Professionals across the world face an ever-increasing exposure from claims brought against them by their clients and others, and regulatory investigations.
HSF Kramer has a long history of effectively representing clients in complex and high-profile professional negligence disputes and regulatory matters with our hallmark breadth of insight.
Working with our wider litigation team, we can deploy deep knowledge in areas such as tax, banking, pensions, real estate, M&A and IT to add deep subject-matter analysis.
We regularly work with major financial institutions, accountancy, audit and tax advisory firms, law firms, investment management firms, pension consultancies and actuaries, construction companies, trustees, valuers, partnerships and other professionals. Our international practice defends clients in jurisdictions across our 26-office global network, drawing on our reputation as one of the world's leading litigation firms, as well as the UK and the US, we have represented professional firm clients in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and South America.
As a leader in the field of accountant and auditor defence, we have represented clients in some of the best-known accounting cases over the years, from Lehman Brothers and Enron to WorldCom and Parmalat, and before regulators including the SEC and PCAOB.
We have also achieved favourable results for our clients in cases alleging:
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Malpractice
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Professional misconduct
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Violations of rules of professional conduct
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Negligence (and, in the US, gross negligence)
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Breach of fiduciary duty and other torts
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Breach of contract
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Fraud, securities fraud, fraudulent transfers and racketeering
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Ethics and independence violations
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Conflicts of interest and breach of confidence
Alongside our defence of civil claims for damages, we are also frequently called on to represent professional firms (and where necessary, individual professionals) in a broad spectrum of regulatory investigations and internal investigations, including alleged financial misconduct, personal misconduct, governance failings and other alleged compliance failings. We also provide ethics and professional responsibility training and review policies and protocols and risk management strategies to avoid future liability.
Where matters require it, our professional liability lawyers work closely with our market-leading insurance disputes team for the benefit of our professional firm clients.
