England - North West • Dispute resolution
DLA Piper
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DLA Piper’s ‘versatile team’ has stellar experience advising on mandates concerning retail banking and payment services, spanning credit card processing, merchant acquiring and consumer credit for high-street banks, challenger banks, fintech payments providers and specialist consumer credit providers. Other key areas of expertise include asset and aviation finance. In Manchester, co-chair of the firm’s international payments group Stewart Plant, who is ’a recognised name in the field’, jointly leads the practice alongside Liverpool-based John Gollaglee, who specialises in corporate investigations. Praised for his ‘strategic instincts’, senior associate Benjamin Fellows is another key contact in the Manchester office.
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‘They have always been a strong bank panel firm, who are able to handle all but the biggest cases.’
‘Stewart Plant is a recognised name in the field. Ben Fellows is responsive and easy to work with, and with good strategic instincts.’
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Key clients
- The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (incl. NatWest, Lombard, RBS Invoice Finance)
- The Co-operative Bank
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Work highlights
- Acting for Close, advising in relation to allegations made by multiple customers (comprising companies, sole traders and partnerships), alleging misrepresentation and breach of contract against Close and a finance broker.
- Acting for NewDay Ltd in the defence of mass claimant Payment Protection Insurance claims with a value in excess of GBP10 million brought by customers and former customers of the Bank.
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