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Addleshaw Goddard
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England

Work Department

Finance litigation and regulatory investigations.

Position

Partner specialising in banking, finance and investment disputes and contentious regulatory work acting for banks, asset managers, hedge funds and pension funds in domestic and cross border cases involving a range of lending and investment products both structured and plain vanilla.

Career

1993-1998 (qualified 1995): Pinsents Masons, trainee and solicitor, litigation; 1998-2006: Simmons & Simmons, senior associate, financial markets litigation; 2006-2010: Halliwells LLP, partner, finance litigation and recoveries; 2010-2014: TLT LLP, partner, finance litigation; 2014 – present: Addleshaw Goddard LLP, partner, finance litigation and regulatory investigations.

Memberships

LSLA; Law Society of England and Wales; Financial Services Lawyers Association.

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science (1988 Government and History, Bsc (Econ)); Guildford College of Law (1993 Law Society Finals).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

(Leading partners)

Richard ClaytonAddleshaw Goddard

With a robust cross-border offering, Addleshaw Goddard excels in financial disputes with foreign law elements and parties based in different jurisdictions. The team of ‘knowledgeable and capable lawyers’ continues to grow and diversify its clientele, noting a recent influx of fintech and cryptocurrency disputes. Boasting extensive experience in the financial services market, ‘hugely experienced and knowledgeable’ practice head Richard Clayton represents a diverse mix of financial institutions from banks to asset managers and hedge funds. James Herring excels in fraud, mis-selling and derivatives claims and leads the fintech disputes team, spearheading the firm’s work for payment institutions and digital asset organisations. Also playing a key role in the firm’s digital assets work, Sivan Daniels specialises in fintech and financial crime litigation, while David Wigg advises on card payment scheme disputes. Promoted to partner in May 2024, Alex Unger is a ‘star’, focusing his international practice on fraud and financial crime, commercial lending and restructuring and insolvency cases.