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Harry McGowan

Harry McGowan

Work Department

Securities Litigation

Position

Partner

Harry specialises in securities litigation and has particular expertise in statutory claims (s90 and s90A Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA)), bondholder and derivative disputes, as well as an interest in digital asset disputes. Harry had a 20-year career in investment banking, trading credit and credit derivatives before requalifying as a lawyer after a career break

Career

Harry’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms and public and private pension funds.

His experience covers complicated multiparty cases (including group litigation) in relation to mis-selling of financial products, misstatements in prospectuses (s90 FSMA), misleading statements to the markets (s90A) and bondholder and derivative disputes. Harry has experience acting for and against banks, and his work often involves multi-jurisdictional issues.

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