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Pinsent Masons’ award winning team acts as strategic advisors in complex financial services disputes.
We are recognised as a market leader in complex and high-value disputes.
We have specialists across the globe and provide a truly international financial services litigation offering.
We offer a multidisciplinary team of forensic accountants, technologists and compliance professionals in addition to legal experts.
Financial services organisations are navigating an era of unprecedented change – digitalisation, the climate crisis, regulatory pressure and geopolitical uncertainty. This means that disputes in this highly regulated sector are unavoidable. Having acted in some of the largest, highest profile and ground-breaking cases through litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, we are able to assist financial services organisations to minimise the legal risks and maximise the commercial outcomes of disputes. Our litigators are strategic and very experienced. Our contentious financial services teams include ex-regulators and ex-ombudsmen so we truly understand the regulatory framework in which financial services organisations operate. We work closely with colleagues in our financial regulation, civil fraud, climate and sustainability and global investigations teams ensuring sector-wide support on a comprehensive basis.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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Acting for major banks, in defending substantial portfolios of county court claims seeking redress under the Consumer Credit Act arising from payment protection insurance sales. We have been instructed on more than 3,000 claims. Although individual claim values are modest, the cumulative volume creates complex challenges.
Advising Skatteforvaltningen (Danish Customs and Tax Administration) in "one of the most complex pieces of litigation in British history". With a value of c. DKK 12.6 billion involving over 100 defendants globally it’s an alleged fraud on a massive scale. Losses arise from Cum Ex trading and WHT refunds.
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Advised two Italian banks in a five week High Court trial concerning the legal enforceability of an interest rate swap which the banks sold to the City of Venice.
Advised FTI Consulting, a business advisory firm in its capacity as administrators of the CX Lavender group, on the sale of the company's key client-related business and associated workforce to Omnicom Oceania via its subsidiary, Clemenger BBDO Pty Ltd.
Advising a bank on the recovery of realisations from its customer's liquidators where the liquidator had sold the customers property and challenged the categorisation of the Bank's security.
Presiding as sole arbitrator, appointed by HKIAC, on a dispute concerning non-payment under a promissory note (total disputed value circa SG$7 million). Hong Kong law and seat. Hearing pending.
Acting for an airline in an aircraft leasing dispute in the London Commercial Court relating to EU and US sanctions against Russia
Acting for a group of high net worth investors in a London Circuit Commercial Court claim concerning representations made to them in the sale of an Isle of Man fund which operated UK healthcare facilities.
Advising and representing investors in Wirecard securities on damage claims in connection with the circumstances that led to the insolvency of Wirecard AG. The proceedings are backed by a third party litigation funder.
Acted for Pertemps, a UK and international staffing provider, on the refinance of its £110m receivables financing arrangements with RBS Invoice Finance Limited and Virgin Money. The transaction involved more than 70 obligors granting security and was delivered through a coordinated approach utilising the firm’s advanced delivery team.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has been named the eighth most innovative European law firm at this year’s FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards. The firm also won in the Innovative Lawyers in Sustainability category.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (SERT) on its proposed aggregate c.€122 million acquisition of Stoneweg's pan-European investment management platform, a transformational transaction that will establish SERT as a fully integrated real estate owner, operator and investment manager with approximately €3.2 billion of assets under management.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised developer Ghelamco on the €285 million sale of The Bridge, a landmark Warsaw office tower.
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