Chris Busby > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
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Chris Busby
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Chris is a partner in our Financial Institutions Group and leads Eversheds’ Retail Finance Sector Group.
Chris has 20 years experience and specialises in contentious banking work including regulatory projects and litigation. He leads a team of 20 lawyers. Chris’s clients include HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, Santander, Tesco Bank and TSB.
Chris has experience of dealing with issues concerning a wide range of products including unsecured and secured lending, current accounts and savings and protection products and pensions. Chris also has wide experience of commercial lending issues including issues concerning construction of facility agreements, security problems and professional negligence claims.
Chris is a member of the BBA’s complaint handling committee and regularly speaks on topics concerning complaints issues. He has handled many root cause analysis projects and past business reviews including major projects concerning consumer credit, mortgages and PPI.
Chris has handled various aspects of all the major mis-selling issues of the past 15 years including the pensions review, overdraft and credit card charges, endowment mortgages and PPI. Chris advises on contentious issues concerning the Consumer Credit Act including the implications of the CONC rules.
Chris is an expert on issues concerning the Financial Ombudsman Service and Claims Management Companies, advising regularly on difficult areas and new trends.
He is regarded by Chambers and Partners (2015) as a leading individual. Chambers states, "[Chris] is highly regarded for his vast dispute resolution experience, including specialist banking litigation and regulation expertise.” The team Chris leads is ranked in Tier 1 of both Chambers and Legal 500 for banking disputes :“Very proactive' team always goes the extra mile to share industry knowledge and insight'. It handles the market’s largest financial disputes.”
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Partner
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
(Leading partners)Bringing a ‘wide variety of skillsets’, the Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP practice has vast expertise in high-value Quincecare-based claims, asset tracing and recovery cases and commercial lending disputes. The firm’s client list includes global financial institutions, motor finance-focused corporations and specialist brokers, with the team’s head Chris Busby being an expert in PPI and mis-selling issues. Martin Ward has experience of fraud actions and breaches of mandates, Victoria Savage regularly acts for mortgage lenders and banks, whilst both Amanda Rowley and Daniel Murphy stand out for their knowledge in contractual disputes and pension litigation claims.
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP‘s ‘outstanding’ banking litigation practice spans the range of financial services disputes, from mis-selling and Quincecare claims to asset recovery and insolvency matters, to derivatives and structured products disputes. Chris Busby leads the firm’s UK practice, while David Flack heads the banking litigation team in London, representing financial institutions in wholesale and financial instrument disputes. James Southworth represents investment, corporate, and retail banks in the London team, while also leading the financial services litigation, investigations, and contentious regulatory team in the North of England. Martin Ward leads the West Midlands practice, Sarah Langham the East Midlands team, and Gareth Vowles the Cardiff group. Kari McCormick is regularly called on by accountancy firms, while Mark Cooper boasts extensive experience advising private banks and wealth managers.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking litigation West Midlands > Dispute resolution
- Leading partners West Midlands > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Employment > Employment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Property litigation