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Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant

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Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

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Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Cooke, Young & Keidan is a litigation boutique with a solid reputation in the market for its capacity to handle large-scale, complex disputes against banks and major corporates. It has particular experience in handling major LIBOR manipulation and interest rate swap mis-selling litigation. Cooke, Young & Keidan's client base includes a broad spectrum of hedge funds, property developers and high net worth individuals. It has noted fraud expertise, with the ability to assist clients with multi-jurisdictional freezing injunctions.
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Work Highlights

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  • Cooke, Young & Keidan acted for two high net worth individuals in their claim against Clydesdale Bank in relation to the Bank’s failings regarding tailored business loans and mis-selling of associated interest rate hedging products.

Strengths

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  • I have been entirely happy and impressed with every interaction I've had with the firm from the outset.

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  • They have expertise in relation to our scope of inquiries and they also always suggest a non-standard approach or an approach which we did not even think about in the situation.

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  • Cooke, Young & Keidan offers a Rolls Royce service handling complex and high-value banking litigation.

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  • The firm is small and nimble, has limited conflicts and is efficient.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Sinead O'Callaghan
    Sinead O'Callaghan

    Sinead O'Callaghan

    Sinead O'Callaghan draws praise for her expertise in handling a diverse range of banking litigation. She regularly acts for clients in high-value claims of fraud and financial product mis-selling. She is the managing partner of the firm.

    • Sinead is very responsive and creative; we always find the suitable solution after consultation with her.

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  • Stephen Elam
    Stephen Elam

    Stephen Elam

    Stephen Elam has significant experience in relation to financial service and banking-related disputes, regularly acting for hedge funds, brokers and others. Stephen has particular expertise in cryptocurrency and blockchain matters, acting for exchanges and issuers.

    • Steve manages the perfect balance of professionalism, pragmatism and diligence within the wrapper of being a very smart, self-effacing and empathetic lawyer.

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    • He is an excellent lawyer and a thoroughly decent person.

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