedings.
During pupillage, Charlotte assisted Simon Farrell KC in resisting applications before the High Court (Insolvency and Companies List) for strike out and summary judgment in relation to the Insolvency Act 1986 following a finding of MTIC fraud in the First-tier Tax Tribunal, which focused on the meaning of ‘dishonesty’. Charlotte also assisted Simon Farrell KC in advising a property investor on potential civil (and criminal) fraud and negligence claims.
Criminal
Charlotte is regularly instructed as sole counsel in a range of cash forfeiture, asset forfeiture and account freezing order proceedings, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. She has successfully represented the Metropolitan Police Service in a multiple cash and account forfeiture matters, including multi-day appeals in the Crown Court. During pupillage she assisted in advising on property and account freezing orders related to crypto-currencies, and an application to the High Court for an ex parte disclosure order.
Investigations
She is developing a practice in government (incl. SFO) and regulatory investigations, whether pre-investigation prevention and mitigation, internal investigations, defence of an investigation, or resolution through settlement or trial. This involves early action to manage the many investigative issues that can arise, such as reputation management (for corporates and individuals), confidentiality, privilege, data protection, and parallel civil, regulatory or criminal proceedings.
Charlotte is developing a practice defending and prosecuting in matters involving, HMRC, Companies House and the Insolvency Service, in addition to matters involving the FCA, PRA, Bank of England, HM Treasury / OFSI, the Metropolitan Police Service and the NCA.
She can provide advice from the early stages of an investigation through to trial and merits of appeal, as well as provide advice and assistance to potential witnesses or corporate entities that have received a request to attend court, give evidence or produce documents.
Prior to joining Chambers, Charlotte worked for Citi where one of her leadership roles included global engagement with governments, regulators, NGOs and civil society on financial and business crime related matters, such as bribery and corruption, money laundering, modern slavery, human and wildlife trafficking, and the Tech for Integrity Challenge, now run by the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI).
Advised on challenging an EIO imposed on a large corporate in relation to actions against the issuing and executing states. This included: disclosure, time-bar, the issue ‘ne bis in idem’, breach of fundamental rights, and the domestic orders available in the executing state.
Building on over 9 years in banking, with direct engagement with UK, US, European, Middle Eastern, African, Asian and LATAM regulators, Charlotte has a keen interest in developing a broad practice across regulatory enquiries, investigations, disputes and enforcement, as well as related civil and/or criminal proceedings.
She understands the importance of resolving disputes in a way that recognises the need for an ongoing relationship with a regulator.
Data Protection
Charlotte is building a data privacy practice spanning both prosecution and defence, across regulatory, civil and criminal proceedings. She successfully represented the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in criminal proceedings related to multiple breaches of the Data Protection Act 2018, and has advised a group on a potential class action in relation to alleged data protection breaches.
Environment
Charlotte has prosecuted offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for local councils. During pupillage, she assisted with the prosecution of a regional water and sewerage company on behalf of the Environment Agency.
She regularly advises NGOs, the Environmental Law Foundation and the National Wildlife Crime Unit on cases.
In one of her earlier roles at Citi, Charlotte led global government and regulatory engagement related to green finance, “Environmental, Social and Governance” issues, and climate-related financial disclosures.
Financial Services
Charlotte has particular expertise engaging with the FCA, PRA and BoE, and as such has deep understanding of their mindsets, motivations, priorities and approaches.
She is currently representing a dual-regulated foreign bank in relation to the Supervisory Notice it received.
Her practice includes advising on non-contentious matters such as the interpretation of the FCA Rules and Guidance, compliance with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR); culture; corporate governance; systems and controls; regulatory obligations for regulated investment managers, advisers and deal makers; and the marketing of financial products and fundraising. Her experience also involves responding to issues and allegations related to FCA and PRA supervision, regulatory compliance and notifications/reporting.
Charlotte has significant experience regarding the removal of CIFAS and SIRA markers.
Charlotte is developing her practice in this area: her previous professional experience, and complementary practices in civil law, criminal law and regulatory, enables her to provide companies, directors and senior managers with advice and representation in the context of pre-investigation prevention and mitigation, internal investigations, representations to regulatory bodies to avoid disciplinary proceedings, representations to the Disclosure and Barring Service, fitness to practise proceedings, directors’ disqualification proceedings, and related criminal or regulatory investigations or proceedings.
Charlotte is alive to the sensitivities and wider risks to companies and individuals from these allegations, for example, issues relating to professional registration, reputation management, and privacy.
