Banking Litigation: Mainly Claimant | UK

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has a leading conflict-free group, which consists of a highly talented bench of practitioners with deep experience in claims against banks and financial institutions. Its comprehensive skill set includes strength in lender liability actions, loan fraud matters and suits by loan participants, alongside noted expertise in relation to structured finance disputes. Quinn Emanuel maintains strong links between its US offices and the team in London, with further capability with regard to arbitral proceedings. It represents clients across a broad spectrum, from institutional shareholder groups to hedge funds to foreign governments.

RPC enjoys a prominent reputation for the quality of its representation of individuals, investors and other claimants bringing cases against major banks and financial institutions. The department offers a wide range of expertise in relation to fraud, structured financial products and loan facilities, with particular strength in litigation arising from restructuring and insolvencies. RPC draws upon deep resources and expertise in supporting practice areas, including in its tax, competition and regulatory teams. It boasts broad international expertise, with deep experience handling matters involving European and Asian countries as well as key offshore jurisdictions.

Enyo Law is a conflict-free litigation boutique that enjoys a strong reputation for its ability to handle complex international banking disputes. Its wide-ranging client roster includes hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity houses and high net worth individuals. Enyo Law offers additional expertise in connection with the enforcement of arbitration judgments. It prides itself on a partner-led service, providing high-quality representation at all levels of litigation.

Hausfeld specialises in acting for corporate claimants in high-profile banking disputes against major financial institutions. It offers a dedicated team of litigators experienced in taking on complex commercial disputes that are often multi-jurisdictional in scope. Hausfeld has a strong track record of acting for large claimant groups on cases relating to fraudulent misrepresentation and financial mis-selling. It also has experience handling matters concerning the manipulation of financial benchmarks.

Pallas Partners is a litigation boutique with an impressive team capable of handling complex, cross-border financial disputes. The firm acts for investors, banks and other financial institutions in a range of cases, including claims that arise in relation to insolvency, breach of warranty and allegations of fraud.

Signature Litigation is a prominent dispute resolution boutique with a strong record for acting on behalf of claimants against major financial institutions in complex litigation. It is adept in multi-jurisdictional disputes, including expertise in matters concerning Bermuda, Guernsey and Singapore. Signature Litigation is well known for its representation of oligarchs and other high net worth individuals. It has noted expertise in handling cases relating to alleged benchmark manipulation and mis-selling, as well as significant shareholder disputes.

Stewarts is a leading conflict-free litigation firm with extensive experience in major disputes against banks and financial institutions. Its client base includes a number of leading hedge funds, corporations and high net worth individuals. Stewarts offers further complementary expertise in civil fraud, especially as it relates to complex financial products. It ably handles high-value banking disputes arising out of insolvency.

Brown Rudnick acted for a group of around 200 institutional investors against Barclays Plc. The group claimed damages in excess of £380 million arising from their reliance on alleged untrue and misleading statements and omissions in the defendant’s published information, alternatively alleged dishonest delay in publishing relevant information.

Cooke, Young & Keidan is a litigation boutique with a solid reputation in the market for its capacity to handle large-scale, complex disputes against banks and major corporates. It has particular experience in handling major LIBOR manipulation and interest rate swap mis-selling litigation. Cooke, Young & Keidan's client base includes a broad spectrum of hedge funds, property developers and high net worth individuals. It has noted fraud expertise, with the ability to assist clients with multi-jurisdictional freezing injunctions.

Mishcon de Reya's finance and banking disputes group focuses on complex litigation and arbitration, as well as regulatory matters. It offers notable expertise in relation to private equity and hedge fund matters, with a broad investor and financial institution client base. The department frequently acts for claimants in litigation concerning financial mis-selling, fraud and contractual breaches. Mishcon de Reya is also active on disputes relating to corporate finance transactions, acting for both borrowers and lenders.