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Travers Smith LLP

Banking Litigation

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Travers Smith LLP

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Banking Litigation - UK-wide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Travers Smith has significant capability with respect to industry-wide regulatory investigations and litigation stemming from major insolvencies. It acts both on behalf of banks and against them and is also able to draw from significant wider strengths in its finance, corporate recovery and financial services departments. Travers Smith boasts notable experience in handling cases with significant cross-border aspects.
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Work Highlights

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  • Travers Smith advised Nomura on its application to the EU General Court for

    annulment of the European Commission's decision finding of anti-competitive behaviour in the primary and secondary European Government Bond markets.

Strengths

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  • The banking litigation team is excellent. It is consistently strong at partner and associate level and provides pragmatic and commercially sensible advice.

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  • The Travers Smith team provides speed and accuracy of advice, as well as commercial acumen.

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  • Their grasp of the detail and strategic thinking, in challenging circumstances, has really stood out.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Caroline Edwards
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    Caroline Edwards

    Caroline Edwards has a varied financial litigation practice acting for investment banks in complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes. She is also an excellent choice of counsel for private equity-related matters.

    • Caroline Edwards is an effective practitioner.

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  • Robert Fell
    Robert Fell

    Robert Fell

    Robert Fell is recognised for his skills in handling complex financial litigation and regularly acts in disputes relating to investment banking transactions, often with a cross-border dimension.

    • His experience and strategic advice is invaluable and he always has an eye on the wider picture.

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    • Robert has great gravitas and wisdom in the way he approaches commercial cases.

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    • Robert is super calm, creative and user friendly.

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    • I have used him many times in my career and he has never disappointed. He is first-rate.

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    • He is an excellent financial services litigator.

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