Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Forming a core part of the firm’s overarching financial services disputes and investigation team, which is led from Cardiff by Gareth Vowles, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP handles a huge volume and variety of work for clients in the sector, on both the claimant and defendant front. On the claimant side, aided by a very efficient case management system and frequently acting for clients on a contingency basis, the team handles work of varying value/complexity for lenders primarily arising from secured commercial and residential property lending. The ‘knowledgeable and effective’ Wayne Davies is key to this work and has also developed niche expertise in international recovery claims linked to scam pension investment structures. Vowles also handles claimant matters, but is perhaps better known for a thriving defendant practice where he provides holistic solutions to financial services entities subject to litigation and regulatory probes into, inter alia, alleged mis-selling of financial products. James Coleman is skilled at handling defendant and claimant work, including investigating and pursuing significant mortgage fraud claims. Nick Rundle retired in May 2024.