We represent banks, financial institutions, corporations, and private clients in complex banking & finance disputes, including regulatory conflicts, enforcement actions, and cross-border recovery.

How we typically support

We combine documentation-led analysis with an enforcement-first strategy and coordinate parallel civil, regulatory, and execution tracks.

Scope of services

• Handling disputes arising from financing, security packages, guarantees, and covenants

• Pursuing and defending claims relating to payment services, custody, and account relationships

• Managing disputes around structured products and investment arrangements

• Assessing misrepresentation, disclosure, and advisory-related claims

• Planning interim measures and urgent relief strategy

• Coordinating parallel civil, regulatory, and enforcement tracks

• Supporting settlement strategy and negotiation positioning

• Supporting litigation and arbitration in cross-border contexts

Approach

Finance disputes often turn on documentation, allocation of risk, and timing. We develop an early theory of the case, align it with the evidentiary record, and build a strategy that remains credible at hearing and executable in enforcement.

Deliverables

• An evidence and document map (incl. gaps and production strategy)

• An enforcement path and security options roadmap

• A settlement posture memo with defined risk ranges

Enforcement, interim relief and parallel tracks

Banking and finance disputes often require speed and security. We align interim relief, evidence positioning, and settlement sequencing with the enforcement endgame and coordinate parallel civil, regulatory, and execution workstreams where needed.

Selected experience (anonymised)

• Challenging account freezes in criminal and civil proceedings

• Representing financial intermediaries in regulatory proceedings

• Advising a private bank in a dispute with a client following a derivative transaction worth 30% of the bank's annual profits

• Preventing a change in the banking law that would have forced two clients to either apply for a banking license or give up their Liechtenstein-based business

• Representing a bank customer in a dispute with a private bank regarding unlawful early repayment penalties

• Advising on disputes involving custody/account relationships and disclosure issues

• Coordinating recovery strategy where assets and counterparties were multi-jurisdictional

• Supporting parallel civil claims alongside regulatory-facing workstreams

If you need a second opinion on strategy or a dispute-focused review of documentation, we can typically accommodate short timelines.