Partner
Heff’s practice focuses on handling complex financial and regulatory disputes for banks, building societies and private/wealth banks.
He has extensive experience in advising on, and resolving, particularly sensitive disputes with a reputational element.
Heff is known for his work in the secured lending space and is often engaged by market-leading lenders to advise on strategic issues affecting their portfolios. This includes receivership and property-related issues.
He deals with all manner of banking related issues, such as mistake, breach of mandate, misrepresentation, fraud, insolvency and financial crime.
Heff is known for his commercial and down to earth approach. Having undertaken 4 client secondments (totally c. 16 months of his career), Heff has a first-hand understanding of what financial services clients require from their legal advisors.
Heff is regularly asked to speak at industry-wide events and provide training to clients.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Experience
Related sectors
Financial Services
Real estate
Related services
Dispute Resolution
Financial services litigation
Commercial disputes
Professional negligence
Mediation and arbitration
Regulatory
Restructuring & Insolvency
Property disputes
Insights & events
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The land use challenge: creating a system to deliver net zero
EV Charging Infrastructure in Northern Ireland: Outlook | TLT
UK Company Directors’ Duties Under Threat of Insolvency | TLT
The fast and the curious: Empowering in-house lawyers to create business value
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TLT acts for Pollen Street Capital on acquisition of Leonard Curtis
TLT hires new partner turbocharging its UK-wide real estate offering
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TLT advises K3 Capital Group on acquisition of HMA Tax Limited
TLT highly commended for Litigation Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024
Views on fintech - interview with Niels Pedersen, MMU
The Future Fund - one month on | Scale-up insights episode eight
Scale-up Insights episode six - Employee incentives
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International Fintech Case Study: Brexit Contract Migration | TLT
Preparing for the Procurement Act 2023 - construction industry focus
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Office, Retail, and City Centres - What does the future hold?
The social housing whitepaper - what changes are on the horizon?
Break notices: ensuring that the break is validly exercised
