Thomas Johnson > Edwin Coe LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Shareholder and investor claims and cartel cases are particularly prolific areas for Edwin Coe LLP, and the firm also fields an active mass tort practice. The team demonstrates expertise in the financial sector, representing claimants in fund recovery and claims of fraudulent activities against financial entities. Practice head David Greene has a successful track record representing shareholders, as well as demonstrating particular expertise in competition claims. Thomas Johnson, who was promoted to the partner in April 2023, is an active member of the team alongside Canadian-qualified Fred Sheppard.

‘A well-oiled machine undertaking an impressive range of high-quality instructions’, Edwin Coe LLP has an enviable market reputation for civil claimant litigation against major City firms. Heading up the firm’s litigation and insolvency practice, Ali Zaidi is experienced in fraud-related cases, as well as insolvency matters. Senior partner David Greene is ‘somewhat of a doyen of High Court group litigation‘. The practice further includes Zahira Hussain, who regularly handles contractual disputes, along with professional negligence, civil fraud and judicial reviews, and commercial litigation and ADR specialist Thomas Johnson, who is ‘on top of all the detail’.