She is currently advising the senior management of a foreign bank in relation to their obligations under the Senior Managers Regime, and representing a senior director accused of fraud in ICAEW proceedings.
Charlotte has a particular interest in sanctions and export controls work. She co-authored the chapter on the UK’s sanctions enforcement framework in The GIR Guide to Sanctions (7th Edition).
She has significant expertise in the UK sanctions regime as implemented in the BVI, particularly in regards to the interaction of the sanctions regime and: statutory demands, trusts, shipping companies, restoration of companies to the Registry, licence applications, re-domiciliation, arbitration and enforcement.
Charlotte is developing a broad administrative and public law practice which includes administrative law proceedings, judicial review, regulatory appeals, and assistance with appearances before legislative and parliamentary committees.
She has ongoing judicial review proceedings in Gibraltar, and has advised on an appeal of a judicial review decision to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
Her public law practice draws on all other elements of her practice, for example challenging professional discipline decisions by way of judicial review.
In her first role at Citi, she was responsible for leading the bank’s global public policy, legislative and regulatory strategies on non-financial risks, specifically:
Charlotte is acting unled in a £100 million money laundering trial due to be heard in Birmingham in 2027. She was also sole junior in a multi-handed drugs supply and firearms case, led by Ronnie Manek of GT Stewarts Solicitors.
She regularly prosecutes and defends in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. She has defended in cases involving a range of offences such as perverting the course of justice, fraud, child cruelty, robbery, theft, burglary, blackmail, assault, possession of weapons, misuse of drugs, criminal damage, public order, and driving offences.
Charlotte also prosecutes and defends in the Youth Court; her experience includes prosecuting a joint enterprise matter involving grievous bodily harm with intent (s.18 GBH), as well as multiple trials relating to possession of machetes and drugs.
Charlotte is regularly instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service to appear in applications for civil preventative orders, including Closure Orders, Sexual Risk Orders, Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, and Stalking Protection Orders. She successfully appealed, unled, the duration of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) involving areas of unsettled law, with the Court of Appeal (Crim) describing her advocacy as “succinct and impressive” (R v Miah [2026] EWCA Crim 129, [2026] 2 Cr App R (S) 1).
Secured unled a c. USD 450 million worldwide freezing order, and at later hearings secured further freezing injunctions, disclosure orders and a provisional third party debt order.
Successfully appeared unled in the Court of Appeal, in relation to a SHPO.
Sole counsel defending an individual in a twenty-handed £100 million money laundering trial.
Sole counsel defending a former member of police staff accused of perverting the course of justice, fraud and possession of a bladed article.
Secured the acquittal of an individual charged with perverting the course of justice and threats to kill.
Led by Ronnie Manek of GT Stewart Solicitors. Represented the third defendant charged with conspiracy to supply drugs, and possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition.
Prosecuted a joint enterprise for s.18 Grievous Bodily Harm.
Proceeds of Crime: Junior to Simon Farrell KC. Helped secure the discharge of a restraint order for over £50 million.
Successfully acted for the police in a Crown Court appeal related to a Cash Forfeiture Order for £200,000.
Charlotte acts for licensing authorities in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. She is currently instructed in a multi-day licensing appeal on behalf of a FTSE 100 corporate, and appears for the Councils of Westminster City and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in licensing appeals.
During pupillage Charlotte regularly appeared for Transport for London in licensing appeals in the Magistrates’ Court and at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey).
CIFAS (2024)
Successfully advised a high profile influencer on fraud markets and de-banking.
European Investigations Order
Advised on challenging an EIO imposed on a large corporate in relation to actions against the issuing and executing states. This included: disclosure, time-bar, the issue ‘ne bis in idem’, breach of fundamental rights, and the domestic orders available in the executing state.
R v Miah [2026] EWCA Crim 129 [2026] 2 Cr App R (S) 1
Successfully appeared unled in the Court of Appeal, in relation to a SHPO.
R v J (2025 – ongoing)
Sole counsel defending an individual in a twenty-handed £100 million money laundering trial.
R v M (2025 – ongoing)
Sole counsel defending a former member of police staff accused of perverting the course of justice, fraud and possession of a bladed article.
R v A (2025)
Secured the acquittal of an individual charged with perverting the course of justice and threats to kill.
R v T (2024)
Led by Ronnie Manek of GT Stewart Solicitors. Represented the third defendant charged with conspiracy to supply drugs, and possession of a prohibited firearm and ammunition.
R v D (2024) (Youth Court)
Prosecuted a joint enterprise for s.18 Grievous Bodily Harm.
