Herbert Smith’s market-leading litigation practice includes a dedicated group of partners who specialise in working with banks, as part of our firm wide financial institutions team. This type of specialist legal advice is required as financial institutions face increased regulation and potential for disputes.
We provide clients with a comprehensive service, including advising on:
- major commercial litigation, with a particular expertise in significant reputational disputes;
- regulatory issues, including risk management strategies, investigations and anti-money laundering;
- employment and health and safety disputes.
Clients include Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, CSFB, Citigroup, Lazard, UBS, CIBC and Standard Chartered Bank.
For further information please contact:
Europe: Christa Band (London); Asia: Mark Johnson (Hong Kong), Graeme Johnston (China), Peter Godwin (Japan), Maurice Burke (Singapore), Surapol Srangsomwong (Thailand).
Litigation team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2007
Herbert Smith - best litigation practice
Vault Guide to the Top 50 UK Law Firms 2007
"Herbert Smith's banking litigation team demonstrates the skill in managing large-scale cases, for which the firm is renowned."
Legal 500 2002/2003
"a ‘superb’ contentious team which has considerable experience in FSA regulatory investigation and enforcement work."
Legal 500, 2004-2005