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3VB is one of the leading financial services sets in London. Consistently listed in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as a Band 1 set, members of Chambers have a wealth of expertise in this area, encompassing private litigation, contentious regulatory work and judicial review.

Members of Chambers act for and against financial institutions, financial regulators, and private clients worldwide, in connection with a full range of financial services matters, including banking and insurance, Part VII FSMA transfers, investment business, money laundering, consumer credit and enforcement activity.

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BCLP’s international Financial Services Disputes & Investigations team represents global financial institutions in sensitive and complex disputes. Clients trust us because we have a deep understanding of the financial services sector, invest in real partnerships, and go the extra mile to defend their interests.

We have a strong track record in handling and resolving significant investigations and disputes before major regulators, as well as running complex and sensitive internal investigations for financial institution clients and in complex litigation. We build lasting relationships that deliver impact.

 

Dentons is a full service law firm with leading practices and experienced lawyers across all sectors. With a specialist team dedicated to financial services, we have the depth of expertise to support investment, wholesale and retail banking. We have purposefully created a global law firm that can support the legal requirements of our financial services clients wherever in the world they have them. Clients rely on our multidisciplinary capabilities and ability to offer seamless cross-border technical and commercial advice irrespective of the size, location or complexity of matters.

 

Flex Legal’s platform rapidly connects you with interim lawyers and paralegals. It offers a faster, more flexible, and cost-effective alternative to traditional recruitment. Flex Trainee furthers our mission to create a more inclusive legal industry, supporting aspiring lawyers from socially mobile backgrounds.

 

One Essex Court is a pre-eminent set of London barristers’ chambers right at the very top of the commercial litigation and disputes market. Our principle areas of practice include, banking and financial services; civil fraud and investigations; company and insolvency law, including shareholder and joint venture disputes and restructuring matters; competition and cartel damages claims; group and class actions; energy, oil, gas and renewables work; intellectual property disputes; construction and infrastructure project disputes; professional discipline claims; and tax law.  Barristers at One Essex Court are often instructed in the most complex and high-value cases passing through the courts. Recent, high-profile work has included: in SKAT v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors in proceedings brought by the Danish tax authority to recover £1.44bn it says it was induced to part with by a sophisticated fraud; in Banca Intesa Sanpaolo SpA and Dexia Crediop SpA v. Comune di Venezia before the Court of Appeal upholding the validity of interest rate swaps entered into by Venice with the Banks and overturning the High Court decision that they were void because Venice lacked capacity to enter into them under Italian law; for G4S Ltd in defence of a group action brought under Section 90A and Schedule 10A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; and for a number of parties in COPA v. Dr Wright & Ors. dispute concerning IP rights in relation to the development of Bitcoin.

 

Travers Smith is a leading full-service UK law firm. The firm regularly conducts cutting-edge and industry-first work for clients across industry sectors and has carved a market-leading reputation for its expertise in Global Dispute Resolution & Investigations, International Asset Management, and Cross Border Mergers & Acquisitions.

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Independent Mediators is a leading UK and international mediation chambers managing the practices of ten of Europe’s leading full-time civil and commercial mediators. All ten feature in the top tiers of the leading legal directories. They have mediated over 9,500 matters between them in their careers. The commercial disputes mediated include almost every sector of business and law.