Ashurst is recognised as having a leading commercial litigation practice across Europe. Commercial disputes are at the heart of our litigation practice, and over the years we have acted for many leading international companies in complex disputes across all industry sectors. We have specialist litigators operating out of all our European offices.
We have acted in matters in the following fields:
• mergers and acquisitions: disputes relating to public and private deals;
• equity capital markets: disputes arising from IPOs and other offerings;
• joint ventures: disputes arising from shareholder agreements and deadlocked joint venture companies;
• professional negligence: accounting, banking, tax, legal and surveying negligence cases;
• commercial: insurance, sale of goods, pensions and employment disputes;
• technology, media and telecommunications: all contentious contractual and regulatory matters;
• shareholder claims: requisitions for the removal of directors and unfair prejudice petitions;
• public and administrative: judicial review; and
• tax: tax-related litigation and tribunal work.
Ashurst has one of the leading contentious banking, finance, fraud and regulatory practices in Europe. We act for clients from around the world, often in high profile, complex financial disputes. Our lawyers operate with a clear understanding of the underlying transactions and financial products.
We have acted on matters involving:
• derivatives;
• hedge funds;
• fund management;
• syndicated loans;
• private equity;
• FSA investigations and disciplinary proceedings; and
• multi-jurisdiction freezing orders.
Main clients are:
• Barclays
• BNP Paribas
• Citibank
• Close Brothers
• Dresdner Kleinwort
• Electra Partners Europe
• Goldman Sachs
• Indosuez International Finance
• JPMorgan Chase
• Legal & General Ventures
• Man Investments
• NM Rothschild & Sons
• Nomura International
• Sumitomo
• The Royal Bank of Scotland
We have recently acted for:
• Baring Futures (Singapore) in its
£200 million claim against Deloitte & Touche relating to Leeson's futures trading.
• Indosuez International Finance in freezing US$280 million in London and enforcing a New York State Supreme Court judgment.
• Nomura International in its successful credit derivative proceedings against CSFB.
• SGS, the world's largest certifier/assayer, in a US$6 million disputed letter of credit fraud claim at first instance and in the Court of Appeal.
• A private client in a Euro20m claim against a bank over the unwarranted cancellation of a promised loan for the acquisition of a hotel.
• Sumitomo in its US$695 million claim against Crédit Lyonnais Rouse arising out of Hamanaka's unauthorised copper derivatives trading.
• A French client on a number of matters to recover state debts amounting to USD 275m.
• Tenaga, the Malaysian power company, in its US$500 million bond option dispute with UBS.
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