England - London • Dispute resolution
CMS
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Banking litigators at CMS work with clients spanning the full financial sector, attracting instructions from UK and international banks, insolvency practitioners, crypto companies, and fintechs. The practice regularly handle complex and high-value disputes, and draws on its international network to provide multi-jurisdictional support. For one client, the ‘vast amounts of experience and great focus on commerciality and strategy’ differentiates the team from other teams. The 'thoughtful and commercial litigator’ Tom Dane leads the team in London, acting for international clients on high-value finance disputes and contentious insolvency matters. ’Absolutely first-class’ Vanessa Whitman is a key name in the team, with expertise in fintech and crypto-related disputes.
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Testimonials
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- ‘An excellent and well resources dispute resolution team with vast amounts of experience and great focus on commerciality and strategy.’
- ‘Tom Dane is a thoughtful and commercial litigator with an excellent understanding of the market and its commercial imperatives Kushal Gandhi has a fantastic understanding of the fintech market and the disputes to which it gives rise.’
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Key clients
- Allied Irish Banks Plc
- Wayflyer (e-commerce)
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Work highlights
- Advising on English law issues arising in the context of the long running cross-border insolvency of Swissair Group, including providing an expert report to the Belgium Court of Appeal.
- Advising a major US-based cryptocurrency lending platform on asserting its claims against a leading crypto exchange, relating to a wrongful liquidation by that exchange of our client’s Bitcoin futures position
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