Banking, Forex and Crypto Disputes

Giambrone and Partners is one of the few leading litigation law firms who take legal action on behalf of our clients against the banks and financial institutions as we rarely have the conflicts of interest that many the larger law firms are restrained by.

Financial services disputes are often complex and involve high stakes. Our banking and financial fraud litigation team advises clients in relation to a broad range of domestic and international disputes involving banking, finance and Forex litigation and arbitration. Our team combines extensive sector knowledge with specialist litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution skills. Our lawyers have experience in working on complex claims against leading investment banks and financial institutions in high-value disputes in both in the courts of England and Wales and also before international arbitration tribunals across Europe and beyond.

We have a track record of significant success. We are largely free of conflicts of interest which often prevents other litigation law firms from acting against financial institutions. Our dispute resolution lawyers across Europe work closely together to spot trends in global case law and advise clients on a transnational basis.

Our recent experience includes:

• Banker-customer/miss-selling claims 
• Consumer credit disputes 
• Co-ordinating international cross-border disputes
• Disputes arising out of complex financial products and structures
• Fraud and asset tracing claims 
• Investment funds, hedge funds and trusts disputes 
• Private and retail banking disputes 
• Real estate and asset finance disputes 
• Regulatory enforcement actions and investigations 
• Worldwide freezing injunctions

Case Study – Embezzlement by a trusted employee

Giambrone acted for a small business client in the restitution of money misappropriated from its bank account. Our client discovered that a trusted employee had been diverting funds from the firm's business bank account into other bank accounts for his own benefit in small tranches of money over a considerable period of time. The fraudulent activity was not discovered until a substantial sum had been embezzled. 

Our lawyers successfully negotiated a settlement with the High Street bank on the basis that the bank neglected to investigate suspicious transactions and failed in its duty of care to its customer.

Our specialist team acts at the cutting edge of this field, in claims against banks involving a wide variety of financial instruments including loan agreements and facilities, letters of credit, guarantees, performance bonds, collection facilities, derivatives, total return swaps, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and various forms of collateralised debt obligations including mortgage-backed securities.

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