Chris Webber > Squire Patton Boggs > London, England > Lawyer Profile

At Squire Patton Boggs, FCA regulatory investigations, skilled person reviews, and investment mis-selling disputes – including High Court litigation and complex mass claims to the FOS – make up the cornerstone of the practice. The team is ‘not phased by challenging issues‘, and is regularly instructed to handle complex, multijurisdictional investigations relating to alleged breaches of financial crime laws and regulations. The key senior practitioners are Paul Anderson, who oversees the national financial services regulatory practice; Hannah Laming, who acts as both the UK and European head of the government investigations and white-collar crime department; and ‘intelligent and unflappable‘ Chris Webber.

Squire Patton Boggs offers a banking litigation practice that is ‘friendly, professional,  and time efficient’, with vast experience in financial services, investment mis-selling litigation, complex finance litigation, and private equity disputes. The ‘very experienced professional’ Chris Webber leads the team. He has two decades of experience in financial service litigation. Further key contacts include Stephen Sampson, the national head of litigation, as well as Christian Toms and Hannah Laming.

Squire Patton Boggs‘ London litigation team is highly experienced in commercial and contractual disputes, shipping and commodities claims, and corporate and shareholder conflicts. The group is also sought out for high-value fraud and asset tracing matters, banking litigation, enforcement of English awards and judgments, international sports disputes, and environmental, social and governance-related claims. Stephen Sampson is a sports and entertainment sector specialist; Chris Webber‘s track record incorporates financial services, corporate and commercial disputes; and Katie Pritchard is ‘absolutely determined to win for the client‘. At director level, John Rollason and Ian Debbage are key litigators, while of counsel KK Park, and senior associates Henry Goldschmidt, Michael Davar, Gabriella Martin and Katherine Wakeham, also maintain active litigation practices. During 2022, Christian Toms, whose caseload frequently features substantial cross-jurisdictional aspects, and ‘great litigator‘ Lucy Webster, joined as partners from Brown Rudnick LLP and Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, respectively.