Vanessa Whitman

Partner, Solicitor Advocate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Vanessa Whitman is a Partner in the Finance Disputes team at CMS in London. Vanessa has over 15 years’ experience as a finance and insolvency litigator and works primarily on contentious matters for banks and insolvency professionals, advising clients on various aspects of contentious banking and insolvency law. She has a growing practice specialising in FinTech and Crypto disputes.

Vanessa also has significant experience advising clients how to deal with Serious Fraud Office cases and other fraud related matters, having advised on Britain’s largest mortgage fraud. Vanessa recently successfully defended a £300m follow-on civil claim related to the same fraud at a 5-week Commercial Court trial.

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Assignment of claims by insolvency office-holders—checklist

Checklists

This Checklist, produced in partnership with Vanessa Whitman, Rebecca Hennis and Kate Herbert of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, sets out the key considerations that insolvency office-holders should bear in mind when assigning a claim, including the steps an office-holder should take to assign a claim and considerations when drafting the assignment document.

Restructuring & Insolvency