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Robin heads our broad Dispute resolution department and is a member of our Banking & financial disputes team.
Robin has wide experience of financial disputes and has developed an expertise in advising clients on complex FX derivative contracts. He is experienced in advising on financial mis-selling claims and also advises clients subject to investigation by the FCA.
He also has broad experience of both contentious and non-contentious banking and insolvency matters, with an emphasis on financial markets work and distressed debt. Robin gained experience of distressed debt trading from being seconded to Morgan Stanley and has since advised clients in this area, including on Lehman and MF Global claims.
He has worked for administrators, administrative receivers and fixed charge receivers appointed in respect of numerous companies, involving both business and property sales. With regard to contentious insolvency, Robin’s experience includes actions for mortgage fraud and other claims and investigations brought by Insolvency Practitioners against companies and directors.
He has also defended directors against claims brought by IPs, negotiated on behalf of companies in debt restructuring negotiations and advised borrowers on swap misselling claims.
Robin is a member of R3 and the Insolvency Lawyers Association.
Recognition
"Robin Henry came highly recommended and I have not been disappointed."
Legal 500
"Robin Henry - quite simply a litigation powerhouse."
Legal 500
We acted for an Italian distributor of medical equipment in a contractual dispute with a Belgian supplier with a value of €50m.
Our Commercial disputes team acted in a complex cross-border fraud dispute relating to a pharmaceutical company in a claim for over £40 million.
We acted for a client who entered into a trade on a crypto currency exchange, making a large windfall profit. The dispute is with the exchange following its freezing of the account alleging that the crypto currency wallet had been hacked.
We acted for a medical products manufacturer defending claims for damages arising from the supply of allegedly substandard products to the NHS.
We acted for a client based overseas in defending threatened actions by the administrators of an investment company concerning their conduct as a director. The administrators were seeking an interview to ask questions relating to expenses paid to our client by the company and transactions entered into while they were a director.
We represented a bank plaintiff in a $1 bn claim in the US regarding the obligations of former employees to give depositions in England to the opponent’s lawyers and representing the employees in the deposition taking.
Spotlight
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Robin Henry, Head of Dispute Resolution and Gavin Kramer, Senior Associate in our Corporate Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency team discuss the recent judgment against the former directors of the BHS group of companies, focusing on trading misfeasance, in our latest edition of Spats in the City.
Jul 25 · Spats in the City
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Robin Henry, Head of Dispute Resolution and Gavin Kramer, Senior Associate in our Corporate Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency team discuss the recent judgment against the former directors of the BHS group of companies in our latest edition of Spats in the City.
Jul 25 · Spats in the City
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Robin Henry, Head of Dispute Resolution at Collyer Bristow, and David Lascelles, Barrister at Littleton Chambers, discuss these questions and others relating to contractual notice of claim clauses in our latest edition of Spats in the City.
Jul 10 · Spats in the City
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Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Abbie Coleman discuss the FCA’s new rules and guidance on anti-greenwashing and sustainability.
May 29 · Spats in the City
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Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry demystifies the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law, published on 17 April 2024. What it seeks to do is apply the principles of English insolvency law to digital …
podcast
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Jean-Martin Louw discuss the most prevalent class of fraud being perpetrated in the UK, authorised push payment (“APP”) fraud, and the options available for its victims.
Apr 12 · Spats in the City
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Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Tamara Davis share their thoughts on the FCA’s view and actions regarding non-financial misconduct.
Feb 28 · Spats in the City
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Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Jean-Martin Louw discuss the topical subject of de-banking, or de-risking as banks call it.
Feb 1 · Spats in the City
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Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Abbie Coleman comment on the new consumer duty which came into force on 31 July 2023.
Oct 1 · Spats in the City
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Private Equity disputes, LIBOR transition & Crypto fraud
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Hague Convention letters of request are an effective and common tool used by US litigants to obtain evidence and documents from potential witnesses in the UK where the witnesses are unwilling to give evidence voluntarily for US proceedings.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
Often involving complex, cross-border issues, our team has a great deal of experience in resolving the full range of post-M&A disputes.
Authorised push payment (“APP”) fraud is reportedly the largest class of payment fraud in the UK. There may be the opportunity to obtain compensation under a voluntary banking code and to complain to the Financial Services Ombudsman (“FOS”) if compensation is not paid.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
Shareholders disputes can arise for any reason, but common circumstances include a divergence of opinion for the future direction of the company or the unfair distribution of responsibilities between the parties.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
The purpose of an application to the court to strike out is the deletion of material from a party’s statement of case so that it cannot be relied on in the proceedings. If a whole statement of case is struck out, this should lead to the court giving judgment for the applying party.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
Under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (“the CPR”), a claimant is expected to take certain steps before issuing court proceedings, including exchanging information with the intended defendant, and attempting to settle the matter in dispute.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
Warranties are contractual statements of fact that are typically given by a seller to a buyer in a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) or other contract as one of the ways in which risk is allocated between parties in the acquisition of a target company (the “Target”).
