Signature Litigation LLP

Testimonials

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• ‘The ability of Signature to come on board mid-case, take over, synthesize, absorb and put together a comprehensive defence, witness statements and deal with an aggressive claimant firm was top-notch.'

• 'As individuals with no prior involvement in litigation, their ability to manage us and take us through the process was extremely valuable. They were also brilliant in their billing - working with us on innovative billing techniques so that we would be able to fund our case through the entire trial (which I now understand is incredibly expensive).’
• In terms of partners, Julian Connerty was the senior most partner working on our case - very good grasp of the law, seeing the entire picture between the claimant, judge, and various defendants. An experienced senior partner who has been there, seen it, and effectively took us through the case.'

• ‘The Signature team are small but perfectly formed with only the highest quality lawyers involved. This means that they are efficient and effective. Not surprisingly, the largest and most prestigious clients are content to trust them.’

• ‘Ioannis Alexopoulos - Strategic thinker.’

• ‘Signature offers an outstanding bespoke litigation service for clients. It has a compact and dynamic approach to creating a team for a case that is able to deliver the highest quality product efficiently and competitively. They are also ahead of the curve on technology.’

• ‘Julian Connerty is a seasoned litigator with an excellent antenna. He is calm, collected and not easily ruffled. He has a great sense of what matters and how things will play out. Clients are in the most capable of hands.'

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Work highlights

Lawyers

Leading associates

Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Kate Gee

Signature Litigation LLP

Kate has more than 12 years’ experience acting in complex, high value, cross border disputes, including civil fraud and asset tracing claims, general commercial and banking litigation. Kate advises on all stages of litigation, from pre-action through to fully contested trials and enforcement matters. She also has experience of a wide range of interim applications, including applications for summary judgment, stays and adjournments, specific and third-party disclosure, security for costs, freezing injunctions, committal for contempt of court and applications for cross-examination on evidence. She regularly provides clients with advice as to global strategy in the context of disputes and litigation risk. In 2018, Kate co-founded ACROSS Fraud, a global network for fraud lawyers that hosts regular networking events for civil fraud practitioners in London and at industry conferences. Kate regularly writes about trends in civil fraud, digital finance and crypto assets and developments relating to asset tracing and enforcement.

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Graham Huntley

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Graham is a Founding Partner of Signature Litigation and a senior specialist commercial and banking litigator. With his time at Signature and previously as a partner in a major international law firm, Graham has over 35 years’ experience in commercial litigation. Graham has been consistently ranked as one of the UK’s highest ranked commercial and banking litigators and has been involved in some of the most significant cases of recent years. Graham acts for banks, fund managers and life assurers in relation to M&A disputes, regulatory disputes and private investigations, shareholder and joint venture disputes, as well as a range of economic tort claims. Graham also has extensive experience of warranty claims and professional indemnity work for a range of corporate and financial institutions as well as for professionals. His experience of ADR includes three of the UK’s most significant mediations involving financial institutions. Graham is a past Trustee and President of the London Solicitors Litigation Association and has served as a member of several judicial and professional working parties. He has rights of audience in the Higher Courts in England and Wales. He also has a long-standing commitment to pro-bono work, having served as International Pro-Bono Partner for ten years at his previous firm. He is currently a Director of the London Legal Support Trust as well as Chairman of the Capital Cases Charitable Trust.

Ioannis Alexopoulos 

Signature Litigation LLP

Ioannis specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration, including banking disputes, particularly those involving financial products, investment banking and derivatives, and also in commercial and business disputes with an emphasis on joint venture and shareholder disputes, shareholder protection, business break-ups and fraud. His key industry sectors are financial services, energy/oil & gas, shipping/international trade, telecoms, IT and infrastructure projects. The key geographies for Ioannis’ practice are Greece, the Balkans, Russia, the Middle East, Brazil and sub-Saharan Africa. His cases often involve an international element, usually with competing multiple jurisdictions and laws. His clients include banks or their clients, insurers, intermediaries, venture capitalists and equity investors and large corporates in England and internationally. Ioannis has extensive expertise representing clients in arbitrations under the ICC and LCIA rules, as well as others including SCC and UNCITRAL, and his cases often involve an international element, usually with competing multiple jurisdictions and laws. His clients include banks or their clients, insurers, intermediaries, venture capitalists and equity investors, and large corporates in England and internationally. Ioannis also advises in connection with investor state disputes.