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Biography
Amy Hobbs is a litigation and disputes lawyer based in London.
She focuses on commercial litigation, banking and finance disputes and regulatory investigations. Her experience includes high value cross-border litigation (including group litigation), contentious restructuring, regulatory investigations and civil fraud.
Professional experience
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Global restructuring and banking/finance disputes – Advising on disputes with creditors, administrators and vulture funds arising from the collapse of a major financial services company. Public issues include litigation in multiple jurisdictions, including a claim in the High Court for relief from forfeiture following purported enforcement of share security as part of an alleged loan-to-own strategy.
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Group litigation – Acting for a FTSE 250 corporate in all disputes arising out of a mass data breach, including both group actions and individual claims in multiple jurisdictions.
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Regulatory investigations/ privacy and cybersecurity – Advising corporates and individuals regarding SFO investigations, small fraud claims, data breaches following cyber-attacks and internal corporate investigations (one of which later turned into an AIM investigation).
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Commercial litigation – Advising individuals/companies in respect of corporate director disputes and general contractual disputes.
- Civil Fraud – Part of the team advising group companies in the S&P 500 in relation to alleged accounting fraud claims arising out of an $11 billion corporate acquisition. The case has been described in the press as the "tech trial of the century".
Insights
Court of Appeal considers undertakings to court given in settlement agreements
Blog | October 17, 2023
Court can refuse to accept party’s undertaking offered as part of settlement
Blog | April 20, 2023
Court hands down judgment, after parties have settled
Blog | July 08, 2022