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Banking Disputes

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Our work in this area includes:

  • Advising on disputes involving complex financial instruments, products and transactions.
  • Recovering the proceeds of fraud, including obtaining freezing orders and tracing assets.
  • Protecting and enforcing rights under security documentation.
  • Defending authorised firms and their Approved Persons in relation to contentious regulatory issues, including in particular FSA investigations and enforcement actions.
  • Representation on claims pursued against corporate financiers, investment managers, administrators, custodians, auditors and other professional advisers.
  • Appointment as ‘skilled persons’ to prepare reports on regulatory issues under Section 166 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
  • Designing and implementing strategies to protect firms from legal and regulatory risk, including preparing firms for FSA ARROW and thematic visits, conducting audits of security documentation, developing anti-money laundering policies, systems for the protection of client data, and strengthening risk management procedures.

Get in touch

David Hughes

David Hughes

BLP
Partner, Head of Banking Disputes
Segun Osuntokun

Segun Osuntokun

BLP
Partner, Banking Disputes

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