Banking and Financial Markets Litigation

Advising a French bank in a multimillion-euro civil liability case in defending an alleged fraud claim, consisting of forgery and misappropriation.

Representing a Russian bank in a high profile, multi-jurisdictional, matter against the bank’s former owner in the scope of enforcement proceedings involving piercing the corporate veil and attachment of assets located on the French Riviera and in the French West Indies.

Advising the fund managers of an investment fund in a €200 million dispute concerning assets held in Italy.

Advising a Russian investment bank in a £100 million dispute with an AIM-listed mining and mineral company with operations in Sierra Leone regarding a number of M&A, equity and debt transactions over a period of 4 years.

Advising authorised persons in relation to ongoing SEC, DoJ and FCA investigations concerning credit default swaps pricing.

Acting for an investment bank and monoline insurer in simultaneous proceedings in England and France to ensure continuity of service by an alternative back up service (BUS) provider to maintain the rating of a €900 million securitisation.

Acting for individual investors in the special administration of a global broking firm.

Acting for the RBoS Shareholders Action Group on behalf of institutional clients and over 35,000 individual shareholders, bringing claims in excess of £1 billion against RBS over its 2008 rights issue following the acquisition of ABN Amro.

Advising a major corporate on claims in excess of $300 million in relation to foreign exchange derivative transactions entered into with international banks, with allegations of non-compliance with Shari’a law.

Assisting the distressed assets Team of a leading French bank in connection with the recovery of a loan to a Romanian company.

Representing several investment funds in relation to contractual enforcement of an SPA.

Representing an Austrian bank in defending proceedings before the French Courts in order to obtain the cancellation, based on alleged vitiated consent and fraud, of several subscriptions of subordinated participation capital bonds, for a total notional amount of €300,000,000.