Charles Peter Kirk is an experienced corporate and banking lawyer currently serving as Associate General Counsel for Product at Copper.co, having previously held positions as Senior Counsel and Legal Counsel within the same organization. Prior to joining Copper.co, Charles worked at Tees Law as an Associate and was a PhD Candidate at the University of Essex. Charles has extensive prior experience as an Associate at Birketts LLP and as a Vice President at Deutsche Bank, where significant contributions included involvement in the CDS central clearing initiative in Japan. Additional experiences include roles at Barclays Investment Bank, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, focusing on various aspects of structured finance and capital markets. Academically, Charles holds a Master's Degree in European Law from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Laws in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from the University of Essex. Charles is also a former photojournalist with a particular focus on conflict and the refugee crisis.