Daniel Lewis

My Approach

I am an Associate Solicitor in the Banking and Finance Litigation team based in the firm’s London office, I aim to provide easy to understand advice to clients. I take pride in delivering a high-quality service to my clients in an efficient, professional, and timely manner. I work passionately to ensure clients are happy with the quality of my work, and the standard of my service.

Area of Expertise

Banking and Financial Litigation

• Bank & Advisor misconduct claims;
• Contractual claims;
• Financial disputes – including negligent advice by banks and financial advisors;
• Financial mis-selling claims – including investments and mortgage mis-selling;
• Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) complaints and Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) complaints;
• Consequential loss claims; and
• Personal and Commercial Banking issues.

Cryptocurrency

I have experience in cryptocurrency and crypto-assets and I am a member of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery group and Tech Advocates London, my areas of expertise include:

• Cryptocurrency fraud claims and asset recovery;
• Freezing Injunctions in relation to crypto-assets;
• Disputes with cryptocurrency exchanges in relation to withheld funds and KYC verification; and
• Advising on the assignment of crypto-assets to a limited company.

Insolvency and Asset Recovery

• Winding Up Petitions and Bankruptcy Petitions;
• Wrongful Trading and Misfeasance Claims or advice;
• Unfair Prejudice and Derivative Claims or advice; and
• Asset recovery for appointed insolvency practitioners.

Gambling and Betting Disputes

I have acted on a number of gambling and betting disputes/complaints in relation to the following:

• Breaches of self-exclusion policy;
• Contractual disputes including unpaid winnings;
• Breaches of Gambling Commission's License Conditions and Codes of Practice in relation to social responsibility; and
• Complaints to the Gambling Commission.

Recent Work

• Acting for multiple clients in the HBOS Reading Fraud Re-Review, conducted by Sir David Foskett. Participants in the Re-Review deemed to be victims of the fraud are entitled to an award of £3,000,000, net of tax.
• Advising on a claim involving 36 Ethereum tokens, successfully obtaining judgment.
• Obtaining a freezing injunction and Norwich Pharmacal Order in respect of stolen cryptocurrency held in two exchanges.
• Preparing and advising on an application for a freezing injunction, preservation order and delivery up relating to three cryptocurrency wallets holding more than 150 Ethereum tokens, see Nicholls v Little [2022] 7 WLUK 380.
• Acting for a client in a mediation and obtaining settlement against a national betting operator.
• Advising former directors of a company in liquidation in dealing with queries and potential claims from a liquidator.
• Preparing and issuing contributory winding up petition as a result of a shareholder dispute.

Professional Associations & Qualifications

• Qualified as a Solicitor in September 2022.
• R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals
• BA Hons, Political Science and International Relations, University of Birmingham.
• LLM (Law Conversion), BPP University.
• LPC, BPP University.