‘Excellent legal skills and great people management’ differentiates the practice at Gowling WLG, that leverages its experience acting on high-profile, complex disputes, for leading clients in the financial sector. Contentious regulatory expertise is a strength of the team, particularly linked to FCA and FRC investigations. James Sidwell leads the team, with experience spanning fraud, asset tracing, and contentious trusts. Catherine Naylor works on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, with strength in fraud, insolvency, and trusts related litigation. Verity Barker is key to the team, and advises on high-stakes financial services disputes and complex regulatory investigations.
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‘Very diligent and detail oriented team, able to manage heavyweight litigation.’
‘Verity Barker has excellent attention to detail and is great at managing clients. Charlotte Howell is great to work with. Jason Freedman brings a lot of experience in insolvency matters.’
‘Excellent legal skills and great people management.’
Key clients
- Stephen Hunt in his capacity as liquidator of Transworld Payment Solutions U.K Limited (in Liquidation) ("TWPS")
- J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg SA
- JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A.
- Kevin Hellard and Mike Saville as liquidators of Hellas Telecommunications (Luxembourg) II SCA
- Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited ("Equity Trust") and an individual
- Grant Thornton LLP (Mark McDonald and Kevin Hellard, liquidators of Stanford Bank)
Work highlights
Advising Stephen Hunt in his capacity as liquidator of Transworld Payment Solutions UK Limited (in liquidation) to pursue claims against: (i) First Curacao International Bank N.V.; and (ii) Johannes Christiaan Martinus Augustinus Maria Deuss for dishonest assistance, fraudulent trading and breach of duty.
Acting for J.P. Morgan on a wide-ranging matter arising from financing in the region of US$50m put in place by our client, including in relation to the enforcement of security against corporate entities and investments as well as against the UK-based controlling individual.
Defending Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited and one of its former employees, who was a director of English asset-holding companies, from claims issued in the High Court by two English companies, acting by their liquidators, involving allegations by the companies that the directors acted dishonestly in respect of the transfer of commercial properties owned by the companies to their respective parent companies in 2005 and 2006.
Practice head
James Sidwell
Other key lawyers
Catherine Naylor; Verity Barker