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Banking Litigation - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Sidley Austin represents large international financial institutions, funds and corporate clients in a wide array of financial litigation. Its areas of expertise include disputes relating to structured finance and product mis-selling, as well as those arising as a result of financial institutions becoming insolvent. The department is able to draw on the firm's international reach to handle high-profile, multi-jurisdictional cases, as well as the ancillary strength of the transactional and restructuring departments, to provide an integrated service.

Work Highlights

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  • Sidley Austin represented Genworth Financial in PPI mis-selling related litigation worth over £600 million. The litigation arose from a purchase by AXA S.A. of certain companies which had underwritten PPI giving rise to mis-selling losses, for which they allege Genworth is liable.

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew Shankland
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Matthew Shankland
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Band 4

Solicitor advocate Matthew Shankland is head of the London dispute resolution group. He expertly handles cross-border banking litigation for a broad range of financial institutions, with particular skill in cases concerning complex financial products and alleged fraud.

Matthew is an outstanding lawyer doing great work.

Matthew brings deep experience, legal sophistication and exceptional strategic insight to a case, making him a formidable litigator.

Matthew is a very experienced, thorough litigator.

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Matthew Shankland
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Matthew Shankland
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