Lorna Bramich

Lorna is a senior associate in the Disputes and Investigations team. Lorna has broad commercial disputes experience, with a particular focus on shareholder disputes, insolvency and fraud. She is also a qualified project manager.

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Career

Since 2015	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2015	Associate, Taylor Wessing

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Financial institutions & insurance

Experience

First law firm appointment of an independent review process for a major retail bank	Advising Professor Griggs, the Independent Reviewer appointed by Lloyds in relation to the HBOS Redress Programme. This is a substantial investigation into over 50 former HBoS corporate customers, analysis of their claims for compensation and independent assessment of the bank's redress proposals. We are the first firm to handle an independent review process for a major retail bank on this scale. Our mandate continues, with us now advising Professor Griggs on the Quality Assurance Review by Sir Ross Cranston of the HBOS Reading Compensation Scheme itself.
An international investment banking group	An international investment banking group on claims concerning a shareholder dispute over a very substantial infrastructure asset (worth in excess of EUR3 billion).
An oil trader	An oil trader who was the subject of a world-wide freezing order and proprietary injunction freezing assets up to the value of USD335 million, and who was also one of ten defendants to the underlying proceedings in respect of alleged fraudulent activities involving the interposing of entities into oil trading transactions.