Simon Clarke
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Banking Litigation
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(020) 7466 2508Share profile
Band 2
About
Provided by Simon Clarke
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Disputes, Class Actions, Professional Negligence, and Funds and Wealth (Asset) Management
Career
Simon helps clients handle complex banking and financial services disputes.
Simon advises clients on complex civil claims and regulatory issues including contractual disputes, securities claims, derivatives, structured products, banking confidentiality, investment management and advice, product mis-selling, regulatory investigations, and internal systems and controls.
Simon is one of the partners who led a team representing RBS Group in defending actions brought by shareholder and investor groups in connection with its 2008 rights issue – one of the highest profile pieces of litigation in the UK in recent years.
Simon has helped clients in proceedings in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States.
Simon is a global co-chair of the firm's banks sector group.
He is an accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution.
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Simon is a partner in the award-winning Banking Litigation practice in the UK.