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Our Expertise

Our clients include financial institutions, corporates, partnerships and high-net-worth individuals in the UK and overseas. We act across 15 practice areas, bringing specialist disputes expertise to every matter.

Commercial Arbitration

International arbitration under LCIA, ICC, SCC and UNCITRAL rules. We act as advocates in arbitrations across a broad range of disputes, seated in London and worldwide.

Commercial Disputes

High-value, complex domestic and international commercial litigation in the English High Court and Court of Appeal. Contract disputes, joint ventures, shareholder actions.

Company & Partnership

Shareholder conflicts, partnership disputes, corporate disagreements, unfair prejudice petitions, derivative claims and boardroom disputes.

Competition

Competition disputes including follow-on damages claims, cartel damages, and abuse of dominance litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and courts.

Contentious Insolvency

Acting for officeholders, creditors and other stakeholders in contentious insolvency matters including misfeasance, wrongful trading and preference claims.

Crypto & Digital Assets

Disputes involving cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital asset matters. Tracing and recovery of crypto assets, exchange disputes and regulatory issues.

Financial Sanctions

Financial sanctions advice and disputes arising from sanctions regimes. Licence applications, compliance advice, and litigation arising from sanctions.

Financial Services Disputes

Banking and financial disputes including mis-selling of complex financial products, interest rate swaps, LIBOR-related claims and investment fund disputes.

Financial Services Regulatory

FCA enforcement and regulatory investigations, internal investigations, permissions applications and advising on regulatory compliance.

Fraud & Corruption

Civil fraud, asset recovery, cyberfraud, fraudulent misappropriation, freezing injunctions, search orders and worldwide asset tracing.

Insurance & Reinsurance

Insurance and reinsurance disputes. Policy coverage disputes, subrogation claims, brokers' liability and Lloyd's market disputes.

Private Wealth Disputes

Disputes involving trusts, estates, family wealth structures, off-shore trusts, fiduciary duties and claims against professional advisors.

Professional Negligence

Claims against solicitors, accountants, financial advisors, surveyors and other professionals. Defending professionals against claims.

Sports Disputes

Sports-related disputes including contractual claims, regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, anti-doping matters and governance issues.

Technology

IT disputes, outsourcing disputes, software licensing claims, data breach litigation and technical claims involving complex systems.

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