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Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts

FinTech 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Sam is a commercial litigator, with a particular focus on financial and technology disputes. He has extensive experience acting for and against a variety of financial institutions, as well as software developers and crypto businesses. His crypto and blockchain experience includes acting for developers in the landmark Tulip Trading case, acting on both the customer and exchange side in crypto trading disputes, and acting for victims of fraud in asset tracing and recovery claims as well as against exchanges for breach of duty. Sam has also acted in disputes about crypto, blockchain and other fintech businesses, such as shareholder, M&A and consultancy disputes. Outside of crypto, Sam has deep experience in traditional financial services and banking disputes over all manner of financial products, and has also acted on software development and licensing claims.

Career

Herbert Smith – associate 2011

Cooke, Young & Keidan – associate, senior associate and partner – 2012 to date

Professional Memberships

Sam is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Technology Law Association and the Society of Computers and Law, and co-founded the Tech Disputes Network.

Chambers Review

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Professional Advisers: FinTech

Crypto-Asset Disputes - UK-wide

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Individual Editorial

Sam Roberts is a litigation partner at CYK with a focus on the technology sector. He advises on cryptocurrency theft and fraud cases as well as advisory matters, and is well regarded for his expertise on cryptocurrencies.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Sam Roberts is a really strong lawyer and an exceptional colleague.

    Crypto-Asset DisputesProfessional Advisers: FinTech
  • Sam brings to bear a fantastic range of experience and is always a great addition to our matters.

    Crypto-Asset DisputesProfessional Advisers: FinTech
  • Sam Roberts is a leading practitioner. He's enthusiastic about getting into the weeds of future technologies and how they interact with litigation.

    Crypto-Asset DisputesProfessional Advisers: FinTech

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