Ms Priyanka Kapoor > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Priyanka specialises in commercial, civil fraud and white-collar crime disputes, and act and advise on a variety of complex, cross-border, multi-jurisdictional disputes and investigations.

With extensive experience in banking and financial services sector, Priyanka acts for a number of leading international banks and financial institutions on a wide range of banking, civil fraud and asset recovery, commercial and regulatory disputes. She also regularly represents state and private entities in litigation before the English Court, and in arbitration in a broad range of commercial disputes across industry sectors. Priyanka is often instructed in disputes with an Asian, Middle Eastern or African link, with proceedings in the UK, India, Singapore, Dubai, Europe and the US.

Priyanka is recognised in leading legal directories across all my practice areas – Commercial Litigation: Premium, Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail, Fraud: White Collar-Crime,  Fraud: Civil, and Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime.

Priyanka has led multijurisdictional investigations and was involved in some of the most complex and sensitive investigations in the banking sector in Asia. I have also been involved in several high-profile investigations involving high-ranking officials of state-owned entities and global financial institutions in Asia and MENA region.

Priyanka has particular experience of engaging with regulators in matters involving sanctions. She advises on a range of issues including challenging sanctions, licences, impact of asset freeze, ownership and nexus issues, jurisdictional scope and sectoral sanctions, and the termination of contracts with sanctioned parties.

Priyanka’s clients are sovereign agencies, state-owned companies, global banks and financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and UHNIs clients from a wide range of geographies and industry sectors.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

Involved in the biggest civil fraud disputes to come before the courts in recent times’, Fieldfisher has notable experience in cryptocurrency and non-fungible token-related fraud claims. The London practice also fields experts in cyber-fraud claims involving unknown persons, as well as insolvency-related fraud matters, and much of the group’s work focuses on mandates and clients that have links to Ukraine, Russia and the CIS. A ‘doyen of the civil fraud sector’, team head Tony Lewis focuses on fraudulent conduct-related investigations, asset recovery, corruption and money laundering claims, and the interplay between civil and criminal proceedings; Andrew Lafferty‘s recent experience includes leading a large multilingual team of over twenty fee earners in two major fraud claims; Kit Jarvis‘ cases predominantly involve multiple jurisdictions, injunctions and ancillary relief; Alexandra Underwood acts in disputes involving civil fraud and corruption; and Daniel Hayward and Stephen Cartwright’s ‘unique qualities distinguish them in the legal field’. The department further includes Priyanka Kapoor, an expert in litigation and arbitration involving fraud issues, and Nicola Sewell, who represents corporate and HNW clients in fraud and corruption matters. Promoted to partner in April 2024, Nathan Capone assists with multi-jurisdictional fraud disputes and investigations, along with the tracing and securing of assets.

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

An established choice for foreign banking clients, Fieldfisher represents an extensive list of banks headquartered in India and across Central Asia and the Middle East. Andrew Lafferty leads the ‘cooperative, intelligent, helpful and adaptable’ team. Dual qualified in both England and Wales and India, Priyanka Kapoor regularly represents banks and financial institutions in cross-border disputes. Donna Goldsworthy is praised as ‘proactive, measured, personable and knowledgeable’, and is active in international and offshore disputes. Kit Jarvis’ broad disputes practice spans derivatives litigation and enforcement issues. Carly Schiff is a name to note. The highly experienced banking and finance litigator John McElroy joined the firm from Hausfeld & Co LLP in July 2024. Hannah Piper departed in July 2024.