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Founded in 2012, Signature Litigation has grown into one of London’s pre-eminent specialist dispute resolution practices. From the outset, we set out to do things differently: a conflict-free, disputes-only platform designed to give clients the undivided focus and strategic agility that complex, high-stakes matters demand.
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Established in 2017, Signature Litigation's Gibraltar office was founded to address growing demand for specialist expertise in commercial litigation and private wealth disputes on the Rock.
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Signature Litigation AARPI houses one of France’s most enviable product liability practices, with the team also handling commercial and corporate litigation, insurance and reinsurance, toxic tort and ESG, civil fraud and asset tracing, international arbitration, administrative and public law.
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Frankfurt has emerged as one of Europe's foremost financial and commercial centres and, increasingly, as a bridge between European and Asian markets. With that growth comes an increasing demand for sophisticated dispute resolution. Signature Litigation established its Frankfurt office to meet this need, bringing our conflict-free, disputes-only platform to the German market.
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The Legal 500 UK 2025, Banking litigation: investment and retail
Our team includes a broad bench of leading lawyers across Signature’s London, Paris and Frankfurt offices with specialist experience and an impressive track record of representing clients in mis-selling claims, including multi-jurisdictional complex securities litigation, professional negligence, regulatory and contractual breaches, fraud, and other types of disputes relating to losses arising from financial products.
We have a strong track-record of managing these disputes in a group litigation context with experience in successful handling of the most complex, ground-breaking and high-profile cases.
Our clients include banks, funds, wealth managers, pension and private equity funds and other financial institutions, fintech companies and cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses, as well as high net-worth individuals. Our experience and in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry allows us to understand not only our clients’ commercial objectives, but also the sophisticated financial structures that form the basis of many disputes.
Our conflict free platform means we are unconstrained in who we can act for and against. We are able to offer clients involved in disputes on both sides of the customer-institutional relationship access to high quality expertise from lawyers who have significant experience in handling such disputes.
Banking and financial services disputes are often reputationally significant matters for the parties involved. We understand the challenges faced by our clients, and we fight hard for them, leaving no stone unturned.
The Legal 500 UK 2026 Guide consistently ranks Signature as a ‘Leading Firm’ for its banking litigation expertise, and the practice is praised in the Chambers and Partners UK Guide for its “great specialist knowledge” and “wide experience of heavyweight banking disputes.”
Graham Huntley is astute, bright and pragmatic. He thinks outside the box.
– Chambers UK 2025, Commercial and Corporate Litigation
Becca Hogan is an exceptional solicitor. She is calm, thoughtful, intelligent, focused and understands the nuances of litigation so that she can provide the best service to her clients.
– The Legal 500 UK 2025, Commercial Litigation: Premium
Daniel Spendlove is absolutely brilliant. He is sensible but also courageous, with brilliant attention to client care.
– Chambers UK 2025, Commercial and Corporate Litigation
Simon Fawell is a brilliant litigator with great analytical and legal skills, boundless enthusiasm, and a real sense for the winning points.
– The Legal 500 UK 2025, Commercial litigation: premium
A stand out partner.
– The Legal 500 UK 2026, Commercial litigation: premium
Rory Spillman is unflappable, even under immense pressure.
– The Legal 500 UK 2024, Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail
Abdulali is an outstanding lawyer in this market.
– Chambers UK 2025, Banking Litigation
An impressive operator who can attack a difficult situation with great energy, judgment and effectiveness.
– The Legal 500 UK 2024, Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail
Thomas is an excellent lawyer in court; he is very sharp and knows the case to the last letter. He is very accurate in his pleadings and is well prepared, which gives us a lot of confidence.
– Chambers France 2025, Litigation: Elite
Julian Connerty is a great litigator, with decades of experience and excellent judgement.
– The Legal 500 UK 2025, Fraud: civil
Alasdair Glass is charming and hard working.
– The Legal 500 UK 2025, Banking Litigation: investment and retail
Representing an individual in a reference to the Upper Tribunal in relation to a decision notice issued by the Prudential Regulation Authority which raised issues as to fitness and propriety to perform certain regulated functions. Also advising the client on the pursuit of a complaint to the Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner.
Representing a large group of institutional and retail claimants in defending a claim from Vannin Capital Limited, arising out of two Litigation Funding Agreements entered into in connection with the RBS Rights Issue Litigation.
Representing an offshore investment fund in High Court litigation in defence of a GBP 18m claim issued by an African insurance company relating to a subscription in bonds.
Representing a European investment fund in a USD 20m claim against a major Asian industrial group relating to convertible bonds.
Representing a Singapore-based private equity firm in a USD 24m claim against Credit Suisse for the recovery of losses stemming from alleged misrepresentations concerning leveraged Notes relating to an investment in a financial services company specialised in supply chain financing which subsequently collapsed.
Representing a global advisory and investment firm specialising in currency risk management in pre-action disclosure application against a number of entities within a banking group. The matter relates to allegations of front running and stop loss busting with the value of claims in excess of USD 100m.
Representing the shareholders of an African bank in claims with the total value of USD 1bn against banking authorities across the globe concerning money laundering allegations and the decision by the authorities to put the bank under resolution.
Representing an operator of global primary and secondary market platforms for alternative investments in a multi-million GBP claim against a specialist property investment company concerning a structured commercial real-estate finance product relating to major UK real estate projects.
Representing two HNW individuals in a dispute for over USD 100m arising out of loan agreements and related personal guarantees. The matter involved complex intra-group restructuring and assignment arrangements.
Representing institutional Noteholders in a USD 100m dispute with two prominent banks in respect of a prejudicial consent solicitation process.
Representing the sole director of an investment group in a claim for over GBP 100m against Lloyds Bank concerning the alleged misselling of various interest rate swap products by the bank's Business Support Unit.
Representing two entities within an investment management group in claims and related actions arising out of a sophisticated vishing cyber-fraud which caused losses to the client and over 100 customers in excess of GBP 100m.
Representing a company which facilitates investor group actions on behalf of investors in relation to a EUR 250m claim against a European retail company. The claim concerns an accounting fraud in respect of Eurobonds.
Representing a high-profile individual in a EUR 500m dispute with a US investment management firm concerning the effect of trigger events under the financing agreements.
Representing over 130 institutional shareholders in Barclays Plc claiming over GBP 500m in losses arising out of allegations arising under s.90 and 90A FSMA. The allegations arose from misconduct arising out of Barclays' liquidity dark pool and settlement agreements entered into between Barclays and the New York Attorney General and the Securities and Exchange Commission. This case was at the forefront of certain legal issues arising under s.90A FSMA including the issue of passive investors' rights to pursue redress, as well as the right by shareholders to obtain inspection from the company of legally privileged documents.
Representing over 200 institutional claimants with respect to over 1,000 different funds/portfolios in a c.GBP1.5bn group claim against Standard Chartered Bank re allegations of breach of statutory obligations under s.90 and s.90A FSMA 2000. The claim relates to alleged omissions and/or misleading statements in published information arising from alleged misconduct, including breaches of Iranian sanctions. The matter generated significant Court rulings, including from the Court of Appeal, and has settled.
Representing a technology innovation investment company in bringing and defending claims with the total value of USD 2bn against a multinational investment bank arising from a shareholders' agreement between them and related to the management of subsidiaries and the valuation of a call option.
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