Banking & Financial Institutions

Combined Experience in Advisory and Dispute Resolution

Our practice combines regulatory and commercial advisory with contentious and enforcement capabilities with sophisticated dispute resolution and litigation capabilities, allowing us to advise clients across the full lifecycle of banking and financial relationships from structuring and documentation through to enforcement, recovery and contentious proceedings. 

Our lawyers are experienced in advising financial institutions, lenders, borrowers, investors, corporations and other market participants on a broad range of banking and finance matters. Our approach is grounded in an understanding of the commercial realities of financial transactions, the regulatory environment in which financial institutions operate, and the legal and practical considerations that arise when transactions encounter difficulties or disputes. 

Core Areas of Practice

Banking and Financing Arrangements

Advising lenders, borrowers and other stakeholders on loan and financing arrangements, facility documentation, security structures, guarantees, indemnities and related contractual matters. 

Advising financial institutions and businesses on legal and regulatory issues affecting banking and financial activities, including governance, contractual risk, regulatory obligations and the implementation of internal policies and procedures.  

Advising lenders and financial institutions on recovery strategies, enforcement of judgments and securities, receivership, guarantees and other available remedies, with a focus on achieving commercially effective outcomes.  

Advising on the creation, perfection, protection and enforcement of security interests, including charges, guarantees and other forms of security supporting financing arrangements. 

Representing financial institutions, lenders, borrowers, guarantors and other stakeholders in disputes arising from financing arrangements, including claims concerning repayment obligations, contractual breaches, interest, default, guarantees and security.  

Advising and representing clients in matters involving fraudulent transactions, misrepresentation, breach of trust, dishonest conduct and other forms of financial misconduct, including urgent applications for injunctive and asset-preservation relief.

Advising financial institutions and creditors in connection with distressed borrowers, insolvency proceedings, restructuring, winding-up, judicial management and recovery strategies. 

Representing clients in complex disputes involving financial institutions, investment arrangements, shareholder and corporate matters, contractual relationships and other commercially significant financial claims. 

Advising businesses, financial institutions and technology companies on emerging digital finance models, fintech products and technology-enabled financial services, including digital payments, digital lending, platform-based finance and the regulatory, contractual and commercial considerations arising from the deployment of new financial technologies. 

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