Julian Randall

Julian is a senior partner is our Disputes & Investigations team. He has a broad based commercial litigation practice focused on the financial services sector, in particular the operation of complex financial instruments, insurance disputes, injunctive and administrative law relief and insolvency issues.

Julian has 30 years' experience in claims and regulatory investigations involving the major accountancy firms. He acted for Coopers & Lybrand in the Barings case, Moore Stephens in Stone & Rolls and Deloitte in the FRC investigation into Autonomy.

Clients value Julian's clear-mindedness, analytical skills, wealth of experience and his excellent strategic judgement.

Julian is ranked by the legal directories and is qualified to practice in both the UK and Hong Kong.

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职业发展

Since 2011

Partner, Taylor Wessing

教育

Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales	Admitted as a lawyer, Hong Kong
1983	MA Jurisprudence, Jesus College, Oxford

语言

English

专长

执业领域和服务团队纠纷和调查银行与金融纠纷

行业商业与专业服务

Experience

Defence of a claim for GBP1.6 billion	PwC in defending a claim for GBP1.6 billion arising out of the collapse of the sub-prime lender, Cattles plc and its trading subsidiary, Welcome Financial Services Ltd, following the discovery of a shortfall in its bad debt provision.
Moore Stephens	Moore Stephens in their successful defence of the USD175m claim brought against them by the liquidator of Stone & Rolls.
PricewaterhouseCoopers	PriceWaterhouseCoopers in their successful defence of regulatory proceedings arising out of the collapse of the Mayflower Group.

奖励

Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Professional Negligence (Band 2): Julian Randall is a specialist in financial professional negligence, with an impressive client list that includes large accountancy firms. Sources report: "He's very experienced at handling very big cases, knows the accountancy field backwards, and is a well-trusted adviser to big firms."
Legal 500 UK 2020	Leading individual - Insurance: Professional negligence
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Professional Negligence: Financial (Band 2): Julian Randall garners "huge respect" from commentators, who state that he is "impressive and highly regarded." He commonly represents clients in civil and regulatory proceedings, most recently in matters related to FRC investigations.
Legal 500 UK 2019	Leading individual - Insurance: Professional negligence: Team head Andrew Howell and Julian Randall are ‘outstanding litigators’; Randall has ‘a brilliant mind and an eye for the killer point’.
Chambers UK 2018	Leading individual - Professional Negligence: Financial (Band 2): The "very charming" Julian Randall "continues to impress with his intellect and tactical agility." He is "incredibly knowledgeable about auditing and has a very good feel for how he can conduct an auditing negligence defence. He takes a very realistic approach to what will work."
Legal 500 UK 2017	Leading individual - Insurance - Professional Negligence: Julian Randall is also ‘fantastic for accountancy disputes’ and is ‘extremely clever, a deep strategic thinker, utterly reliable and has excellent judgement’.