Pre-eminent in high-value and high-profile disputes, Slaughter and May represents clients across the financial services sector, on both a national and international level. The ‘well respected and experienced’ team demonstrates prowess in disputes related to financial products and derivatives, as well as fraud and benchmark manipulation claims. It works in tandem with the firm’s global investigations group to advise its clientele of global investment banks, fund administrators, and investment companies on regulatory investigations. The ‘highly experienced’ Richard Swallow heads the team, and Ewan Brown boasts a wealth of experience representing financial institutions, both in the High Court and the CAT. Operating on an international basis, Jonathan Clark’s litigation practice spans from derivatives disputes and manipulation claims to regulatory investigations. Camilla Sanger and Richard Jeens are also key contacts in the team and Gayathri Kamalanathan brings to the group extensive in-house experience, being adept at handling disputes and investigations across jurisdictions. Megan Sandler is another name to note, along with Ross Francis-Pike and Melissa McFarlane.
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Testimonials
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‘Richard Jeens - very experienced, runs a great team, and often a big team. Ewan Brown, all round helpful and clever partner. Gayathri Kamalanathan, excellent younger partner, on the ball, great team player. Ben Goldstein, another great associate. Ross Francis-Pike: Top associate, totally on the ball, great prospect.’
‘The absolute pinnacle when it comes to expertise and strategic instinct in managing banking litigation of the highest value and complexity.’
‘Gayathri Kamalanathan: deft strategic instinct and exceptional ability to steer a course through complex multi-headed disputes spanning multiple forums and legal regimes. Ross Francis-Pike: detailed and forensic, masters the materials to craft compelling factual narratives time and again, leaves no stone unturned to unearth the winning points.’
‘Camilla Sanger has good experience in class actions. Olga Ladrowska is a star.’
‘Gayathri Kamalanathan - simply outstanding in her field. Excellent technical operator but set apart from others by acute commercial awareness and ability to support an in-house function, including insight into organisational and governance aspects. Nicholas Querée - ticks all of the 'trusted advisor' boxes! Excellent technical acumen in an international context, highly competent, practical and easily supports and complements an in-house legal team.’
‘Very well respected and experienced team. Regarded as the best of the best.’
‘Richard Swallow - senior statesman; highly experienced. Ewan Brown - very clever. Gayathri Kamalanathan - great knowledge of the market.’
‘Nick Ames is a very strong counsel in banking litigation. He is a great team leader, excellent at communicating with clients and very sensible. Gayathri Kamalanathan is rightly renowned as a banking litigator, with great knowledge of the industry and understanding of banking clients.'
Key clients
- Credit Suisse AG
- Credit Suisse International
- Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
- Mercuria Energy Trading Europe Limited
- Deutsche Bank, A.G.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.
- La Société Immobilière du Palais des Congrès
- Predica Prevoyance Dialogue du Credit Agricole S.A.
Work highlights
- Acting for Credit Suisse in multiple claims arising from the $2bn “tuna bond scandal”.
- Acting for Mercuria Energy Europe trading in claims brought against it and its co-defendant, Natwest, arising out of missing trader VAT in the carbon emissions market.
- Acting for Deutsche Bank in the first multi-bank LIBOR litigation in England.
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Practice head
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Richard Swallow