England - London • Corporate and commercial
Squire Patton Boggs
At Squire Patton Boggs, FCA regulatory investigations, skilled person reviews, and investment mis-selling disputes – including High Court litigation and complex mass claims to the FOS – make up the cornerstone of the practice. The team is ‘not phased by challenging issues’, and is regularly instructed to handle complex, multijurisdictional investigations relating to alleged breaches of financial crime laws and regulations. The key senior practitioners are Paul Anderson, who oversees the national financial services regulatory practice; Hannah Laming, who acts as both the UK and European head of the government investigations and white-collar crime department; and ‘intelligent and unflappable’ Chris Webber.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team is experienced, well resourced and knows the area well.’
‘Chris Webber - excellent knowledge in this area.'
- 'Katherine Wakeham - an associate who punches well above her seniority. She has a good tactical mind.’
‘Incredibly knowledgeable team, experienced and not phased by challenging issues.’
‘Chris Webber - intelligent and unflappable. Katherine Wakeham - diligent and knowledgable.’
Chris Webber and his team have a particularly deep understanding of financial sector problems and are well-placed to provide expert advice on the options open to clients when litigation is being contemplated, or they are themselves the target of litigation.'
Key clients
- Manchester Building Society
- Brooks Macdonald plc
- Independent Wealth Planners UK Ltd
- Gallium Fund Solutions Ltd
- Qualia Care Limited
- Maven Wealth Group Limited
- Euronet Worldwide Inc (and YourCash)
- Equiniti Group
Work highlights
- Acting for Robin Forster, founder and owner of the Qualia Care group, in defence of proceedings brought by the FCA relating to allegations of operating unauthorised collective investment schemes in relation to sale and leaseback investments totalling around £50m.
- Acting for Gallium Fund Solutions in relation to the collapse of the mini-bond issuer Basset & Gold, causing losses of approximately £36m to investors.
- Acting for Georgi Shulev, co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending business Nexo, in a £1bn claim against Nexo and its current owners for his unpaid shareholding and other cryptocurrencies owed.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hannah Laming, Paul Anderson, Chris Webber