James's experience includes:
- Acting for large corporations and financial institutions in complex strategic litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations
- Wholesale and retail banking disputes, breach of contract claims and breach of mandate disputes
- Civil fraud including interim injunctions and cross-border asset tracing and enforcement
- Securities litigation
- Insolvency disputes
- National and international payments disputes
- Judicial review proceedings including in respect of financial services regulatory bodies
- Investigations – internal and regulator-led
- FCA Skilled Persons Reviews under FSMA including in relation to interest rate hedging products, the Consumer Credit Act, mortgage remediation and financial institutions’ systems and controls
- Covid-19 lending disputes and regulatory issues
- Redress and remediation programmes
- Corporate disputes, including claims involving s994 Companies Act unfair prejudice petitions, breach of directors’ duties, breach of fiduciary duties, and a wide range of partnership disputes.
