Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP is widely regarded as ‘the best banking litigation team’ that ‘provides in-depth and commercial solutions’. The team works extensively on a range of disputes including regulatory investigations, insolvency and restructuring, fraud and criminal activities leading to asset tracing. Practice head Gareth Thomas holds expertise in the complete range of litigation work and is particularly experienced in handling financial services regulatory investigations and disputes in the private client space. Jojo Fan is a consistent leader in high-value matters, appearing continuously in cases involving the full spectrum of litigation work, including financial services, retail and hospitality and mining, acting particularly in insolvency defence and restructuring. Rachael Shek specialises in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on banking litigation, corporate loan recovery, joint venture and shareholder disputes, and private wealth disputes.