Banking and finance litigation is an integral part of Glovers’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. The unit’s reputation derives from its wealth of experience representing a wide range of national and international financial institutions from across the financial spectrum. Glovers’ success in this field stems from its detailed understanding of its clients’ businesses, as well as the ability to meet clients’ needs at a time when banks and other financial institutions are facing increased regulation and potential for disputes.
Its success has been recognised by the Legal 500, which ranks Glovers in the top seven leading London firms in the field of Banking Litigation and describes it as getting “superb client feedback”. The head of the banking and finance litigation unit, , is credited with having created a ‘co-operative and confident culture’.
The banking and finance litigation unit is able to draw on the expertise of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department as a whole and the non-contentious Banking and Finance department to provide clients with legal support in relation to disputes arising from the following areas:-
- Breach of mandate
- Confidentiality issues including applications under the Bankers Books Evidence Act
- Consumer Credit and Data Protection
- Debt recovery
- Enforcement of security including possession proceedings, receivership and guarantees
- Fraudulent use of credit cards, ordinary cheques, charge cards and travellers cheques
- Freezing orders, search orders and third party disclosure orders served on clients
- Individual Voluntary Arrangements and Company Voluntary Arrangements to which clients are asked to consent
- Litigation on behalf of lenders against professional advisers
- Merchant agreements
- Money laundering
- Various forms of financial instruments, including letters of credit and guarantees
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