F v TA and TM (BVI) High Court 2026)
Secured unled a c. USD 450 million worldwide freezing order, and at later hearings secured further freezing injunctions, disclosure orders and a provisional third party debt order.
R v W (2025)
Junior to Simon Farrell KC. Helped secure the discharge of a restraint order for over £50 million.
Commissioner of Police v M (2024)
Successfully acted for the police in a Crown Court appeal related to a Cash Forfeiture Order for £200,000.
R (Information Commissioner’s Office v D (2024)
Successfully prosecuted on behalf of the ICO for breaches of the Data Protection Act 2018.
CFAAR – the ‘Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery’ network
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI)
Chancery Bar Association
Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (CFLA)
Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA)
International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
Women in AI Governance
Women in Criminal Law (WICL)
Women in Sanctions
Young Fraud Lawyers Association
BPP University, Bar Practice Course (Part-time: 2021 – 2023) (Distinction).
BPP University, Graduate Diploma in Law (Part-time: 2015 – 2018) (Commendation).
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Level 3 Certificate in Corporate Finance (2016).
University of St Andrews, MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (2010 – 2015).
Professional Awards
US Department of State International Leadership Program (IVLP) 2019, awarded for leadership in the fields of cybersecurity, capacity building and crisis management. This is solely awarded by, and at the discretion of the US Government; there is no application process.
Select Awards
The Headridge Scholarship, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (2022).
The David Karmel Scholarship, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (2015).
Shortlist, The Principal’s Medal for Outstanding Endeavour & Achievement, University of St Andrews (2015).
Rector’s Scholar, University of St Andrews (2014).
Deans’ List for Academic Excellence, University of St Andrews (2013 and 2015).
Grade 8 Drum Kit (Merit), Trinity College London & Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2009).
“Navigating the United Kingdom’s increasingly assertive sanctions enforcement regime” – Global Investigations Review, The Guide to Sanctions (Seventh Edition), September 2026 (co-author) Rachel Barnes KC, Robert Morris, Rebecca Hadgett, Rosa Bennathan, Stephen Bailey, Miranda Zeffman, and Charlotte Branfield examine: the UK legal framework for sanctions enforcement; the interaction of the sanctions and financial crime regimes; enforcement risks and procedures; potential outcomes of investigations; mitigation strategies for companies and charities; and broader practical considerations for organisations operating in the sanctions landscape. Available here.
“No interest and no goodwill—the struggle to challenge sanctions designations (Dana Astra v FCDO)” Rachel Barnes KC, Nicholas Yeo KC and Charlotte Branfield analyse the judgment in Dana Astra v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] EWHC 289 (Admin). See here
“Operational Resilience 2.0”, Citigroup article, 3 February 2022 (co-author). Available here.
“Operationally Paralysed Global Systemically Important Bank (GSIB) Sector Response Principles”, the Bank of England’s Cross Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG), May 2021 (co-author).
“Banking in the near future: optimising risk management and resilience in the digital age”, interview and article with The Sunday Times, 25 April 2021. Available here
“Cyber-threat intelligence information sharing guide”, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Citigroup joint report, March 2021 (co-author). Available here.
“Beyond prevention: cyber security and the resilience of the financial sector”, presentation to the Bank of England’s Centre for Central Banking Studies, October 2019.
“CyberX: multi country, multi sector cyber attack simulation”, presentation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Annual Meeting, October 2019 (co-presenter with the IMF and Central Bank of Nigeria).
“Driving cyber resilience in the financial system: the role of central banks”, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) and Citigroup joint report, October 2019 (co-author).
“Cyber risk: Leveraging a multidisciplinary approach”, Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, 2 (4), 310-320, 2019.
“From Banks to Drones, Securing our Societies across all Domains”, NATO Information Assurance Symposium, October 2018. Available here.
“Managing Cyber Risk with Human Intelligence”, Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions Report, 2019 (co-author). Available here.
“Digitizing Governments: The Journey to Enacting a Digital Agenda”, Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions Report, 2019 (co-author). Available here.
“Migration to Integration: Innovating for Inclusion and Prosperity”, Citi Public Sector Perspectives, 2017 (co-author).
“The New Model for National Development Banks: Agents and Catalysts for Private Sector Investment”, Citi Public Sector Perspectives, 2017 (co-author).
“Central Bank Reserves: Making Every Asset Count”, Citi Public Sector Perspectives, 2017 (co-author).
