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Banking litigation: investment and retail

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As a prominent conflict-free firm, RPC represents a diverse clientele of sovereign states, foreign regional banks, asset managers, and high-net-worth individuals. Its broad disputes practice spans debt and equity markets, funds, and structured products, as well as sanctions, crypto, and fraud cases. Contentious restructuring and insolvency matters are another focal point for the ‘top-notch’ group. Tom Hibbert is the firm’s global head of commercial disputes, while Simon Hart leads the banking and financial services disputes team, with particular expertise in contentious restructurings and fraud and asset tracing litigation. Jonathan Cary excels in disputes against large financial institutions and has developed a specialism in crypto disputes. Alan Williams and Chris Ross play key roles in financial disputes with cross-border elements. Jake Hardy is active in disputes related to financial products, fund investments, and trade and asset finance.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Simon Hart - a brilliant banking litigator. Utterly calm in the most difficult situations and able to lead a client through very heavy litigation to a successful outcome. Real foresight as to how the other side and the judge will act. A go to claimant side banking litigator.’

  • ‘Tom Hibbert and Jake Hardy bring vast amounts of experience and gravitas to every situation. They are both heavily into the detail and highly strategic at the same time, which is a rare combination. Emma West and Christopher Wheatley are fantastic associates. Incredibly clever, very pleasant to work with. The clients clearly love them.’

Key clients

  • Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Limited
  • Frasers Group

Work highlights

Defended one of Thailand's largest banks successfully in a fraud and conspiracy claim with a pleaded value of $2-3bn following a 19-week trial in the Commercial Court.
Representing Frasers Group in a claim against Morgan Stanley for the losses occasioned by moving derivatives, post close-out, as well as loss of profits that would have been earned from continued trading of the derivatives had the client not been forced to move its positions away from the financial institutions.