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Banking Litigation - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins demonstrates impressive capability in relation to complex, high-value banking disputes, including those featuring parallel proceedings in other jurisdictions. It calls upon wider skills in the firm's international arbitration, financial regulation and fraud practices to offer a well-rounded service. Latham & Watkins' impressive bench of litigators boast the ability to take on highly sophisticated disputes on behalf of major banks and financial institutions.

Work Highlights

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  • Latham & Watkins successfully represented Saudi National Bank before the Supreme Court, resulting in dismissal of a case in which a Cayman Islands Company, Saad Investments Company and its liquidators, had brought claims that SNB knowingly received trust assets in part settlement of a client’s debts.

Strengths

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The team is detailed orientated and responsive to inquiries. They really go the extra mile to accommodate their clients at short notice.

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Latham has an extremely experienced and knowledgeable team with remarkable depth and breadth.

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Latham & Watkins has a very well-regarded and well-respected team which is strong in this space.

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The Latham team as a whole is excellent. They are very nice to work with, extremely efficient and have great attention to detail.

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Latham provides excellent service levels. The team is always available and provides regular updates.

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrea Monks
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Andrea Monks
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Andrea Monks has an excellent reputation for her banking litigation practice, representing financial institutions in a broad range of high-profile disputes. She has considerable experience in matters concerning market abuse, insolvency and trade credit, among other kinds of financial litigation.

Andrea is a very impressive individual and her strategic insight really sticks out.

Andrea is an extraordinary litigator who does very strong work.

It is an absolute pleasure to work with Andrea. She is not only an excellent technical lawyer but her commercial acumen is also spot-on.

Andrea has exceptional client management skills and is a great strategist, with fantastic commercial focus.

Andrea has the ability to cut through the legal issues in order to provide practical and commercial advice.

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Martin Davies
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Martin Davies
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Martin Davies is a deeply experienced litigator who frequently tackles multi-jurisdictional disputes on behalf of clients in the banking sector. He has notable experience acting in litigation, including large group actions, concerning commercial banking activities and alleged financial misconduct.

Martin is a very seasoned operator who is great at taking the heat out of situations.

Martin is very high-profile, fantastic with clients and someone with a great litigation instinct and strategy.

Martin Davies is an extraordinary lawyer. He is collaborative, loved by clients, and knows how to fight a case well.

Martin has good commercial judgement and really helps you think through all of your options in very complex cases. He's also great with clients and has excellent teamwork.

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Nell Perks
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Nell Perks
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Up and Coming

Nell Perks brings her talents to bear on a wide range of financial disputes and contentious regulatory investigations.

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Andrea Monks
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Andrea Monks
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Martin Davies
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Martin Davies
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Nell Perks
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Nell Perks
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Up and Coming
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