Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Banking Litigation

UK-wide

3 Years Ranked

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Andrea Monks, Deputy Managing Partner of the London office, advises leading financial institutions on their most significant disputes and contentious regulatory matters, both domestically and in a cross-border context.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience, Andrea helps a range of banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and other key participants in the financial services sector to navigate highly complex and sensitive disputes. She brings particular experience handling contentious regulatory investigations, having been involved in nearly all of the key global regulatory investigations to occur in recent years. Her work includes counseling clients in relation to risk management, internal investigations, and regulatory enforcement.

An accomplished litigator, Andrea has been at the helm of a number of test cases, group actions, and precedent-setting matters in the UK involving the banking industry. She has taken cases all the way to the Supreme Court. Her practice encompasses complex and structured products disputes, insolvency disputes, trade and asset finance disputes, loan syndicate disputes, and disputes following on from regulatory findings. A former in-house banking lawyer, Andrea leverages her sophisticated industry knowledge and experience to help clients achieve their commercial objectives, including through settlements and other alternative forms of dispute resolution.

Andrea also provides general commercial litigation representation, including in connection with contract disputes, fraud and asset-tracing, joint venture and supply chain disputes, and aviation disputes.

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Banking Litigation - UK-wide
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Band 1

Andrea Monks has an excellent reputation for her banking litigation practice, representing financial institutions in a broad range of high-profile disputes. She has considerable experience in matters concerning market abuse, insolvency and trade credit, among other kinds of financial litigation.


Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Corporates) - UK-wide
3
Band 3

Andrea Monks is deputy managing partner of Latham's London office. She frequently assists clients in litigation arising from disputes and investigations from regulators including the PRA and FCA regarding regulatory breaches.

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