Companies

3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) is a leading set of barristers’ chambers in London with 97 members (including 33 King’s Counsel). Chambers is recommended as a leading set in 15 different areas of practice by the legal directories. Members of 3VB undertake specialist advocacy and advisory work and represent clients in court, and before arbitral and other tribunals, in England and Wales and internationally. Banking and finance is one of 3VB’s core areas of expertise

4 Stone Buildings has long been recognised as one of the top barristers’ chambers in London for specialist commercial litigation and advice. Its members are experts across the entire spectrum of specialist commercial matters with particular expertise in banking and finance, insolvency, company law and civil fraud. Members of 4 Stone Buildings frequently represent clients before courts and arbitral tribunals, both in England and Wales and abroad in jurisdictions such as the BVI, the Channel Islands and the DIFC and ADGM. With 39 members (including 10 King’s Counsel), 4 Stone Buildings represents clients in disputes at all levels of complexity and value.

Addleshaw Goddard - an international law firm, almost 250 years in the making. We're trusted by over 5000 major organisations, including 51 FTSE 100 companies, to solve problems, deliver deals, defend rights, comply with regulations and mitigate risk.

Our work spans more than 50 areas of business law, paving the way to deliver the best possible outcomes for clients across multiple industries. Appointed time and again, we help them do business, operate and grow - effectively and safely - in over 100 countries worldwide. And while the challenges our clients bring us may vary, we approach and solve them with the same, single-minded focus: finding the smartest way to achieve the biggest impact.

Akin is a global law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors who pride themselves on dedication to their clients and their communities. With 18 offices worldwide, the firm is renowned for numerous market-leading practices; its strengths in complex transactions and restructurings, high-stakes litigation, and public policy and regulatory matters; and its unyielding pro bono commitment. Akin partners with clients from both established industries and cutting-edge markets to deliver creative solutions to business-critical issues, helping them seize opportunities and anticipate challenges. Driven by the firm’s forward-thinking leadership, Akin has built a strong culture of innovation and collaboration as well as a talented and diverse workforce committed to the success of its clients and each other.

Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse providing commercially-focused, end to end legal advice to maximize deal certainty and secure the intended value of transactions. Our banking and finance practice is particularly noted for its proficiency in acquisition finance, project finance, restructuring and insolvency, financial services regulation, structured finance, trade and export finance, real estate finance and securitization. Our extensive coverage allows us to seamlessly manage multi-layered processes and minimizes the inefficiencies of using multiple law firms. Furthermore, Baker McKenzie is a pioneer in the use of alternative business models and innovative approaches to service delivery, including harnessing the latest technology, to reduce the overall cost to our clients.

International law firm Clifford Chance combines the highest global standards with local expertise. Leading lawyers from different backgrounds and nationalities come together as one firm, offering unrivalled depth of legal resources across the key markets of Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East

CMS is a global law firm with over 4,500 lawyers in 43 countries.

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world. With one of the largest specialist banking and finance litigation teams in the world, we are well positioned to help companies with their legal needs. “The team is made up of top-notch lawyers who are down to earth and a pleasure to work with; they have great expertise” (Chambers & Partners UK 2022). The UK team acts for hundreds of financial institutions, including all the major UK clearing banks and provides advice and representation to banks, mortgage banks, building societies, finance houses, factors and invoice discounters and merchant acquirers as well as regulatory authorities. See our website at dlapiper.com

Fountain Court is a leader in commercial disputes, regulatory investigations and commercial crime. As one of the most prominent commercial sets of chambers, its members provide advocacy and advisory services for clients in the UK and overseas on a wide range of areas. The set is known for being at the forefront of banking and financial disputes, including retail and investment banking, with most of its members having significant experience in some of the most sizeable and ground-breaking cases, acting for banks, clients, investment funds and regulators. Fountain Court has a reputation for large-scale, test-case litigation involving some of the world’s leading financial institutions.

As an international, sector-focused law firm with more than 1,500 legal professionals around the world, Gowling WLG is here to help you overcome your complex business challenges.