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Mr Harry Edwards

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Harry is a partner in the Banking Litigation practice in the UK.

 

Position

Harry helps clients (primarily large investment and commercial banks) with heavyweight banking litigation matters and complex, strategically critical disputes. He is currently acting on two of the biggest financial cases progressing through the English courts.

Harry acts for financial institutions in High Court litigation and arbitration proceedings as well as regulatory enforcement matters. 

Harry helps clients (primarily large investment and commercial banks) with heavyweight banking litigation matters and complex, strategically critical disputes. He is currently acting on two of the biggest financial cases progressing through the English courts.

Harry acts for financial institutions in High Court litigation and arbitration proceedings as well as regulatory enforcement matters. 

He has written extensively on finance-related litigation, is co-author of the English law chapter of the Securities Law Review and is leading the firm’s efforts to talk to clients about securities class actions in England.

Education

Harry has a First Class degree in Jurisprudence from University College, Oxford and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2007.

Harry trained with Herbert Smith Freehills in London and was promoted to partner in 2015.

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Australia > Dispute resolution: litigation

Herbert Smith Freehills‘ dispute resolution team is rooted in commercial litigation expertise, and is beginning to grow in emerging sectors including ESG, TMT and cryptocurrency-related disputes. Anna Sutherland leads the team from Sydney, and is particularly sought after for her work on high-profile commercial disputes involving crisis management issues. Luke Hastings, also in Sydney, specialises in contentious regulatory work, while Hugh Paynter heads up the Sydney disputes group, conducting major strategic and finances disputes and investigations. The disputes team is led in Perth by Ante Golem, whose practice focuses on the energy and resources sector; the Melbourne group is led by banking litigation specialist Harry Edwards; and the Brisbane-based team is headed up by Elizabeth Poulos, whose international experience bolsters the team’s cross-border practice. Juliana Warner, whose expertise lies in highly regulated industries, is recommended in Sydney.

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