Edward Argles

Overview

I am a Senior Associate in the Commercial & Regulatory Disputes team, based in our London office.

I specialise in complex commercial litigation, with particular experience in high-value financial services litigation, securities disputes concerning investors and listed companies (including claims under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000), and claims arising out of the loss or misappropriation of investment assets. My work has included acting for investment companies, financial services and wealth management firms, and insolvency practitioners in proceedings before the High Court and Court of Appeal.

I have also represented financial services firms in contentious regulatory matters with the FCA, and acted for litigation funders in disputes concerning the enforcement of litigation funding agreements.

I have experience arranging litigation funding and after-the-event insurance on behalf of clients, to facilitate claims and mitigate the risks associated with litigation. I also act on group claims brought by multiple individuals or corporates raising common issues of fact or law, and advise on the inter-claimant management structures necessary to coordinate such actions.

Before joining Michelmores, I spent over seven years at a boutique commercial litigation practice in London, where I trained and qualified as a solicitor in 2022. During that time, I worked on many of the firm’s largest cases, gaining broad and in-depth experience across the full range of contentious work undertaken by a specialist litigation practice.

Legal 500 named me as a key lawyer for commercial litigation and civil fraud in London in their 2026 guide.

I have written articles for the Law Society Gazette’s Litigation Funding Magazine and Practical Law’s Dispute Resolution Column.

I am a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association.

Recent experience

Acting for a large group of retail and institutional investors in claims under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 against Home REIT plc and others, arising from alleged untrue and misleading statements in the company’s prospectuses and other published information

Acting for the liquidators of three venture capital trusts in long-running High Court proceedings concerning alleged mismanagement and misappropriation of investment assets

Acting for lead claimants in Commercial Court litigation worth approximately US$500 million against the Swiss investment bank UBS

Acting for clients of a regulated financial services firm placed into Investment Bank Special Administration by the FCA to pursue the recovery of missing client assets and claims against third parties

Acting for a litigation funder in LCIA arbitrations concerning the enforcement of litigation funding agreements