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
A party to proceedings (usually the defendant) may be able to obtain an order that another party (usually the claimant) provide security for its costs.
Discover our new series of practical know-how guides for those involved in commercial disputes.
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Specialising in: Banking & financial disputes, Commercial disputes, Corporate recovery, restructuring & insolvency, Financial regulatory & Personal insolvency
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Qualification 1991
Robin heads our broad Dispute resolution department and is a member of our Banking & financial disputes team.
Robin has wide experience of financial disputes and has developed an expertise in advising clients on complex FX derivative contracts. He is experienced in advising on financial mis-selling claims and also advises clients subject to investigation by the FCA.
He also has broad experience of both contentious and non-contentious banking and insolvency matters, with an emphasis on financial markets work and distressed debt. Robin gained experience of distressed debt trading from being seconded to Morgan Stanley and has since advised clients in this area, including on Lehman and MF Global claims.
He has worked for administrators, administrative receivers and fixed charge receivers appointed in respect of numerous companies, involving both business and property sales. With regard to contentious insolvency, Robin’s experience includes actions for mortgage fraud and other claims and investigations brought by Insolvency Practitioners against companies and directors.
He has also defended directors against claims brought by IPs, negotiated on behalf of companies in debt restructuring negotiations and advised borrowers on swap misselling claims.
Robin is a member of R3 and the Insolvency Lawyers Association.
"Robin Henry came highly recommended and I have not been disappointed."
Legal 500
"Robin Henry - quite simply a litigation powerhouse."
Legal 500
We acted for an Italian distributor of medical equipment in a contractual dispute with a Belgian supplier with a value of €50m.
Our Commercial disputes team acted in a complex cross-border fraud dispute relating to a pharmaceutical company in a claim for over £40 million.
We acted for a client who entered into a trade on a crypto currency exchange, making a large windfall profit. The dispute is with the exchange following its freezing of the account alleging that the crypto currency wallet had been hacked.
We acted for a medical products manufacturer defending claims for damages arising from the supply of allegedly substandard products to the NHS.
We acted for a client based overseas in defending threatened actions by the administrators of an investment company concerning their conduct as a director. The administrators were seeking an interview to ask questions relating to expenses paid to our client by the company and transactions entered into while they were a director.
We represented a bank plaintiff in a $1 bn claim in the US regarding the obligations of former employees to give depositions in England to the opponent’s lawyers and representing the employees in the deposition taking.
Spotlight
Robin Henry, Head of Dispute Resolution and Gavin Kramer, Senior Associate in our Corporate Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency team discuss the recent judgment against the former directors of the BHS group of companies, focusing on trading misfeasance, in our latest edition of Spats in the City.
Jul 25 · Spats in the City
Robin Henry, Head of Dispute Resolution and Gavin Kramer, Senior Associate in our Corporate Recovery, Restructuring & Insolvency team discuss the recent judgment against the former directors of the BHS group of companies in our latest edition of Spats in the City.
Jul 25 · Spats in the City
Robin Henry, Head of Dispute Resolution at Collyer Bristow, and David Lascelles, Barrister at Littleton Chambers, discuss these questions and others relating to contractual notice of claim clauses in our latest edition of Spats in the City.
Jul 10 · Spats in the City
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Abbie Coleman discuss the FCA’s new rules and guidance on anti-greenwashing and sustainability.
May 29 · Spats in the City
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry demystifies the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law, published on 17 April 2024. What it seeks to do is apply the principles of English insolvency law to digital …
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Jean-Martin Louw discuss the most prevalent class of fraud being perpetrated in the UK, authorised push payment (“APP”) fraud, and the options available for its victims.
Apr 12 · Spats in the City
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Tamara Davis share their thoughts on the FCA’s view and actions regarding non-financial misconduct.
Feb 28 · Spats in the City
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Jean-Martin Louw discuss the topical subject of de-banking, or de-risking as banks call it.
Feb 1 · Spats in the City
Head of Dispute Resolution Robin Henry and Associate Abbie Coleman comment on the new consumer duty which came into force on 31 July 2023.
Oct 1 · Spats in the City
Private Equity disputes, LIBOR transition & Crypto fraud
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