Financial Services Disputes
The breadth and depth of knowledge of the team is well recognised by peers and market leading and brings the team against major City firms. Our banking and finance litigation lawyers also work with the firm’s clients to address regulatory concerns, investigations, and risk mitigation.
Our banking and finance litigation lawyers also work with the firm’s clients to address regulatory concerns, investigations, and risk mitigation.
- Contractual Disputes
Litigating complex financial contracts, including facility agreements, ISDA master agreements, investment management contracts, and financing structures, often involving multi-jurisdictional elements and urgent interim relief.
- Corporate Governance
Advising on governance disputes within financial institutions, asset managers, and fintech firms, including board-level conflicts, shareholder issues, and disputes arising from control, decision-making, or regulatory breaches.
- Crypto & Digital Assets
Acting in disputes involving token fraud, asset tracing, platform failures, mis-selling of crypto investment products, and regulatory enforcement linked to digital asset markets and blockchain-based financial services.
- Financial Services & Markets Act and Banking
Bringing and defending claims under the FSMA 2000, including mis-selling of financial products, market abuse, misleading financial promotions, and breaches of statutory duties; also advising on contentious banking matters involving payment disputes, security enforcement, and liability under lending frameworks.
- Regulatory Investigations & Enforcement
Advising clients on responses to investigations by UK and international regulators (FCA, PRA, SFO), including enforcement proceedings, skilled person reviews, and regulatory breach claims with reputational and cross-border implications.
- Fraud & Asset Recovery
Pursuing and defending fraud claims in financial services contexts, including insider fraud, Ponzi schemes, unauthorised trading, and investor deception, with experience in securing freezing injunctions and cross-border asset recovery.
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Litigating post-M&A disputes involving financial institutions, private equity buyers, and regulated entities, including warranty claims, earn-out provisions, regulatory misstatements, and integration-related breaches.
- Professional Liability
Bringing claims against financial professionals and advisers for negligent investment advice, regulatory failings, audit and compliance errors, and breaches of duty, particularly in complex or retail-facing transactions.
- Trusts & Investment Structures
Advising on disputes involving trusts and fiduciary structures used in investment and wealth management contexts, including breach of trust, trustee mismanagement, and disputes between beneficiaries, settlors, and fiduciaries.
