England - London • Dispute resolution
Dentons
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At Dentons, the banking litigation practice is viewed as ‘adept at handling large and sensitive banking and finance claims’, working with non-contentious banking colleagues at the team to provide clients support on regulatory investigations, derivatives disputes, ISA interpretation disputes, and securitisation litigation. The team often acts on multi-jurisdictional mandates, evidenced through recent advice given to a leading cloud-based software provider on potential regulatory risks. Felicity Ewing leads the team and has expertise in both group litigation defence and ESG-related financial services claims. Thomas Leyland is a key figure in the practice, notably acting for NatWest in its LIBOR swaps claims defence. Tom Hanson, ’clever and responsive’, acts for financial institutions in litigation and contentious regulatory matters.
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‘Adept at handling large and sensitive banking and finance claims. Very strong banking litigation associates, who are unusually thoughtful about the underlying issues and grapple with the expert issues.’
‘Tom Hanson is a rising star associate, who is clever and responsive, and challenges counsel’s advice in a constructive way.’
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Key clients
- Barclays
- Citibank
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Work highlights
- Acting for a major retail bank in its defence of a claim by 150 + mortgage customers who are challenging the fairness of a mortgage product.
- Representing the Financial Conduct Authority on a judicial review brought by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking concerning the voluntary redress scheme established by the FCA in 2013.
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