Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner deals with a wide range of disputes on behalf of banks, financial services and industrial companies. The team stands out for its ability to handle sensitive banking and financial litigation claims, often representing its clients in cases involving a large number of plaintiffs and relating to fraud accusations, financial products and crypto-assets. The practice also handles post-M&A cases and a range of commercial disputes. The practice is co-headed by Philippe Métais, Constantin Achillas and Élodie Valette.
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Testimonials
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- ‘A dynamic team, attentive to client's needs and understanding of operational processes, which makes their advice appropriate. The team is available and very accessible. Collaboration with this team is very simple and smooth.’
- ‘Responsiveness, availability, strong expertise in legal procedures, strategic vision, ability to handle the workload associated with mass litigation, and a very helpful approach towards clients.’
- ‘Excellent knowledge of the banking sector in addition to litigation expertise. A cohesive team with good information sharing and diverse profiles. Strong grasp of the financial and economic aspects of cases. Pragmatic approach. Understanding of the operational aspects of cases and company constraints.'
- 'Élodie Valette has perfect knowledge of the entire case.'
- 'The team (partners and associates) are very well experienced and provide very good and reliable opinions. They quickly understand our requirements and know how to convert our legal needs into clear and good advice.'
- 'Deep knowledge of the retail banking/credit sector and consumer protection domain. High quality legal experts, very well balanced team (in terms of seniority), proactive, very detailed knowledge of the case. Extremely well coordinated team able to face multiple daily requests and litigations.'
Key clients
- BNP Paribas Personal Finance
- BNP Paribas
- 3Commas Technologies
Work highlights
Advising BNP in connection with the ‘Helvet Immo’ case.
Acting for BNP Paribas in proceedings brought by customers as victims of fraudulent transfers, generally as a result of phishing or spoofing.
Representing 3Commas Technologies in proceedings relating to a data breach enabling fraudsters to carry out thousands of transactions on crypto assets available on several crypto platforms.
Practice head
Philippe Métais; Constantin Achillas; Élodie Valette