Foreign exchange • Benchmarks • Money markets • Governance • Derivatives • Investment banking • FX sales • Trading • Debt capital markets • Loan markets/lending • Corporate advisory • Commodities trading and sales • Prime brokerage • Commercial banking • Private banking • Wealth management

Christopher is Head of FRP's Forensic Services practice. He brings over 25 years of experience of forensic accounting, including acting as an expert witness. His work covers disputes, fraud, bribery and corruption investigations, asset-tracing and recovery investigations, regulatory inquiries and compliance and risk advisory assignments. He has been cross-examined on multiple occasions in the High Court and International Arbitration Tribunal.

Mortgages & remortgages • Lending policies, underwriting, loan assessment • Analysis of past mortgage cases comparing the lending against lending policies & general practices at the time, for claimants & defendants • Individual borrower disputes • Professional negligence • Analysis of specialist lending products & individual mortgage applications, including offset, self-certification, sub-prime, buy to let, 100% loan to value, home income plans, equity release loans, shared appreciation mortgages Additional qualifications CertFCA;...

FCA regulated markets, specifically: • Consumer credit, including motor finance and leasing, payday lending, rent to own, as lenders, brokers or as appointed representatives • Mortgage lending, including first and second charge, and equity release/later life lending • For the above, matters relating to the conduct of firms, adherence to FCA regulatory rules, suitability of advice or products sold (mis-selling), assessment of any customer detriment and how matters should have been concluded

David was Head of Property Finance at the UK subsidiary of an overseas bank for almost 13 years. He has extensive experience as an expert witness. He managed a very successful portfolio of property development and investment loans, as well as being responsible for a portfolio of regulated mortgages. David's portfolio also comprised hotel, leisure and care homes, as well as having a close relationship with a number of bridging lenders. He was a member of the credit committee both in the UK and for the bank's...

In June 2024, GBRW merged its expert practice with Martello Expert Services. The combined group has a track record of over 850 engagements and a database of over 500 experts in banking and finance, capital markets, insurance, energy, trade finance and commodity trading. GBRW Expert Witness has a 15-year track record of providing expert support in the form of expert reports and/or advice in disputes involving banking, investment management, insurance, commodities, derivatives and related areas. Several members...

Providing forensic expert advice and reporting on the role of an insolvency practitioner • Providing forensic expert advice and reporting on practices within the finance market in relation to when companies enter insolvency • Providing forensic expert advice and reporting on insolvency practitioner fees • Providing forensic expert advice and reporting on financial documents and the application of them for use in criminal, civil or matrimonial proceedings

Private banking • Investment management • Asset allocation • Wealth management • Loans, mortgages, overdrafts • Regulation • On-shore off-shore issues • Insider dealing • Criminal: confiscation of assets, regulatory rule breaches, money laundering • Banking: property lending (commercial & residential) • Tax • Building & construction • Retail banking • Interest rate swaps • Libor-related claims

Offices in London, Cheshire, Wiltshire, Cornwall Simon has 40 years of experience working in the banking and financial world, having worked in investment and wholesale banks for over 28 years. Throughout this time, Simon built up a huge array of knowledge of different aspects of banking, which he deploys today as the author of expert reports. For the past 12 years, Simon has worked as an expert witness, providing expert reports on a whole wealth of banking and finance issues to the legal profession, for banking...

International wholesale & retail banking systems & operations • Banking & securities payment & clearing systems • Foreign exchange, money markets, commercial lending, bonds, equities & financial derivatives systems & operations • Computer systems design, selection, implementation & project management & related methodologies • Practice of management consultancy • Internet & e-commerce • Insurance systems • Computer evidence • Artificial intelligence • Machine learning • IT intellectual property

Mis-sold pensions • Mis-sold finance contracts • Mis-sold mortgages

• Underwriting procedures and practices • Loan structures • Loan documentation • Security and guarantees • Valuations of property and other security • Instructions to professional advisers • Security realisation and debt recovery • General banking practice relating to the operation of accounts Stewart has given evidence in Court, acted as a single joint expert and written a paper entitled 'Contributory Negligence: establishing a factual basis in relation to failed bank lending transactions' and an article comparing...