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Rachel Harrison
Senior Associate

Rachel Harrison

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  • English
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Rachel is a Senior Associate and Solicitor Advocate with significant experience of banking and finance disputes.  She also has a well-recognised practice in digital assets disputes and has undertaken a year-long secondment to a leading cryptoexchange.

Rachel guides clients through contentious situations which are often reputationally sensitive, business critical and/or high profile.  She enjoys working closely with clients to understand their priorities and to protect their interests.  She is recognised as a ‘key lawyer’ by Legal500 (Banking Litigation) and as an ‘associate to watch’ by Chambers & Partners (Crypto Asset Disputes).

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    "Rachel is completely on top of the papers and possesses sound judgement. She knows how to handle clients effectively and communicate the significance of decisions that need to be made."
    Chambers, 2026
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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 
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