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Macfarlanes LLP Offices

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
Visit website 020 7831 9222 020 7831 9607

Barry Donnelly

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020 7849 2950 [email protected]

Work Department

Litigation and dispute resolution

Position

Barry has more than 30 years’ experience in international disputes and investigations, involving banking, finance, financial services, fund and asset management, trusts, insolvency, fraud and financial crime. He has been approved as a Skilled Person by the Financial Conduct Authority and has conducted numerous business critical regulatory reviews in both the UK and overseas.

Barry has particular expertise in large scale financial litigation and arbitration, and regulatory investigations and proceedings.

He represents clients in connection with investigations and proceedings involving both UK and overseas regulatory bodies and government agencies, including the London Stock Exchange, the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Justice, the SEC and the CFTC. He frequently advises and conducts internal investigations for financial institutions and other regulated investment businesses; examples include matters involving failings in systems and controls, conflicts of interest, internal fraud, the alleged manipulation of LIBOR, precious metals, FX and commodities trading, market abuse, insider dealing, misleading statements, money laundering, bribery and corruption, and failure to prevent economic crime.

Barry’s representation of clients has included complex, often cross-border, disputes and investigations involving the co-ordination of proceedings or the obtaining of evidence abroad, as well as information requests from international courts, regulators and government agencies, such as under the Hague Evidence Convention or the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003. Overseas jurisdictions have included the Cayman Islands, the BVI, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, France, Italy, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Brazil, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Mauritius, Indonesia, Greece, Ireland, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland.

Career

Called 1985; qualified 1990, partner 1991; partner Macfarlanes 2009

Memberships

International Bar Association; Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3); Insol; Insol Europe.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

The ‘exceptional’ team at Macfarlanes LLP boasts expertise across the banking and financial services sector, as well as providing an established contentious regulatory offering. Cross-border litigation is a cornerstone of the practice, which often acts for international banks, and it handles global litigation, investigations, regulatory disputes, and prosecutions. Matt McCahearty leads the team and plays a key role in sector-significant disputes, including LIBOR litigation, foreign exchange cases, and money laundering claims. Barry Donnelly excels in international financial litigation, often on a cross-border or even transatlantic basis. Financial services litigator Dan Lavender demonstrates prowess in multi-jurisdictional disputes. Helen Carter focuses her practice on contentious regulatory matters and investigations, along with Laura Bridgewater.

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

With ‘strength in depth across the team’, Macfarlanes LLP‘s 30-strong group acts in heavyweight fraud cases involving freezing orders, discovery applications, and parallel civil and criminal proceedings in numerous jurisdictions. The practice also comprises experts in financial services, trusts, ultra-HNW private client work, general commercial disputes, and corporate crime and investigations, and in addition to increasing its presence in enforcement matters, the firm’s specialisms include fraud-related arbitrations and the obtaining of interim relief from the English courts in support of arbitration. With notable experience in seeking (and challenging) freezing orders and other urgent forms of relief, department head James Popperwell ‘uses his vast experience with a deft touch’; Barry Donnelly‘s fraud practice encompasses multiple, ongoing disputes and investigations; Lorna Emson represents banks, inter-dealer brokers, private individuals, and oil and gas companies. The next line of experienced practitioners comprises Nikolas Ireland, a specialist in high-value fraud cases that typically concern several international jurisdictions, parallel proceedings and multiple parties, and Alex Douty, who is ‘one to watch for the future’.

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