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Finance litigation Lawyers

Finance litigation

How we can advise you

We recognise the importance of effective recoveries to your business.

We have the legal specialists to help you with:

  • asset finance
  • banking litigation
  • fraudulent transfers
  • commercial dispute resolution
  • dispute resolution
  • factoring disputes
  • finance litigation

We can also give you advice on strategic issues such as:

  • avoiding disputes
  • risk management
  • standard contract interpretation
  • contracting processes and procedures
  • information governance (including data protection)
  • media/reputation management

We ensure that all our advice is commercial, strategic and tailored to your individual needs and the approach your business wishes to take.

  • How our team will work with you

    We have specialist units working on cases related to:

    • asset finance recoveries
    • recovery of secured and unsecured debt
    • enforcement of guarantees and indemnities
    • satisfactory quality disputes
    • fraud and conversion claims
    • professional negligence claims
    • breach of mandate
    • recovery of payment by mistake
    • consumer credit
    • misrepresentation
    • disputes relating to financial products

    You will also benefit from our specialist in-house costs team, whose experience stretches from individual claims in stand-alone matters to multi-million-pound generic costs claims.

    We regularly present at the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) Legal and Technical Forums and will keep you updated with developments in finance litigation.

  • Our clients

    Our clients come from a wide range of sectors, including:

    • banks
    • finance houses
    • invoice discounters
    • other lenders
    • asset based lenders
  • Our experience

    • Recoveries involving fraud and asset tracing which required obtaining a freezing injunction against persons involved in phishing attacks, securing the return of the funds to our client.
    • Advising factoring and invoice discounter in relation to the collection of debts including detailed set-off and warranty arguments.
    • Obtaining a freezing injunction against an individual who had fraudulently obtained funds from our client. Due to the evidence collated, we quickly obtained judgment on quantum and an order for the delivery up of specified assets and proceeds of the fraud at the hearing for the continuation of the injunction, which achieved a significant return to our client in a highly cost-effective way.
    • Achieving full recovery from guarantors and indemnifiers following successful applications for summary judgment.
  • Our awards

    Our expertise has been recognised:

    • Finalist for the Litigation Team of the Year at the Lawyer Awards 2016
    • Finalist for the Legal 500 UK 2017 Dispute Resolution regional firm of the year.

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