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Provided by Keith Thomas

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Keith leads Stewarts’ securities litigation practice and has led high profile multi-claimant actions on behalf of institutional investors against RBS Group, Tesco, Glencore and Petrofac to recover shareholder losses arising from misleading disclosures to the market of wrongdoing in those companies. He has a focus on complex and high-value commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on financial services and banking disputes.

Keith’s expertise is in banking and financial litigation with a specialism in group actions. He is a leading practitioner in claimant securities litigation under the Financial Services and Markets Act where he acts for financial institutions including asset managers, public and private pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.

He is a highly experienced commercial litigator and has acted for and against banks, corporates, high net worth individuals, trusts and government entities. His cases have covered numerous subject areas including dividend arbitrage disputes revolving around cum/ex and cum/cum trading, multi-jurisdictional and international disputes (particularly in the offshore jurisdictions), fraud and asset recovery, insolvency and high net worth private client and trust disputes.

Career

Keith has a master’s degree in electronic systems engineering. After requalifying as a lawyer he trained and practised at CMS Cameron McKenna before joining Stewarts as a partner in 2010, where he leads the Securities Litigation practice.

Professional Memberships

Keith is a member of the International Bar Association and the London Solicitors Litigation Association. and the National Association of Pension Plan Attorneys.

Publications

Keith is on the steering committee of the Cambridge European Forum for Collective Redress and co-authored the English chapter of the Lexology Guide to Securities Litigation. He has also written for Mass Claims Journal.

Personal

Keith takes any opportunity to be outside whether that is skiing, sailing, road cycling or mountain biking in the South Downs.

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Keith Thomas co-heads the firm's group actions team. He is renowned for his securities litigation experience and is also highly adept at group litigation in the broader financial services and banking sphere.

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