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Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has a leading conflict-free group, which consists of a highly talented bench of practitioners with deep experience in claims against banks and financial institutions. Its comprehensive skill set includes strength in lender liability actions, loan fraud matters and suits by loan participants, alongside noted expertise in relation to structured finance disputes. Quinn Emanuel maintains strong links between its US offices and the team in London, with further capability with regard to arbitral proceedings. It represents clients across a broad spectrum, from institutional shareholder groups to hedge funds to foreign governments.

Work Highlights

  • Quinn Emanuel filed a claim on behalf of the FDIC in the English Courts against a number of high-profile banks for losses suffered by a group of failed US banks as a result of alleged collusion in relation to the setting of USD LIBOR between

    2007 and 2011.

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Notable Practitioners

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Richard East
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Richard East
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Richard East is highly respected for his capabilities as a litigator and great experience in the financial sector. He is an excellent choice of representation for complex banking disputes involving claims of fraud and financial mis-selling.

To my mind he is the pre-eminent lawyer on the claimant side and has oodles of judgement and so much experience.

Richard is top in class. He always shows up when you need him and his input is always excellent and quite often game-changing.

Matthew Bunting
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Matthew Bunting
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Matthew Bunting demonstrates impressive capabilities as a claimant litigator. He is well versed in cross-border banking litigation concerning fraud and financial mis-selling, often acting on behalf of funds, investment managers and bond trustees.

Matthew has deep understanding of dispute resolution strategies and is able to navigate clients through this.

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Richard East
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Richard East
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Matthew Bunting
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Matthew Bunting
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