Hogan Lovells boasts a 'brilliant team with impressive coverage across the entire banking sector', with the ability to cover the gamut of work in the sphere at a high-profile level. The team regularly undertakes leading matters linked to derivatives, complex financial products, and consumer finance matters, and is highly active on leading disputes. Class actions are another strength of the practice led by the ‘brilliant’ Louise Lamb. Lamb’s practice covers the range of contentious work linked to financial products, and is skilled at handling high-risk litigation. Philip Parish ’has excellent judgment’, and is highly active on misselling and mismanagement matters, whilst Whiston Bristow is key to the ‘highly motivated’ team, and is skilled at handling leading asset and trade finance disputes, particularly those with a cross-border component. Also of note are Jennifer Dickey, who has class action expertise, capital markets expert John Tillman, and Elaine Penrose, bringing vast regulatory expertise to the practice. Victoria Lindsay, Guy Marrison, and William Robinson are key to the practice.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Excellent handling of difficult situations and challenging clients, brilliant team work.’
- ‘Louise Lamb (partner) is brilliant - very user-friendly and pragmatic, and her calm presence reassures the board. Will Robinson is also great and very sharp.’
- ‘Philip Parish is notable for the experience and calm authority which he brings to the team. He has excellent judgment and knows how to get the best out of his team.’
- ‘The team is highly motivated and strives to achieve the best outcome for its clients. It is also notable for having a very practical focus.’
- 'Georgina Denton and Lucy Kelly are associates to watch and both no doubt partners of the future. The team has real strength in depth. ’
- ‘A brilliant team with impressive coverage across the entire banking sector (both investment and retail). Very user-friendly and real expertise in this area.’
Key clients
- TSB Bank PLC
- YES BANK Limited
- Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc (In Administration)
Work highlights
Acting for TSB Bank in a class action by several thousand of its mortgage customers (formerly Northern Rock customers who all say they are mortgage prisoners and have been treated unfairly) in the High Court and were successful at a preliminary issues trial held in mid-2024.
Defended Yes Bank Limited against a claim by financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald for a financing fee allegedly owed by the bank. The case arises following the significant public rescue of YES BANK in 2020.
Acting for the PwC administrators of Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc in the complex unwinding of its affairs and the continued payment from time to time of very substantial sums to its creditors (over £1 billion having been distributed to date).
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Philip Parish
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Louise Lamb
Other key lawyers
Philip Parish; Whiston Bristow; Jennifer Dickey; John Tillman; Elaine Penrose; Victoria Lindsay; Guy Marrison William Robinson; Georgina Denton; Lucy Kelly