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Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

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Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

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Managing Partner: Sinead O’Callaghan
Number of partners: 8
Number of consultants: 2
Number of counsel: 1
Number of assistant solicitors: 11
Number of other fee-earners: 4

CONTACTS
Asset Recovery and Enforcement:
Jon Felce, Natalie Todd, Rosie Wild
Commercial Arbitration: Sinead O’Callaghan, Mikhail Vishnyakov
Commercial Disputes: Sam Roberts, Natalie Todd
Company and Partnership: Sinead O’Callaghan, Lydia Danon
Cryptoasset Disputes: Stephen Elam, Sam Roberts
Financial Sanctions: Mikhail Vishnyakov
Financial Services Disputes: Sinead O’Callaghan, Stephen Elam
Financial Services Regulatory: Stephen Elam
Fraud and Corruption: Lydia Danon, Rosie Wild, Jon Felce
Insolvency: Jon Felce, Natalie Todd
Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes: Stephen Elam, Lydia Danon
Private Wealth Disputes: Sinead O’Callaghan, Jon Felce, Natalie Todd
Professional Negligence: Sinead O’Callaghan, Stephen Elam
Technology and Fintech: Sinead O’Callaghan, Sam Roberts

Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP, known for punching above its weight, is a leading conflict-free disputes boutique in the City of London, specialising in high value, complex and cutting-edge international and domestic litigation and arbitration and regulatory disputes.

THE FIRM
CYK is an expert team of tenacious, innovative and personable lawyers. Our lawyers have a formidable reputation for delivering excellent results in challenging and often high-profile and groundbreaking cases, against the highest quality opposition. In conjunction with our work in the field of banking and financial services, we have developed leading expertise in relation to blockchain and cryptoasset disputes and regulatory issues. We predominantly act for cryptoasset and blockchain firms, software developers and high-net-worth individuals in the crypto space to enforce their rights and protect their interests. We are instructed in some of the highest profile matters in this sector and are able to offer commercial and practical solutions as well as exceptional service in an agile and creative manner.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK
CYK specialises in complex commercial and regulatory disputes, often of a cross-border nature. The firm has particular expertise in the following practice areas:

Arbitration
Banking and financial services disputes
Civil fraud, enforcement and asset recovery
Commercial disputes
Cryptoasset disputes
Insolvency
Insurance and reinsurance disputes
Partnership, company and shareholder disputes
Private wealth disputes
Professional negligence
Regulatory disputes
Sanctions
Technology and Fintech

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Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP rankings

FinTech Guide 2025
UK-wide
Crypto-Asset Disputes
1 Department
3 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Crypto-Asset Disputes
1
Crypto-Asset Disputes
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Sam Roberts
1
Sam Roberts
1
Band 1
Stephen Elam
1
Stephen Elam
1
Band 1
Elizabeth Meade
Elizabeth Meade
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