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RPC Offices
TOWER BRIDGE HOUSE
ST KATHARINE'S WAY
LONDON
E1W 1AA
England
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Davina Given
Work Department
Commercial disputes.
Position
Partner Davina Given takes on the most complex commercial and financial disputes for clients. She advises multinational corporates and financial institutions on a range of disputes, including claims arising out of financial structures such as hedge fund linked notes and syndicated loans, as well as breaches of warranty and professional negligence. In addition, she has extensive experience of national and international internal, regulatory and criminal investigations in relation to money laundering, bribery, sanctions, smuggling and compliance with financial regulation. Davina also has an interest in art-related disputes.
Career
Publications
Davina was a contributor to ‘Serious Economic Crime: A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance’ (ed Travers, 2011).
Languages
French.
Memberships
London Solicitors Litigation Association
Commercial Litigators’ Forum (Committee Member)
Financial Services Lawyers Association
Professional Advisers to the International Art Market
Female Fraud Forum
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Art and cultural property
Led by Davina Given, the excellent team at RPC continues to be particularly busy advising on issues relating to the sale of NFTs. It frequently helps clients defend claims pertaining to unauthorised digital content, as well as negotiating licence agreements about multi-format distribution rights. The practice receives a steady flow of instructions from auction houses, collectors and copyright owners, and dealers. Other clients include wealthy individuals, insurers, and foundations. Paul Joukador plays a major role in the department as well.
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
RPC‘s 20-strong professional practices group focuses on regulatory issues concerning legal services, insolvency practitioners, accountants, architects, and healthcare professionals. Its workload covers a range of contentious areas, including internal and regulatory investigations, regulatory reporting obligations, and disciplinary proceedings. The group is co-led by Graham Reid, who ‘lives up to his reputation’; and Robert Morris, who specialises in claims against accountants, financial professionals and insurance brokers. The practice further includes Dorothy Flower, who assists GMC and HCPC-investigated individuals; Davina Given, an expert in financial services and accountancy disciplinary matters; and Tom Wild, who is ‘destined for greatness’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Professional discipline London > Dispute resolution
- Art and cultural property London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap