Graham Huntley and Signature Litigation ranked by Legal 500 UK 2014

Signature Litigation are delighted to have been ranked in the Legal 500 UK 2014 for ‘Commercial Litigation’, ‘Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail’, ‘Fraud: Civil’ and ‘International Arbitration’.

Graham Huntley has also been ranked as a tier one ‘Leading Individual’ for ‘Commercial Litigation’ and ‘Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail’.

Please see below a list of the full rankings and comments for Graham and the firm from Legal 500:

Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail (Tier Three)

Signature Litigation LLP’s Graham Huntley ‘doesn’t waste time on legal points that don’t achieve commercial objectives’, and Helen Brannigan ‘combines commercial nous, sound judgement and superb client handling skills’. The team acted for Renaissance Capital in two claims, seeking payment of fees worth over £100m in relation to M&A and equity and debt transactions. Natalia Chumak joined from Fieldfisher.

Graham Huntley is ranked as a tier one Leading Individual in this category.

Commercial Litigation (Tier Four)

Signature Litigation LLP is ‘equal to the very best’. The team acted for Renaissance Capital in multi-jurisdictional claims against African Mineral, seeking payment of £100m-plus fees in relation to M&A transactions and equity and debt transactions. Graham Huntley is ‘that rare breed of senior litigator who rolls up his sleeves and doesn’t simply delegate to associates‘, and Helen Brannigan is highly rated. Natalia Chumak joined from Fieldfisher. Chumak has a strong focus on Russian and CIS clients, and is a ‘steely litigator with excellent litigation instincts‘.

Graham Huntley is ranked as a tier one Leading Individual in this category.

Fraud: Civil (Tier Five)

Litigation boutique Signature Litigation LLP is led by the ‘hugely experienced and imaginative‘ Graham Huntley. The growing team is handling a range of significant fund management and Eastern Europe related claims.

International Arbitration (Tier Seven)

Signature Litigation’s full profile on Legal 500 can be found here.