Eversheds Sutherland has the industry knowledge and trial experience to develop effective strategies in response to new financial services litigation issues.
As markets reeled in recent years, financial services companies found themselves beset by legal, regulatory and business challenges. Federal and state regulators aggressively launched investigations and enforcement actions, and plaintiffs’ attorneys quickly followed with lawsuits. When financial services companies need experienced litigators to battle on their behalf, they turn to Eversheds Sutherland. Our multidisciplinary financial services litigation team combines extensive experience litigating complex financial services matters with our leading national practice in the sale and distribution of insurance and other financial products.
Eversheds Sutherland’s breadth spans the financial services industry, including life insurance class actions, unclaimed insurance benefits, retained asset account cases, property and casualty class actions and extra-contractual lawsuits, energy insurance and oil and gas/pipeline business interruption disputes, reinsurance and London insurance market matters, consumer finance class actions, arbitrations and general litigation and representing directors and officers of failed banks and other financial institutions.
Litigators comprise almost one-quarter of Eversheds Sutherland’s attorneys, and we represent financial services clients in national class actions as well as state and federal courts. The strength of our Litigation Practice Group has grown steadily for more than eight decades. We focus on our clients’ business needs and hone our advice and litigation strategy to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Why Eversheds Sutherland
Strong industry knowledge. Our firm has extensive experience in financial services products and transactions, so we are well-positioned to defend litigation involving such products and transactions.
Bench strength. We have a strong team of litigators based in Texas, Georgia, Washington, D.C., and New York, who focus on the financial services industry and have trial experience around the country.
Deep litigation experience. Our financial services litigators handle financial services class actions in federal and state courts; bad faith litigation; interpleader cases; trust litigation, escrow arrangements and garnishments; general contract disputes and alleged statutory violations; loan modifications, bad loans and other matters arising from lender-borrower relationships; bankruptcy litigation, including preference and fraudulent conveyance claims; and management of electronic data discovery in large, complex cases.
Class action focus. We have defended more than 200 putative class actions in the last five years alone in federal and state court and much of our work has focused on insurance and financial services.
Nuts and Bolts
For financial services litigation, we provide the full range of litigation services involving a broad spectrum of matters:
- Life insurance
- Property and casualty insurance
- Unclaimed property and unclaimed insurance benefits
- Retained asset accounts
- Oil and gas, pipeline and business interruption insurance
- Reinsurance
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Consumer finance
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
- Consumer Finance Protection Bureau audits
- Lender-borrower disputes
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Eversheds Sutherland develops litigation strategies designed to allow financial services clients to reach their business goals. We understand that it’s not about going to trial—it's about getting clients back to business.
