Nelsons

East Midlands firm Nelsons has announced the launch of a specialist banking litigation department.

The new group, based out of the firm’s Leicester office and focused on contentious banking and finance matters, will be headed by partner Simon Trees (pictured, right) who has more than 18 years of experience in the field. He will be joined by property litigation expert Alistair Haggerty (left), as well as solicitors Kiren Cox and Farrah Khalid.

Simon commented: ‘Nelsons has been dealing with contentious banking and finance work for more than a decade, but it was never focused on as a core department in its own right. However, the banking landscape has witnessed great change over the past year – particularly due to developments such as peer-to-peer lending and blockchain – and we’ve had an increase in the number of new business enquiries we’ve been receiving as a result.

‘Contentious banking and finance is a niche but highly sought-after and prestigious area of law and we wanted to expand the team and build a centre of excellence in the East Midlands.’