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Charlie is widely regarded as Gibraltar’s leading property lawyer, acting for developers, banks and other clients in real estate transactions. He has advised Government in relation to many Government-backed property schemes, and represented developers in some of Gibraltar’s largest development projects. He has been instructed by banks in relation to large financing projects and is knowledgeable on general commercial matters.
Educated in Gibraltar at the Christian Brothers Line Wall College and Bayside School, Charlie Lavarello read law in London at Kingston University, completed his Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law, and was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 1989.
Charles has set on various boards, charities and statutory bodies. He was a member of the board of the Gibraltar Health Authority from 1996 to 2022. He has also previously sat as a member of the board of the Port Authority, and acted as Chairman of the Rent Tribunal.
He is currently a Trustee of the John Mackintosh Trust and The Loreto Convent School Trust as well as a member of the Committee of the local charity, Research into Childhood Cancer.