Gary Oliver
Senior Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7325
FCA v Whitestone and Seiler
Andrew George KC, Celia Rooney and Ava Mayer represented the FCA in this significant costs application brought by two successful Upper Tribunal applicants.
15 Nov 23
Financial Services & Banking
“A market-leading set that provides excellent service.”
Legal 500, 2020
“As well as financial services regulatory matters, the set is highly rated for broader banking and finance disputes.”
Legal 500, 2020
“Offers great talent, and recommendations from the clerks can be trusted with little worry'”
Legal 500, 2019
“Go-to set for complex financial services work.”
Legal 500, 2019
“Blackstone Chambers is lauded for its deep bench of experienced practitioners, including a number of exceptional QC's.”
Chambers UK, 2018
“Blackstone remains the premier set practising in the financial services field due to the undeniable prowess and tenacity of its lawyers.”
Chambers UK, 2016
Financial services regulation and litigation are core areas of practice for Blackstone Chambers, sited at the intersection of Chambers’ commercial and public law expertise. Members of Chambers have extensive regulatory and litigation experience acting for and against a wide variety of regulatory authorities, corporations and individuals, both in England and Wales and overseas. This includes acting in relation to FCA/PRA regulatory investigations and decisions in cases before the regulators and Upper Tribunal; in judicial reviews of regulatory action; and in commercial and chancery claims involving breaches of the Financial Services and Markets Act and banking litigation more generally. It also involves dealing with a wide range of other regulators such as the Takeover Panel, LME, Financial Ombudsman Service, pensions regulators and ombudsmen, accountancy regulators and a wide range of overseas regulators.
Areas of expertise include market authorisations and approval, listing rules, market abuse and insider trading, financial promotions, collective investment schemes, disclosure, retail mis-selling, wholesale market investigations and enforcement (eg Libor and ForEx), pensions, professional negligence; and the impact of the Human Rights Act on regulatory rules and action. Members of Chambers also act as mediators and expert witnesses in financial services disputes, and regularly publish in the field.
Financial Services & Banking experience
- Public and Regulatory
