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Shoosmiths LLP Offices
No 1 Bow Churchyard
LONDON
EC4 9DQ
England
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Daren Allen
Work Department
Dispute resolution and litigation
Position
Daren is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team and has over 30 years experience in acting for financial institutions, large corporations, Governments and individuals in relation to complex investigations, litigation, regulatory enforcement proceedings and legal and regulatory compliance.
Daren regularly advises clients on matters relating to fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering. He assisted the Ministry of Justice in drafting the Guidance on the Bribery Act 2010. he has also advised the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group on the Guidance Notes for the financial services sector. Notable cases/matters include: • acting for the Bank in N v The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2019] EWHC 1770 (Comm) and in NCA v N and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2017] EWCA Civ 253; |
Career
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
A strategic focus on foreign banks, the wealth management sector, and asset-based lenders differentiates the practice at Shoosmiths LLP. The team’s broad workload spans representation in FCA enforcement proceedings and internal investigations, as well as advice on notification and reporting obligations. Follow-on litigation arising from regulatory breaches is another area of strength, with Birmingham-based national head of dispute resolution Alex Bishop providing key support in such cases. Daren Allen heads up the dedicated financial services disputes and investigations offering.
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
Fielding ‘an excellent team with terrific strength in depth‘, Shoosmiths LLP undertakes large numbers of major commercial disputes. Examples include shareholder conflicts, contract breaches, negligence, and fraud and misrepresentation matters. The practice is also experienced in breaches of warranty claims following M&A transactions. Bill Molloy acts in disputes concerning outsourcing, large-scale procurements, shareholder conflicts, and commercial issues, which frequently comprise multi-jurisdictional elements; Susie Wakefield handles a range of commercial disputes, in addition to leading the commercial insurance team; Daren Allen is an expert in fraud, bribery, corruption, and money laundering; and Elliot Bishop is ‘a standout lawyer‘. At associate level, principal Matthew MacLachlan leads the firm’s contentious privacy offering, and senior John Shirley-Rakhra maintains a broad disputes practice. During 2022, banking and finance litigation partner Andrew Bowden-Brown was hired from Francis Wilks & Jones, while former partner Philip Tansley joined Osborne Clarke LLP.
London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
(Leading individuals)Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Commercial litigation: mid-market London > Dispute resolution
- Financial services: contentious London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Transport > Rail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Real estate > Planning
- Transport > Shipping
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax