Class actions have been a recent focal area for DLA Piper and the team is adept at representing financial institutions in these claims. The practice has also seen an influx of fintech clients, as well as an uptick in hedge fund and private equity disputes. Adam Ibrahim leads the team alongside ‘savvy and conscientious litigator’ Sohail Ali, who boasts an impressive roster of investment, commercial and retail banks, funds, and fintechs, and Jeremy Sher, who co-heads the firm’s class actions practice and advises financial services clients on mass claims. Jamie Curle is another name to note, along with Chris Harvey and Tom Laidler. Jeremy Andrews excels in cross-border disputes, from banking and funds litigation to fraud claims, contentious trusts, and asset tracing matters. Dan Jewell is praised as ’experienced, meticulous, effective’ and Leontia McArdle is an active member of the team.
Testimonials
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‘Jamie Curle (Partner) - very experienced, pragmatic, strategic, clear-sighted, a pleasure to work with. Just an excellent pair of hands. Dan Jewell (just below Partner level) - also very experienced, meticulous, effective.’
‘Sohail Ali is a savvy and conscientious litigator. Shabaz Ahmed is one of the standout associates in the group.’
Key clients
- Atlas Mara Limited
- African Banking Corporation Zambia Limited
Work highlights
- Defended Clydesdale Bank Plc, and its former parent company National Australia Bank Limited, against over £400m of claims of dishonesty going back some 25 years made against 15 Clydesdale and NAB employees in relation to an entitlement to charge fixed rate loan break costs and the pricing methodology of the relevant loans.
- Defended claims of approximately £200m brought against Bob Diamond’s Atlas Mara bank, concerning acquisitions of banks in Africa.