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What the Team is Known For

A&O Shearman has an excellent group of individuals specialising in the representation of financial clients. It is frequently instructed by hedge funds, private equity firms, and investment and retail banks, with notable expertise in handling claims relating to alleged manipulation of financial benchmarks. A&O Shearman draws from impressive wider strengths in related practice areas and also offers excellent international capability thanks to the strength of its global network. It employs regulatory and sector-specific knowledge on behalf of clients' businesses to identify and mitigate future risks.

Work Highlights

  • A&O Shearman acted for Citi in litigation based on the European

    Commission's decision that Citi and certain other banks infringed competition

    law in relation to conduct in the spot foreign exchange markets.

Strengths

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A&O Shearman is a well-oiled machine, and nothing ever seems too complicated or burdensome for their technical expertise or resources.

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Their work has a rigour and reliability which you don't often see in other firms. I know I can trust their work and don't have to second guess things.

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They have consistently impressed me.

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Denny
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Andrew Denny
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Band 1
Andrew Denny is well regarded for the strength of his financial litigation practice, acting for banks in a wide range of disputes. He is particularly experienced in claims arising from interest rate swap mis-selling.

He is able, technical, sensible and gets into the detail.

Andrew is my first port of call on litigation work; he is very strong.

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Michael Godden
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Michael Godden
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Michael Godden dedicates his practice to the representation of banks and financial services clients across a broad spectrum of disputes. He regularly handles high-value international matters, including complex debt recovery, fraud claims and enforcement.

He has a very sound grip of a fairly complex field of law.

Michael is a very safe pair of hands for complex cross-border disputes.

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Mahmood Lone
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Mahmood Lone
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Mahmood Lone has significant experience advising banks and other financial institutions on domestic and cross-border litigation. His banking litigation practice benefits from complementary expertise in contentious regulatory matters.

He is genuinely excellent – a true subject matter expert.

Mahmood is really outstanding.

He is absolutely fantastic and my go-to person.

His technical knowledge and expertise is first-rate, but it is his client service, fuss-free approach, and clear and very sound advice that make him really stand out from his peers.

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Andrew Denny
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Andrew Denny
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Michael Godden
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Michael Godden
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Mahmood Lone
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Mahmood Lone
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