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Rachel Harrison

Bristol, United Kingdom
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Rachel is an Of Counsel in the Finance Disputes team.

Rachel has over 10 years’ experience guiding clients through high-value and complex disputes, with a focus on banking and finance litigation.  She combines strong technical expertise with a pragmatic, commercially-focused approach, helping clients to navigate disputes that can have significant financial and reputational consequences.

Rachel is recognised as a leading crypto disputes lawyer.  Her year-long secondment to a leading cryptoexchange has given her first-hand insight into the digital assets industry and the opportunities and challenges facing businesses in this space.

Rachel is recognised by Chambers & Partners (for Litigation), by Chambers & Partners’ Fintech Guide (for Crypto Assets Disputes), and by Legal 500 (for Banking Litigation).

Awards & Recognitions
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    "Rachel is extremely clever, thorough and strategically minded. She is excellent with clients and forceful with opponents."
    Chambers, 2027
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    "Rachel Harrison does an excellent job of spotting legal issues, proposing solutions to the issues and communicating in a way we can understand."
    Chambers, 2026
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    "In the FinTech space, she is one of the experts; she's very sensible, sound and knows the inside of the industry."
    Chambers, 2025
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    "Rachel is a unique blend of precision, competence and joy."
    Client Feedback, 2022

Relevant experience

Banking & finance

  • Acting for an Irish bank to successfully defend a reputationally critical £300m claim arising from the UK’s largest mortgage fraud.
  • Defending one of Turkey’s largest construction groups in business-critical fraudulent misrepresentation claims arising from its issue of a $200m eurobond.
  • Advising UK banks on claims arising from APP frauds.
  • As lead associate, successfully defending a UK bank in £50m fraud and conspiracy proceedings brought by the administrators of a former customer (named a “Top 20 Case of 2018” by The Lawyer).

Digital assets

  • Managing a leading cryptoexchange’s worldwide (excluding USA) consumer disputes portfolio.
  • Advising in relation to frauds involving cross-border sends of digital assets.
  • Representing digital assets and fintech businesses in stakeholder and supplier disputes.

Education

  • 2019 – Higher Courts (Civil Advocacy) Qualification, SRA, London
  • 2012 – Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, London
  • 2011 – Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London
  • 2010 – BA, University of Cambridge, Cambridge 
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution Corporate Disputes Fraud and Asset Recovery
sectors
Digital Assets & Crypto FinTech

Insights by Rachel

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Legal Update United Kingdom

DPP v Qian: Chinese law to govern victims’ claims to 61,000 Bitcoin seized in London

16 Oct 2026 10 min read
Legal Update United Kingdom

Crypto Disputes Report 2026 - Key Findings

08 Oct 2026 5 min read
Publication United Kingdom

Crypto Disputes Report 2026

30 Jul 2026 14 min read
Legal Update United Kingdom

Motor finance claims – latest developments

29 Jul 2026 14 min read
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