Charlotte Smith

Charlotte is a Partner at Walker Morris LLP, specialising in employment and sports law. She is recognised in leading legal directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers, and is known for advising on high-profile, complex and sensitive matters, particularly in the football sector.

Her clients include a number of Premier League and English Football League clubs, working closely with in-house legal counsel, boards and senior executives, and HR professionals. Her practice includes negotiating senior appointments and exits (such a managers, coaching staff, and C-suite executives) and handling employment disputes in the employment tribunal and through sport-specific arbitration. She also advises on disciplinary and integrity matters, including breaches of rules and regulations, as well as and discrimination, safeguarding, and sexual harassment investigations.

Charlotte is a regular contributor to thought-leadership in the sports law space, writing on topics such as the implications of the For Women Scotland judgment on transgender participants in sport, the interaction between criminal investigations and the employment relationship, and the governance and integrity challenges arising from high profile sports investigations