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CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
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Kari McCormick
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Kari is a partner in our Financial Services Disputes and Investigations group. She specialises in defending claims against accountancy firms and auditors, representing them in regulatory investigations. She has over 25 years' experience as a litigator representing clients in the financial services sector in civil disputes and regulatory proceedings; with a particular focus on consumer financial products and misselling.
Kari's recent experience includes:
Acting for a major accountancy firm and the audit partner on a Financial Reporting Council investigation relating to significant prior year adjustments to financial statements. The investigation was closed and no enforcement action taken.
Acting for a major accountancy firm and the audit partner on an FRC investigation relating to a significant fraud and subsequent company collapse. The investigation was closed and no enforcement action taken.
Acting for a major accountancy firm on a wide ranging FRC investigation relating to policies and procedures. An agreed resolution was reached with the Regulator.
Acting for a major compensation body in relation to PPI claims and consumer credit and making significant recoveries.
Assisting a major compensation body in assessing liability of SIPP Operators and bringing court proceedings against corporate trustees to recover payments made by investors into SIPPs.
Acting for representative creditor of MF Global UK Ltd in High Court and Court of Appeal Proceedings concerning implementation of a CVA.
Acting on a Financial Conduct Authority investigation into pension transfer and investment advice given to British Steel workers.
Kari has written numerous articles and speaks regularly on issues affecting accountants, auditors and the financial services sector. She is described in Legal 500 as having an excellent knowledge of the law and being extremely commercial in her approach.
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Partner
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital