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Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

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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.

Work Highlights

  • 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.

Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant respondent
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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.

Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant respondent
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Cooke, Young & Keidan offers a Rolls Royce service handling complex and high-value banking litigation.

Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant respondent
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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
3
Sinead O'Callaghan
3
Band 3

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
5
Stephen Elam
5
Band 5

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.

He is an excellent lawyer and a thoroughly decent person.

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Sinead O'Callaghan
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Sinead O'Callaghan
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Stephen Elam
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Stephen Elam
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