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Whiston Bristow
Work Department
Commercial Litigation, Financial Services, and Investigations
Position
Partner
Career
Whiston Bristow is a partner in London focusing on litigation, investigations, and contentious regulatory work. His clients span a range of industry sectors but he specialises in the financial services sector, advising domestic and international banks, multilaterals, asset managers and others. Whiston’s work often covers cross-border issues, and includes disputes or investigations covering a wide range of products and subject matters, including debt facilities, derivatives, benchmarks, foreign exchange markets, mis-selling, fraud and asset tracing, aviation and trade finance, and anti-money laundering and sanctions.
Whiston also advises internal and external clients on commercial disputes and litigation, in particular in the aviation sector; and Whiston’s other area of considerable experience – and interest – is Africa and Africa-related disputes or investigations. He is an active member of the firm’s cross practice Africa group.
Education
Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School, 2003.
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Law School, 2002.
Bachelor of Arts, history, University of Durham, 1999.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
(Next Generation Partners)Hogan Lovells International LLP has almost ‘unparalleled experience in working for banks’, acting for global UK banks and financial institutions across the entire spectrum of the financial services sector. The practice works across sectors, with extensive experience in mass claims and group litigation. ‘Fantastic leader’ Louise Lamb 
is ‘truly exceptional in the field in which she operates’, handling a wide range of contentious matters linked to all types of financial products and services, with extensive retail banking and consumer litigation practice. ‘Stand-out partners’ Whiston Bristow, Philip Parish, and Jennifer Dickey are all described as a ‘pleasure to work with’. At senior associate level, the ‘extremely reliable, hard-working and always up on the detail’ Andrew Holland is singled out. Also recommended is associate Alex Riposi, commended for his ‘amazing eye for detail and great legal creativity’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking litigation: investment and retail London > Dispute resolution
- Next Generation Partners London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders