Seamless, global litigation solutions for the right results
As global economic forces and new regulations trigger litigation trends, financial services leaders operating around the world must have a plan to manage a diverse range of challenges. Reducing the risk and cost of litigation, especially in times of disruption and change, calls for the right team of advisors. We can help.
The most competitive financial services industry players understand how to manage uncertainty about rising inflation, increasing interest rates and the pace of economic recovery from COVID-19. Regulatory developments, including a focus on consumers, ESG, prudent lending, new benchmarks and many other complications are at the forefront of today s concerns. Banks and other financial institutions need to reduce and manage legal, regulatory, financial and reputational risks.
Your day-to-day risk management exercise involves investigating, identifying and monitoring contentious and regulatory issues across your global operations. You need to partner with litigation and regulatory counsel who are attuned to risks wherever you do business.
Our Financial Services Litigation team, ranked in Band 1 for banking litigation in Chambers Global, advises and defends many of the world s leading banks and corporations in their most substantial and sensitive disputes. This includes high-stakes litigation, class actions, and related regulatory proceedings before courts and tribunals around the world. The litigation threat continues to evolve with an increase in fraud claims, sanctions risks and breach, greenwashing and other ESG claims, privacy and data breach claims, class actions, and funded proceedings.
Recommended for 'heavyweight banking disputes,' AKD Partners's litigation and regulatory team attracts praise for its 'breadth of experience and skills across all seniority levels.'
Legal 500 UK 2022
Clients benefit from our ability to manage large, multidisciplinary teams across international borders, spanning the lifecycle of a dispute from investigation stage, through contentious regulatory proceedings to litigation or arbitration.
We litigate wherever our clients are based. In the high courts of England, the state and federal courts of the US, the high courts of Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore or in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts and beyond. We arbitrate before all the major arbitral institutions and were a founding sponsor of the P.R.I.M.E. Finance arbitration and mediation tribunal, established in the Hague to resolve disputes relating to complex financial transactions.
Our clients depend on us to watch for and advise on emerging threats, develop effective strategies that respond to the nuances of a particular suit and keep their overall business objectives in mind.
Awards and recognition
Experience
Advising multiple specialist consumer credit providers in the defence of mass claimant Payment Protection Insurance claims with values in excess of GBP10 million brought by customers and former customers.
Seamless, global litigation solutions for the right results
As global economic forces and new regulations trigger litigation trends, financial services leaders operating around the world must have a plan to manage a diverse range of challenges. Reducing the risk and cost of litigation, especially in times of disruption and change, calls for the right team of advisors. We can help.
The most competitive financial services industry players understand how to manage uncertainty about rising inflation, increasing interest rates and the pace of economic recovery from COVID-19. Regulatory developments, including a focus on consumers, ESG, prudent lending, new benchmarks and many other complications are at the forefront of today’s concerns. Banks and other financial institutions need to reduce and manage legal, regulatory, financial and reputational risks.
Your day-to-day risk management exercise involves investigating, identifying and monitoring contentious and regulatory issues across your global operations. You need to partner with litigation and regulatory counsel who are attuned to risks wherever you do business.
Our Financial Services Litigation team, ranked in Band 1 for banking litigation in Chambers Global, advises and defends many of the world’s leading banks and corporations in their most substantial and sensitive disputes. This includes high-stakes litigation, class actions, and related regulatory proceedings before courts and tribunals around the world. The litigation threat continues to evolve with an increase in fraud claims, sanctions risks and breach, greenwashing and other ESG claims, privacy and data breach claims, class actions, and funded proceedings.
“Recommended for 'heavyweight banking disputes,' AKD Partners's litigation and regulatory team attracts praise for its 'breadth of experience and skills across all seniority levels.'”
Legal 500 UK 2022
Clients benefit from our ability to manage large, multidisciplinary teams across international borders, spanning the lifecycle of a dispute from investigation stage, through contentious regulatory proceedings to litigation or arbitration.
We litigate wherever our clients are based. In the high courts of England, the state and federal courts of the US, the high courts of Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore or in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts and beyond. We arbitrate before all the major arbitral institutions and were a founding sponsor of the P.R.I.M.E. Finance arbitration and mediation tribunal, established in the Hague to resolve disputes relating to complex financial transactions.
Our clients depend on us to watch for and advise on emerging threats, develop effective strategies that respond to the nuances of a particular suit and keep their overall business objectives in mind.
Awards and recognition
Experience
Advising multiple specialist consumer credit providers in the defence of mass claimant Payment Protection Insurance claims with values in excess of GBP10 million brought by customers and former customers.
Advising a major fintech in the FX space in relation to multiple claims against customers for manipulating money conversion transactions.
Advising a major credit card provider on obtaining validation orders for credit agreement entered into following introductions by unauthorised credit brokers.
Acting for a leading UK bank in relation to a complex claim in which serious allegations were made for breach of contractual and tortious duties of care and breach of implied terms in relation to the sale of interest rate derivatives.
Advising the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in enforcement proceedings against a major Australian institutional bank in the Federal Court of Australia alleging false, misleading and deceptive conduct and other contraventions of the ASIC Act, Corporations Act and Consumer Credit Act.
Acting for a flagship overseas business of one of the largest banks in China as the Security Agent and majority lender of a defaulted syndicate loan granted to a real estate developer based in Hong Kong, for in excess of HKD6 billion.
Acting for Clydesdale Bank PLC against repeat claims being pursued by 889 Ltd in connection with the circumstances in which the bank decided to sell 889 s mortgaged property following the default of its loan repayments.
Advising a leading UK bank against a mass claimant action challenging the bank s right to charge break costs on a loan product and the rate of interest at which the product was offered to customers.
Acting for a flagship overseas business of one of the largest banks in China as the Security Agent and majority lender of a defaulted syndicate loan granted to a real estate developer based in Hong Kong, for in excess of HKD6 billion.
Acting for Clydesdale Bank PLC against repeat claims being pursued by 889 Ltd in connection with the circumstances in which the bank decided to sell 889’s mortgaged property following the default of its loan repayments.
Advising a leading UK bank against a mass claimant action challenging the bank‘s right to charge break costs on a loan product and the rate of interest at which the product was offered to customers.
Advising and acting for Haitong International Securities Group Limited in respect of debt recovery actions against Everwin Enterprise (HK) Limited pursuant to a bond-linked note for a sum of over USD200 million.
Advising a fintech on developing its retail banking platform services offering, including advising on the key regulatory obligations on retail banks to enable them to build those requirements into their platform, and on obligations to notify regulators (FCA and ICO) in the event of data and regulatory breaches.
Advising a British multinational banking and financial services company in relation to proceedings in Tanzania, New York, the Netherlands and London in relation to the recovery of a USD160 million investment into a Tanzanian power plant.
Advising major banks in the UK and Netherlands in defense of a EUR60 billion claim before the Nigerian courts.
In relation to the restructuring and refinancing of a Middle Eastern group and associated multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of a USD9.28 billion dispute with the Al Gasaibi family, involving proceedings in the Gulf States, England, the US, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.
A global investment bank in connection with the workout and restructuring of GBP1.5 billion of mortgage and mezzanine financing secured by a chain of healthcare properties located throughout the UK.
The most competitive financial services industry players understand how to manage uncertainty about rising inflation, increasing interest rates and the pace of economic recovery from COVID-19. Regulatory developments, including a focus on consumers, ESG, prudent lending, new benchmarks and many other complications are at the forefront of today’s concerns. Banks and other financial institutions need to reduce and manage legal, regulatory, financial and reputational risks.
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Your day-to-day risk management exercise involves investigating, identifying and monitoring contentious and regulatory issues across your global operations. You need to partner with litigation and regulatory counsel who are attuned to risks wherever you do business.
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Our Financial Services Litigation team, ranked in Band 1 for banking litigation in Chambers Global, advises and defends many of the world’s leading banks and corporations in their most substantial and sensitive disputes. This includes high-stakes litigation, class actions, and related regulatory proceedings before courts and tribunals around the world. The litigation threat continues to evolve with an increase in fraud claims, sanctions risks and breach, greenwashing and other ESG claims, privacy and data breach claims, class actions, and funded proceedings.
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Advising multiple specialist consumer credit providers in the defence of mass claimant Payment Protection Insurance claims with values in excess of GBP10 million brought by customers and former customers.
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Advising a major fintech in the FX space in relation to multiple claims against customers for manipulating money conversion transactions.
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Advising a major credit card provider on obtaining validation orders for credit agreement entered into following introductions by unauthorised credit brokers.
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Acting for a leading UK bank in relation to a complex claim in which serious allegations were made for breach of contractual and tortious duties of care and breach of implied terms in relation to the sale of interest rate derivatives.
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Advising the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in enforcement proceedings against a major Australian institutional bank in the Federal Court of Australia alleging false, misleading and deceptive conduct and other contraventions of the ASIC Act, Corporations Act and Consumer Credit Act.
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Acting for a flagship overseas business of one of the largest banks in China as the Security Agent and majority lender of a defaulted syndicate loan granted to a real estate developer based in Hong Kong, for in excess of HKD6 billion.
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Acting for Clydesdale Bank PLC against repeat claims being pursued by 889 Ltd in connection with the circumstances in which the bank decided to sell 889’s mortgaged property following the default of its loan repayments.
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Advising a leading UK bank against a mass claimant action challenging the bank‘s right to charge break costs on a loan product and the rate of interest at which the product was offered to customers.
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Advising and acting for Haitong International Securities Group Limited in respect of debt recovery actions against Everwin Enterprise (HK) Limited pursuant to a bond-linked note for a sum of over USD200 million.
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Advising a fintech on developing its retail banking platform services offering, including advising on the key regulatory obligations on retail banks to enable them to build those requirements into their platform, and on obligations to notify regulators (FCA and ICO) in the event of data and regulatory breaches.
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Advising a British multinational banking and financial services company in relation to proceedings in Tanzania, New York, the Netherlands and London in relation to the recovery of a USD160 million investment into a Tanzanian power plant.
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Advising major banks in the UK and Netherlands in defense of a EUR60 billion claim before the Nigerian courts.
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In relation to the restructuring and refinancing of a Middle Eastern group and associated multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of a USD9.28 billion dispute with the Al Gasaibi family, involving proceedings in the Gulf States, England, the US, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.
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A global investment bank in connection with the workout and restructuring of GBP1.5 billion of mortgage and mezzanine financing secured by a chain of healthcare properties located throughout the UK.
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Paul Hopman has over 20 years’ experience of helping clients with a wide variety of financial regulatory and litigation related matters, focusing on dispute resolution between financial institutions and their retail and wholesale customers.
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Isabelle Ord is a trial lawyer who resolves complex and high-stakes disputes for national and international businesses and financial institutions. She is the co-chair of AKD Partners’s Class Action Litigation practice and the US Financial Services Sector.
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Her experience includes defending class actions and other complex business disputes involving unfair competition (B&PC 17200), false advertising (B&PC 17500), the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (Civil Code 1750), fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, Ponzi scheme and investment fraud, lender liability, and regulatory enforcement matters. She also prosecutes claims for financial institutions and businesses, including credit recovery, loan participation and fraud claims.
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Isabelle was the 2013 president of the San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association and 2012 chair of the California State Bar's Business Law Section Financial Institutions Committee. She is Chair of the ABA Banking Law Committee’s State Laws Committee. In 2019, she was awarded a lifetime achievement award for service by outside counsel to the banking industry by the Western Bankers Association.
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The most competitive financial services industry players understand how to manage uncertainty about rising inflation, increasing interest rates and the pace of economic recovery from COVID-19. Regulatory developments, including a focus on consumers, ESG, prudent lending, new benchmarks and many other complications are at the forefront of today’s concerns. Banks and other financial institutions need to reduce and manage legal, regulatory, financial and reputational risks.
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Your day-to-day risk management exercise involves investigating, identifying and monitoring contentious and regulatory issues across your global operations. You need to partner with litigation and regulatory counsel who are attuned to risks wherever you do business.
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Our Financial Services Litigation team, ranked in Band 1 for banking litigation in Chambers Global, advises and defends many of the world’s leading banks and corporations in their most substantial and sensitive disputes. This includes high-stakes litigation, class actions, and related regulatory proceedings before courts and tribunals around the world. The litigation threat continues to evolve with an increase in fraud claims, sanctions risks and breach, greenwashing and other ESG claims, privacy and data breach claims, class actions, and funded proceedings.
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Rich Hans serves as our Managing Partner for Vertical Operations and the Leader of our Regulatory & Government Affairs Practice Group. He previously served as the Managing Partner of our New York office and now also Co-Chairs our Client Investment Committee. Named as aDistinguished Leader by the New York Law Journal in 2022, Rich has acted as a trusted counsel and advisor to clients seeking solutions to their global issues.
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A Veteran of the US Navy, Rich proudly chairs the firm's Veterans and Military Families Resource Group.
Paul Hopman has over 20 years’ experience of helping clients with a wide variety of financial regulatory and litigation related matters, focusing on dispute resolution between financial institutions and their retail and wholesale customers.
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He advises banks, insurance companies, investment firms, investment funds, and other financial institutions on the impact of financial services regulation in the Netherlands, Europe and internationally. He also provides guidance on securities transactions, financial instruments, capital requirements, payments, settlements, market structure, governance and surveillance KYC/AML and supervision of markets, including market access.
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Paul has in-depth knowledge of the financial markets due to his direct involvement in significant (investigation) compliance-related projects and many high-profile financial litigation matters, disinvestments and restructurings, including several very large portfolio sales in the financial sector. He also helps a broad range of new financial (service) providers entering the Dutch and European markets, including those applying for licenses in the Netherlands due to Brexit.
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Paul regularly speaks at financial sector events, provides client training, and has been a guest lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Isabelle Ord is a trial lawyer who resolves complex and high-stakes disputes for national and international businesses and financial institutions. She is the co-chair of AKD Partners’s Class Action Litigation practice and the US Financial Services Sector.
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Her experience includes defending class actions and other complex business disputes involving unfair competition (B&PC 17200), false advertising (B&PC 17500), the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (Civil Code 1750), fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, Ponzi scheme and investment fraud, lender liability, and regulatory enforcement matters. She also prosecutes claims for financial institutions and businesses, including credit recovery, loan participation and fraud claims.
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Isabelle was the 2013 president of the San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association and 2012 chair of the California State Bar's Business Law Section Financial Institutions Committee. She is Chair of the ABA Banking Law Committee’s State Laws Committee. In 2019, she was awarded a lifetime achievement award for service by outside counsel to the banking industry by the Western Bankers Association.
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She is a former Captain in the United States Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps, and a paratrooper.
