Financial Services Litigation

Our team of financial services litigation, contentious regulatory and investigations lawyers offer expert, strategic advice to guide clients through a range of complex, high-value and reputationally critical issues.

Our sector focus

Our contentious financial services expertise reflects our overall strengths as a firm. We are sector focused, delivering specialist advice and solutions to:

Senior Executives, Entrepreneurs, Investors and (U)HNWIs
Asset Managers, Investment Funds and Private Equity
Private Banks and Wealth Managers

Our contentious financial services expertise

Within our chosen sectors, we advise on a wide range of contentious matters, including:

Complex litigation, disputes and cross-border claims
Internal and whistleblowing related investigations
Acting for individuals in regulatory investigations and enforcement action
Partnership disputes
Market abuse investigations

With the increasingly international nature of litigation and regulatory investigations and enforcement action, clients benefit from our long-established links with market-leading overseas law firms and other firms providing complementary expert services across the globe.

We are experienced in handling high-profile “bet the company” type matters, often of an international/cross-border nature.

Because of our sector focus, we operate at the top end of the market in our chosen specialisms. Our advice is practical, commercial and tailored to the individual requirements and circumstances of our clients.

Recent client highlights

Acting for an entrepreneur in the financial services industry in defending multi-billion dollar claims in the High Court.
Advising a senior executive in the context of an investigation into market manipulation.
Acting for an investment fund in a multi-million dollar claim against an asset manager.
Acting for a private bank in relation to the investigation of regulatory breach allegations made by a whistleblower.
Advising a senior executive in private equity in the context of bribery and corruption allegations.
Acting for an alternative investment management company in a dispute related to advice given in the context of complex investment instruments.
Acting for a HNWI in a dispute related to BitCoin exchanges.
Acting for a senior executive in the context of an investigation, and subsequent defence of multi-million dollar High Court proceedings, concerning alleged related-party Private Equity transactions.