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Banking litigation: investment and retail

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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The banking practice at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a ‘force to be reckoned with’, with vast experience acting both for and against banks. The team has expertise in high-profile swaps litigation, and is recognised for its digital asset litigation capabilities. ’Dynamic partner‘ Alex Fox acts as head of business and finance disputes, and leads the ’dedicated and hard-working team‘ alongside Clare Arthurs and David Niven. The team continues to expand, with the arrival of John Adams from Browne Jacobson LLP in August 2022. Charlotte Hill is another key contact at the firm.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Dedicated and hard-working team. They bring energy and dedication to a case as well as being excellent lawyers.’

  • ‘Solid team with good experience of acting for claimants in this sector.’

  • ‘Kamran Rehman works hard to keep clients happy (very happy to push barristers to deal with papers!)’

  • ‘The Penningtons banking team is a force to be reckoned with, and there isn't a weak spot in the team: partners are engaged and hard-working, and the associates work incredibly hard.’

  • ‘Charlotte Hill has deservedly just been elevated to the partnership, and is a real force of nature.'

  • 'At associate level, Bronagh Adams is deserving of special mention: hard-working and delightful to deal with.’

Key clients

  • City and Country Group
  • Cutlers Holdings Limited (formerly Sheffield United Limited)
  • Scarborough Group International Limited
  • Social Money
  • Genesis Town Planning Limited
  • The Consumers’ Association (t/a Which?)
  • Ghana International Bank Plc

Work highlights

  • Acts on various high-profile matters for one of the UK’s largest family-owned property companies with regard to the sale of Sheffield United Football Club.
  • Acted for the Consumers’ Association (Which?) on both their Court of Appeal and Supreme Court interventions in the APP fraud case of Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc which involves an important point of banking law relating to the scope of a banker’s duty.
  • Acting in a professional negligence valuation claim for a short-term bridging lender, Hope Capital.

Lawyers

Rising stars

Charlotte Hill

Charlotte Hill

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Charlotte is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team and an experienced commercial litigator. She advises on a broad range of complex, high-value cross-border disputes across a number of commercial and business sectors, including financial services (having previously been on secondment at a large institutional bank), company disputes, corporate insolvency and civil fraud. She has specialist expertise in digital assets where she advises clients about cryptocurrencies, NFTs and blockchain disputes, and she successfully acted in one of the very few contested cryptocurrency disputes. In 2023, Charlotte won the esteemed title of ‘Woman of the Year – FinTech/Crypto Innovation – UK’ at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards, for the impact of her work in the sector. She sits on the Law Society Council on behalf of civil litigators (non-personal injury) and is also the chair of EMEA for Multilaw's Young Lawyers Group.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Clare Arthurs, Alex Fox, David Niven

Other key lawyers

John Adams, Kamran Rehman, Charlotte Hill, Bronagh Adams

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