Direct Access/Public Access Qualified
Crown Prosecution Service (General Crime) Level 2
Attorney General’s Junior Junior Panel
Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 2025 (non-expiring)
Called to the Bar of Gibraltar 2025 (on an ad-hoc basis)
Following roles with TheCityUK and UK Finance (formerly the British Bankers’ Association), Charlotte worked at Citigroup (“Citi”, also known as Citibank) from June 2015 to October 2023. Most recently she led the strategy and governance of Citi’s global business services (“products”) (2022-2023). Prior to this she was the Global Head of Operational Resilience (2019-2022) which involved ensuring Citi had appropriate governance, data, controls, technology, processes, culture and communication protocols across 96 countries to detect, prevent and respond to any type of disruption, e.g., pandemic, severe weather event, cyber attack or third party outage, in order to continue delivering services and products to clients and the market.
In previous roles she led the teams responsible for Cyber and Information Security (CISO) global governance, strategy, employee training, and client, regulator and external engagement; and in her first role at Citi in Global Government Affairs, she led Citi’s global public policy, legislative and regulatory strategies and engagement on non-financial risks, such as financial crime, cyber security, data (privacy, protection and localization), climate change, green finance and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) topics including “business and human rights”, human and wildlife trafficking, procurement and supply chains.
During her time at Citi, Charlotte spearheaded various initiatives such as: partnering with the Bank of England, PRA and FCA to produce the principles for regulators and market participants to follow in the event a Global Systemically Important Bank (GSIB) became ‘operationally paralysed’; developing and piloting the world’s first multi regulator exam (US, EU, UK), in relation to cyber security testing (CBEST and TIBER-EU); the Financial Stability Board’s Cyber Lexicon and Task Force for Climate Related Disclosure; a multi country, multi sector cyber attack simulation with the Commonwealth of Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Central Banks of Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania Uganda and the UK (as Chair-in-Office); and the Tech for Integrity Challenge, now run by the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI).
In 2016, she was seconded to Citi’s Public Sector Corporate and Investment Banking team for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
At UK Finance, Charlotte led the creation and development of the Financial Crime Alerts Service (FCAS), a pioneering system to enable 12 government and law enforcement agencies to issue warnings to banks of the latest threats to their security across terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery and corruption, cyber and e-crime, and fraud. FCAS was announced by Charles Farr, then Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, Home Office, on 23 September 2014.
At TheCityUK, in 2013, Charlotte organised the inaugural UK-Turkey memorandum of understanding on financial and related professional services.
Charlotte is a member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee of Gray’s Inn. She is also a Youth Referral Order Panel Member with Westminster City Council, and previously acted as a volunteer Social Welfare Appeal Caseworker within Simmons & Simmons LLP’s “Access to Justice Programme”, and with Career Ready.
I, Charlotte Branfield, am a data controller and can be contacted at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5BH or by telephone on 020 7400 6400 or by email at clerks@3rblaw.com. My Data Protection Policy can be found here.
All personal data that I process is for the purposes of providing legal services, conducting conflict-checks, marketing, defending potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes, keeping anti-money laundering records, training other barristers and pupils and when providing work-shadowing opportunities, and/or exercising a right to a lien. The types of data that I process vary upon the nature of the legal matter in relation to which I am engaged to advise, but can include names, contact details, biographic details and ‘special category personal data’ (such as details of racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sex life and criminal convictions and proceedings).
Depending upon the circumstances of the case, the legal bases upon which I process personal data are (i) the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, (ii) the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations to which I am subject, or (iii) the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests set out above, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. When I rely on (iii) legitimate interests, my ‘Legitimate Interests Assessment’ can be found here. When I process data which has not been obtained directly from the data subject (e.g. personal data contained in evidential materials), it will have been supplied to me as part of my instructions in circumstances covered by legal professional privilege.
Depending upon the circumstances of the case, I may share the personal data with:
I retain personal data for no longer than seven years after the case has come to an end or as otherwise required by law.
I do not intend to transfer data to any country which is not either within the European Union, ‘white listed’ by the EU or otherwise permitted by EU law (e.g. to the USA under the provisions of the ‘Privacy Shield’).
Under the UK GDPR, data subjects whose personal data I process have the right to request from me access to, and rectification or erasure of, their personal data, the right to the restriction of processing concerning them, the right to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint. Three Raymond Buildings has a data protection complaints procedure which applies to chambers and its barristers. You can find a copy of our procedure here.
In cases where there is a contract between me and the data subject, the provision of personal data is a contractual requirement and the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data in order that I can supply legal services. A failure to provide such data may mean that I will not be able to provide the legal services.
Rev 2.2 – 09.07.2026
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