Rebecca Burton | Lawyers

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Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

Overview

Rebecca is a Partner in the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations team in London. Rebecca has a broad financial and commercial disputes practice, including public and private debt disputes, securitisation disputes and shareholder claims. In recent years, Rebecca has advised leading investment banks, issuers, private equity portfolio companies and distressed corporates.

She also specialises in ESG litigation and advisory work, often working in cross-practice and cross-border teams to advise multinational clients from a range of sectors including financial services, energy and commodities.

In addition to working in the firm’s London office, Rebecca has spent time working in the firm’s offices in Singapore and Hong Kong. Her experience also includes secondments to a global investment bank and a multinational oil and gas company.

Experience

Financial disputes and contentious advisory

The subsidiary of a global bank: advising the borrower under a securitised loan in connection with a claim for payment said to arise from an alleged event of default.
Multinational company headquartered in Sweden: acting for issuer entities under an EMTN programme on the defence of proceedings seeking a declaration of an event of default.
PE portfolio company: acting for the issuer under an EMTN programme and related group entities in trustee-initiated proceedings seeking payment for an alleged event of default.
Company headquartered in the Netherlands: acting for the borrower on the defence of a contractual and tortious claim concerning loans made by a state-owned global investment firm.
Global investment bank: advising the senior lender in two securitisation structures in relation to potential claims arising in connection with breaches of relevant finance documents.
A consumer goods company: advising on the defence of securities litigation brought due to historical investigations of anti-competitive practices.
A global financial institution: acting on its defence of large group litigation relating to alleged competition law breaches concerning FX trading.
An investment bank and capital markets firm: advising in relation to a potential claim concerning the pricing methodology used in a call option notice for GDP-linked securities.
A global financial institution: advising an escrow agent on potential liability risk from mistaken payments.
Other commercial disputes
A commodity trading company: advising on potential English civil proceedings relating to unfair prejudice shareholder claims.

A multinational telecommunications company: acting in its successful defence of litigation proceedings alleging collusion between multiple UK-based network operators and their European parent entities.
ESG disputes and contentious advisory
An overseas mining company and its UK holding company: acting on the defence of English proceedings brought by Peruvian nationals over alleged human rights abuses.
A multinational mining company: advising on the risk of civil claims in connection with project resettlement activities.
A multinational mining company: advising on human rights related contentious risks associated with operational security measures.
A multinational beverage company: advising on potential human rights related liability risks in connection with a supply chain.
A variety of global financial institutions: advising on emerging ESG litigation and enforcement risks.
A variety of multinational and leading corporates: advising on emerging ESG litigation and enforcement risks.

Beyond the Office

Rebecca has previously undertaken a secondment to Credit Suisse’s Litigation & Investigations team in Hong Kong.

Rebecca is co-lead of the firm’s Banking Litigation blog (BankingLitigationLinks), which reports on cases of interest in the banking litigation sector. She is also part of the ESG Disputes working group, which collaborates with other practices across the firm to track and inform clients about key ESG developments.

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from the University of Oxford. She completed her GDL and LPC at the University of Law in Moorgate, London.

Thought Leadership

UK High Court confirms that climate-related derivative action against Shell cannot proceed, Sara Feijao, Wilma Rix (linklaters.com)
English High Court assesses validity of assignments to decide whether it has jurisdiction over sovereign debt claims (linklaters.com)
Co-author of Lexology GTDT Practice Guide - Mining 2022, Chapter “Management of Group-wide Environmental, Social and Governance Risk in a Mining Context”.

Overview

Experience

Financial disputes and contentious advisory

The subsidiary of a global bank: advising the borrower under a securitised loan in connection with a claim for payment said to arise from an alleged event of default.

Multinational company headquartered in Sweden: acting for issuer entities under an EMTN programme on the defence of proceedings seeking a declaration of an event of default.

PE portfolio company: acting for the issuer under an EMTN programme and related group entities in trustee-initiated proceedings seeking payment for an alleged event of default.

Company headquartered in the Netherlands: acting for the borrower on the defence of a contractual and tortious claim concerning loans made by a state-owned global investment firm.

Global investment bank: advising the senior lender in two securitisation structures in relation to potential claims arising in connection with breaches of relevant finance documents.

A consumer goods company: advising on the defence of securities litigation brought due to historical investigations of anti-competitive practices.

A global financial institution: acting on its defence of large group litigation relating to alleged competition law breaches concerning FX trading.

An investment bank and capital markets firm: advising in relation to a potential claim concerning the pricing methodology used in a call option notice for GDP-linked securities.

A global financial institution: advising an escrow agent on potential liability risk from mistaken payments.

Other commercial disputes

A commodity trading company: advising on potential English civil proceedings relating to unfair prejudice shareholder claims.

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