Managing Partner; As our Managing Partner, Deborah works closely with our Senior Partner to develop and promote the firm’s strategy and global approach, and with our COO to oversee the strategic running of the firm. Deborah’s practice covers the broad spectrum of commercial litigation as well as domestic and cross-border investigations. She acts on substantial and complex commercial disputes for a wide range of clients, as well as on restructuring and insolvency. Deborah is regarded as one of the UK’s leading lawyers in the field of banking and commercial litigation and regulatory investigation. She has acted for many major financial institutions across a spectrum of contentious matters, including acting for major financial institutions in relation to LIBOR and FX. Deborah has also led our teams on various financial crime and mis-selling enforcement actions brought by the FCA.
England - London • Dispute resolution
Slaughter and May
Complex, cross-jurisdictional corporate litigation and group actions are mainstays of the ‘impressive and hard-working’ team at Slaughter and May that routinely acts for FTSE 100 clients. Recent successes of the team include its representation of Shell in the highly publicised ClientEarth matter, and acting for Credit Suisse in the ’tuna bond scandal’. Richard Swallow leads the ‘first class’ team that is a ’pleasure to deal with’. Peter Wickham is a key name in the team, advising across commercial litigation, investigations and regulatory matters, and commercial arbitration, with expertise in energy and natural resources, as well as group litigation. Smriti Sriram is noted as an ‘excellent lawyer and very good to work with’.
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‘The team are leaders in the area and well-integrated in the legal community, providing strong legal support in litigation matters.’
‘The partners take the time to consider questions and issues and so provide well-reasoned legal advice that accounts for nuances and complexities’
‘They show immense attention to detail and will go the extra mile to get the best possible result for their clients.’
‘Smriti Sriram is an excellent lawyer and very good to work with.’
‘The team is first class in terms of its general litigation capability and commercial outlook. A pleasure to deal with, the availability and commitment of the Slaughter &May team to obtain the best commercial outcome was unwavering.’
Key clients
- Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse International and Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
- British American Tobacco plc
- BHP Group
- Ministry of Defence
- Airbus S.A.S.
- Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC
- Gemfields Group Limited, Gemfields Limited and Kagem Mining Limited
- Diageo plc
- Rolls Royce
- Virgin America TM Limited and Virgin Enterprises Limited
- Aker BP ASA
- Mark Bamford
Work highlights
- Acting for Credit Suisse in multiple claims arising from US$2 billion 'tuna bond scandal'.
- Acting on a group claim brought by Malawian tobacco farmers, concerning allegations of child and forced labour on third party farms in Malawi.
- Advising bhp group plc and bhp group limited who are defendants to claims arising out of the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil.
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Leading individuals
Partner; Camilla has a wide experience of handling complex and substantial disputes which often span multiple jurisdictions. Her practice covers commercial, banking and competition litigation and contentious regulatory investigations, as well as internal reviews. She has acted for a number of major corporates, banks and other financial services institutions. A particular focus of her practice is on class and group action claims; she has acted on many significant class action proceedings, including some of the highest profile competition-litigation claims before the English courts.
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Partner; Damian is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations Group and is the co-head of the International Arbitration Group. He advises on all contentious matters, drawing on his broad experience across a wide variety of disputes before the High Court, Competition Appeals Tribunal and international arbitration Tribunals, as well as advising clients on investigations commenced by regulators. Damian has particular experience in the field of competition law, group actions, contractual interpretation, insurance and commercial fraud. He acts for clients across a broad spectrum including energy and financial institutions, governments and high profile sports clubs. Damian sits on the firm's Africa Practice Group and helps develop the firm's practice in Africa, as well as acting for African clients and clients investing in Africa.
Partner; Holly has a broad practice including commercial, competition and banking litigation and contentious regulatory and criminal investigations. Holly advises clients including major corporate entities and financial institutions across a range of sectors. Holly has cross-jurisdictional investigation experience involving both regulatory and prosecuting authorities, including those relating to bribery and corruption, market abuse and money laundering. In addition to her commercial litigation work, Holly has experience of competition litigation in the High Court, Competition Appeal Tribunal and before the European Court of Justice. Holly’s competition litigation practice includes follow-on damages claims, standalone claims and judicial review proceedings.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Swallow