Baker McKenzie’s London offering works with the support of its international network to cater to a broad range of prestigious clients, advising on high profile and global litigation mandates. The group demonstrates aptitude handling regulatory investigations for financial institutions, with a foundation of expertise in compliance. Hugh Lyons leads the team, and is particularly adept in litigation arising from financing transactions, as well as restructurings and insolvency. Core team members include Marc Florent, who is strong in structured finance disputes, Philip Annett, whose practice covers investigations and compliance matters, and Mark Banks.
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Testimonials
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- 'Responsive team that consistently delivers high-quality input.'
- 'Baker McKenzie has exceptionally strong team of very experienced individuals who provide advice which is always insightful, commercially-minded and exactly on-point. The main partner in my cases is Philip Annett (who is excellent).'
- 'Philip Annett is a masterful lawyer with a wealth of experience in this area. He keeps his head when everyone else is losing theirs! Having previously worked at the Financial Conduct Authority, he possesses an unrivalled depth of experience, insight and skills in the financial services world. He knows every inch of the financial services world and brings that hugely valuable experience to the fore when issues arise in cases.'
Key clients
- Bank of Baroda
- Barclays
- BNP Paribas Polska SA
- BNP Paribas Trust Corporation
- Citi
- Metro Bank
- Monex Europe Markets Limited
- Official Receiver of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce Public Company Limited
- RS Fund II
- TBC Bank
Work highlights
Acting for the Bank of Baroda. The Bank of Baroda is an Indian state-owned bank that is India's second largest public sector bank and which serves over 160 million customers across 8200 branches in 17 countries.
Acting for BNPP in connection with a complex bond claim against Uro, a Spanish property holding company which owns essentially all of Santander’s bank branches in Spain.
Acting for senior executives, who have been subject to FCA and PRA investigations into the circumstances and events that led to a widely publicised risk-weighted assets adjustment (or material accounting adjustment) for the bank in January 2019 and subsequent enforcement actions.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Hugh Lyons
Other key lawyers
Marc Florent; Philip Annett; Mark Banks