England - North West • Dispute resolution
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP houses a ‘strong banking litigation practice in the North West with experienced and capable lawyers offering a high-quality service’. Based in Manchester, the team regularly collaborates with the firm’s offices across the UK to advise on high-value, and often cross-border cases concerning retail finance, investment mis-selling, asset finance, professional negligence and invoice finance. Practice head James Southworth ’offers commercially astute advice’ to major investment, corporate and retail banks, while principal associate Lindsey Roberts ‘provides strategic and valuable input’ when handling banking and financial services disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘Eversheds is able to field a diverse global team of complementary specialists to handle large and complex international litigation.’
‘Victoria Rogers is adept at managing large-scale litigation.’
‘Advice provided by Tom Parry and Martin Ward is always balanced and their knowledge of the financial services market is excellent. Responses always provided in a timely manner.’
‘ESI has a strong banking litigation practice in the North West with experienced and capable lawyers offering a high-quality service.’
‘Lindsey Roberts and James Southworth are trusted advisers. James has excellent industry knowledge and offers commercially astute advice. Lindsey provides strategic and valuable input in the work she does for us and is efficient, responsive and extremely capable.’
Key clients
- The Co-operative Bank Plc
- Santander UK Plc/Santander Cards UK Limited
- Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Work highlights
- Acted for an international bank in seeking to recover losses flowing from a multinational fraudulent conspiracy worth US$6bn.
- Acted for a number of major financial services firms in defending significant volumes of mis-selling claims.
- Acted for a public sector body in relation to a multi-million pound dispute arising from pensions administration regulations, involving a combination of Part 7 proceedings and judicial review.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James Southworth