Financial Services Litigation and Disputes

Asset Recovery and Global Injunctions

When clients’ monies are fraudulently misappropriated and hidden via overseas trusts, conversion into high-value property, or other means, we unravel the complex construction of these vehicles to trace and recover assets that are often hundreds of millions or multi-billions of dollars. Our lawyers operate worldwide and include a group in London with substantial knowledge of English courts and their commercial and international approach to asset recovery matters. Our team also works closely with our Bankruptcy and Restructuring team in London and the U.S. to utilize the extensive insolvency procedures which are frequently a highly effective tool in responding to a fraud.  

Financial Institution Fraud

For financial institutions facing shortfalls due to fraudulent customer behavior, we help recover their liabilities including advising on complex fraud investigations and the seeking of urgent court remedies. Our London team has obtained and enforced numerous High Court injunctions, often worldwide, and other urgent remedies including search and seizure orders and passport confiscation orders in support of our client’s recovery efforts. In addition, we work alongside professionals from our Investigations team to assist in related matters involving regulatory issues around fraud, embezzlement, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act, and money laundering, while also resolving problems concerning insurance claims and securities law.

Financial Services Litigation

Our lawyers represent clients in the full scope of financial services litigation, including handling complex, high-value, and frequently international claims comprising regulatory issues such as anti-money laundering (AML), bribery and corruption, and other breaches of legislation.

Regulatory Disputes

Recognizing the restrictive regulatory environment imposed on financial institutions operating internationally by agencies such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), we counsel clients on cross-border compliance and enforcement matters, including internal investigations. We also represent institutions on related issues which include: anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, banking secrecy, money transmission, bribery and corruption, and data protection compliance.

Securities Litigation

Financial institutions confront a range of disputes involving securities, from white collar criminal matters to M&A litigation. We assist on all fronts with litigation matters and internal investigations. Additionally, we counsel and defend against government, civil, and criminal enforcement actions brought by regulators such as the DOJ, SEC, and state attorneys general. Our litigation work on behalf of banks in the United States also involves claims under the 1933 and 1934 Securities Acts.