Rupert Lewis

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Financial Services Disputes, IBOR Transition and IBOR Transition: Implementation

Career

Rupert heads the award-winning Banking Litigation practice in the UK and specialises in advising banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of contentious issues.

He has led many high-profile cases, including working with a client on one of the largest banking disputes that has been brought before the Commercial Court in London.

Rupert’s expertise includes advising clients on mis-selling claims (in relation to a wide variety of investment products, including complex derivatives), securities class actions, fraud claims, banking confidentiality, contractual disputes, jurisdictional disputes and professional negligence claims. Many of the matters Rupert has worked on involve parallel regulatory and criminal investigations or proceedings.

He has first-hand knowledge of the inner workings of financial institutions having spent over a year in-house, including a senior secondment to the litigation team of a major UK bank.

Personal

Rupert heads the award-winning Banking Litigation practice in the UK.

Work Highlights

An international bank in relation to a GBP 500 million securities class action

Societe Generale in relation to a USD$1.5 billion claim by the Libyan Investment Authority in relation to a series of derivative trades. The claim was successfully settled

Lloyds Banking Group in relation to a large number of interest rate swap disputes

A large, international bank in relation to threatened civil claims arising from breaches of US sanctions

An international bank in relation to the successful settlement of Euro 130 million claim involving allegations of bribery and transactions outside of capacity

Credit Suisse in successfully defending against a US$30 million mis-selling claim brought in the Commercial Court in London by an ultra–high net worth individual in connection with structured notes

A large private bank in relation to a series of mis-selling claims arising from a life assurance structured investment product

A major commercial bank in relation to claims arising out of foreign exchange derivative transactions

A major insurance company in relation to claims arising out of broker managed funds

Bernie Ecclestone (former CEO of the Formula One Group) in relation to a series of disputes arising in connection with bribery allegations