Rupert Lewis

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Financial Services Disputes, IBOR Transition and IBOR Transition: Implementation

Career

Rupert heads the award-winning Banking Litigation practice in the UK and focuses on advising banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of contentious issues.

He has led many high-profile cases, including working with a client on one of the largest banking disputes that has been brought before the Commercial Court in London.

Rupert’s knowledge includes advising clients on mis-selling claims (in relation to a wide variety of investment products, including complex derivatives), securities class actions, fraud claims, banking confidentiality, contractual disputes, jurisdictional disputes and professional negligence claims. Many of the matters Rupert has worked on involve parallel regulatory and criminal investigations or proceedings.

He has first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of financial institutions having spent over a year in-house, including a senior secondment to the litigation team of a major UK bank.

Personal

Rupert heads the award-winning Banking Litigation practice in the UK.