Blackstone Chambers is a ‘number one set for regulatory disputes work’, offering a broad range of expertise that spans market authorisations and approval, listing rules, market abuse and insider trading, financial promotions, and collective investment schemes. Monica Carss-Frisk KC acted for the claimant in R (Elliott Associates LP) v London Metal Exchange, a judicial review to a decision by the defendant to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of trades; with an appeal to the Court of Appeal now pending. In FCA v Whitestone and Seiler, Andrew George KC acted for the regulator before the Upper Tribunal in a significant costs application. Daniel Burgess acted as sole counsel for the defendant in FCA v Wealthtek LLP & John Dance, proceedings concerning an £81m shortfall in client funds and an application by the regulator for an interim stay of civil proceedings so it could prioritise its criminal investigation for overlapping conduct.
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