England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Dispute resolution
AG Service Company Limited
Addleshaw Goddard’s impressive client roster includes a full range of financial institutions, including high street banks, building societies, asset financed lenders, and private and foreign banks. Sally Emerton, who is well regarded for her experience acting for retail and commercial banks, with particular expertise in the asset finance and leasing industry, co-heads the practice alongside Ben Lowans, who has a broad finance litigation practice, though specialises in fraud-based litigation. Sandip Singh is noted for his experience handling negligence and fraud-related litigation, while Jennifer Hedley has particular expertise acting for defendant financial institutions.
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‘Jennifer Hedley and the associates that support her, have always gone out of their way to meet all of our needs. They provide great legal advice as you would expect, but they also make my life as an in-house lawyer easier by meeting deadlines, making themselves available to assist at short notice, replying promptly to emails, billing in line with agreed fee structures and providing additional reports as requested.’
‘The banking litigation team are an amazing group to work with. They are conscientious and are always willing and able to help. The team provide full disclosure on options and will not be afraid to recommend a decision that they believe are in our best interests.’
‘Christopher Gilbert is a hidden gem. He clearly loves the challenges of the more difficult case and displays what can only be described as dogged terrier mentality to get results.’
‘Ben Lowan's team at AG are excellent. They have real strength across the bench and a clearly very partner-led approach to their work. It always feels like Ben's fingerprints are on all the work we see, which is a real testament to the team he's chosen. The team are known for their strength in the field, and it's good to know we have them in our corner rather than acting for our opponents.’
‘Ben Lowans is clearly one of the best in his field. He has worked incredibly hard with us and our team to get to grips with our needs and to understand our industry. That knowledge clearly plays out across the rest of his team.’
‘Jennifer Hedley is approachable and knowledgeable.’
‘The team has vast and varied experience making it equipped to deal with a multitude of issues affecting financial institutions. The team are well versed in tackling matters commercially and efficiently which is always of interest to clients. They are also extremely personable and a pleasure to work with.’
‘The standout individual in this team is Jennifer Hedley. She is intelligent, commercial, superbly efficient and most importantly of all, a real pleasure to work with. Jen and the rest of the team keep their promises and that's extremely important for in-house teams managing busy caseloads. I know that when I instruct Jen, the matter is going to be in very safe hands.’
Key clients
- Natwest
- HSBC
- Nottingham Building Society
- Co-op Bank
- Santander
- Aldermore Bank
- Close Brothers
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Arbuthnot
- Societe Generale Equipment Finance
- Duologi
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Ben is a litigation and dispute resolution partner specialising in finance litigation and fraud. Ben's experience involves all aspects of finance litigation including bringing claims for financial services clients and defending claims against those clients. These claims include enforcement and recovery actions, defending mis-selling claims, disputes regarding appointment of LPA Receivers, injunctive actions, fraud claims and dealing with complaints, including those made to the Financial Ombudsman Service. Ben acts for many clients in both the asset finance and asset based lending sectors. Ben also acts for commercial real estate and mortgage lenders, principally in professional negligence claims against solicitors and valuers and in contested possession claims. Ben has a particular specialisation in dealing with fraud claims and asset recovery, both in the financial services sector and for commercial organisations. This often involves taking urgent action to obtain freezing injunctions and search orders. Ben is a board director of the Yorkshire and Humber Fraud Forum, a not for profit company that brings together the private and public sectors to fight and reduce financial crime. Ben is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Ben often acts for leasing clients on Aviation and Marine matters. He typically advises clients on the enforcement of aircraft mortgages, repossession proceedings to obtain delivery up of Aircraft, in actions against third parties who have alleged liens and in associated guarantee claims. In respect of Marine Ben often acts for clients in relation to obtaining the arrest of ships in overseas jurisdictions and in Admiralty matters. Ben was seconded for 6 months to Nationwide Building Society in the role of Senior Counsel in Dispute Resolution. Ben principally advised the Commercial Division of Nationwide in respect of their high value and complex disputes arising out of their commercial lending. Ben advises clients on issues of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Bribery and Corruption. Ben is Addleshaw Goddard's Anti-Bribery and Corruption Officer and is a Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sally Emerton, Ben Lowans