Professional negligence claims for lenders and financial institutions
Overview
Our professional negligence team provides specialist advice to financial institutions and lender clients who have suffered losses because of poor advice from professionals acting for them in a wide variety of lending transactions.
Working closely with our specialist banking and insolvency teams, we provide commercial and strategic advice on all options that might be available to recover our clients’ losses and/or protect their security position.
Our areas of expertise
Our expertise includes:
- Claims against solicitors for negligent advice adversely impacting the lender’s title and/or value of the lender’s security.
- Claims against valuers for negligent valuation of proposed security properties.
- Claims against other professionals, such as accountants for negligent advice in relation to the financial position of a proposed borrower, and insurance brokers for negligent advice in relation to a commercial indemnity policy.
- Claims against monitoring surveyors for negligent advice concerning development projects.
Key contact
Kevin O’Brien
Kevin is a partner in our Dispute Resolution, he has more than 20 years’ experience acting on behalf of banking and lender clients, businesses and individuals, in a wide range of complex and high-value professional negligence and liability claims.
Ranked as a leading individual in the field of professional negligence by industry bible the Legal 500, Kevin’s thorough, knowledgeable, and commercially sensible approach is singled out in the latest Chamber and Partners directory. He is also an accredited mediator, with 17 years’ experience mediating a range of civil and commercial disputes.
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Kevin O’Brien
Partner
Expertise:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Commercial Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution
- Negligent Accountants
- Negligent Architects
- Negligent Barristers
- Negligent Financial Advisers
- Negligent Solicitors
- Negligent Surveyors
- Professional Indemnity & Insurance
- Professional Negligence
- Professional Negligence in Wills, Trusts, & Estates Advice
Kevin is a partner in our Dispute Resolution, he has more than 20 years’ experience acting on behalf of banking and lender clients, businesses and individuals, in a wide range of complex and high-value professional negligence and liability claims.
Ranked as a leading individual in the field of professional negligence by industry bible the Legal 500, Kevin’s thorough, knowledgeable, and commercially sensible approach is singled out in the latest Chamber and Partners directory. He is also an accredited mediator, with 17 years’ experience mediating a range of civil and commercial disputes.
Free initial consultation
For a free, no obligation consultation contact our specialist team today.
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