Philip Rubens

Expertise

Philip is a highly knowledgeable commercial litigator in all matters relating to contentious financial services. This includes not only proceedings primarily in the High Court but also regulatory actions instituted by the FCA against both regulated and non regulated entities in relation to market abuse and other regulatory infractions. Philip’s practice includes claims for misselling of financial products as well as claims brought against Banks and other financial services providers by their customers. In addition, Philip acts on group actions as well as shareholder claims brought against Listed PLCs. He also has extensive litigation experience and arbitration experience in relation to a wide variety of non financial services actions.

Philip Advises

• Institutions
• Hedge funds
• Wealth managers
• Trust Companies
• Retail clients

Experience Highlights

• Numerous interest rate swap misselling claims including LIBOR manipulation for professional and retail clients against major banks
• Actions for clients relating to fraudulent and negligent  misrepresentations against financial firms
• Advising both regulated and not regulated entities in relation to proceedings brought by the FCA for market abuse
• FCA/SEC Whistleblower claims
• Acting a wide variety of clients in relation to litigation and arbitration in relation to non financial services sectors
• Acted on cross-border litigation claims with India
• Acted on US whistleblower claims

Career History

• Finers Stephens Innocent (1987–2012)
• Cooke Young and Keidan (2012–16)
• Teacher Stern (2016–20)