The banking and wider financial services sectors increasingly dominate the global disputes landscape in frequency, complexity and size.
As a result, courts around the world continue to be inundated with large and complicated claims against financial institutions by regulators, shareholders, investors, customers, joint venture partners and a range of other stakeholders.
Institutions continue to prioritise how to prevent and mitigate the risk of these actions, but then vigorously defend them if they are commenced. We have worked on many of the biggest, highest-profile and ground-breaking cases involving litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution for banks, fund and asset managers and other financial services firms and their professionals.
As well as advising on optimising the management and result of potential and existing proceedings, our fully integrated disputes practice advises on disputes strategy and risk management to enhance decision making and reduce future exposure.
As part of one of the world's premier litigation firms, our team includes leading lawyers from across our major markets and key finance hubs. Our team also includes seasoned litigators with deep knowledge of securities law, corporate governance, shareholder rights, investment matters and restructuring. We regularly advise banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, broker-dealers, trustees and custodians, insurance companies, fintech companies and cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses. Our team has extensive experience litigating financial services disputes at every judicial level — from trial courts to the Supreme Court and final courts of appeal in many key jurisdictions globally.
Our many years of dedicated sector focus have given us broad experience and deep knowledge of the most complex and sophisticated financial products across retail and wholesale markets. Our international reach means we are often instructed to adopt the role of coordinator for complex, cross-jurisdictional matters.
