As the traditional, financial industry continues to embrace crypto assets, the English courts are increasingly being asked to resolve disputes that sit at the intersection of traditional legal duties and new digital realities.

In June 2026 as part of London Tech Week, Penningtons Manches Cooper and Gravita co-hosted a senior fintech roundtable in partnership with Tech London Advocates FinTech and InsurTech group.

The session, titled ‘Scale with confidence: what fintech leaders need to get right before they scale’, brought together fintech founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders to examine the decisions that matter most before a raise, a partnership, or an exit.

Over the last decade, we have witnessed the unprecedented growth of financial technology (fintech). Digital innovations such as digital banking, cryptocurrency exchanges, mobile wallets, robo-advice, online brokerage platforms and peer-to-peer lending platforms are being embraced by consumers globally.

A number of news articles in the run-up to Valentine’s Day this year warned against so-called ‘romance fraud’.

BBC News reported on 13 February that a serial fraudster, Raymond McDonald, was back on a dating app, ‘looking for his next victim’, ‘within days of being released from his seventh prison term for romance fraud’. A further article on 14 February cited a public alert from the Thames Valley Police, warning people to be cautious and calling romance fraud a ‘form of emotional exploitation that can be deeply damaging, not just financially but psychologically’.

Join Clare Archer, Penningtons Manches Cooper, at the Citywealth Forum 2026 as she shares insights from her extensive career in financial services.

Dubai’s private wealth ecosystem is moving beyond rapid growth into long term institutional depth. With DIFC assets reaching US$700 billion and foundation registrations accelerating, international families are increasingly using the UAE as a structuring hub rather than simply a capital destination.

The superyacht calendar reaches its peak with the Cannes and Monaco Yacht Shows, where the world’s leading shipyards, brokers, and owners converge.

At Citywealth, we shine a spotlight on the exceptional individuals and firms driving innovation, excellence, and integrity in private wealth management and global client services.

For generations, the last will and testament has played a vital role in estate planning, offering a structured way for individuals to set out how their assets should be distributed after death.

Top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has announced its partner promotions for 2025.

Private aviation remains a dynamic and evolving industry, with increasing demand driven by ultra-high-net-worth individuals, regulatory shifts, and sustainability efforts.

Family law has lost a contingent of Russian clients, so Citywealth wondered if it had become a less prosperous and less exciting area of the law. Our contributors confirm the opposite.

The ocean covers seventy percent of the Earth’s surface, which is an area of 361 million square kilometres, so it is not surprising that man has elevated its vehicles and craft to enjoy and cruise its waters at leisure.

The agenda of this year’s Citywealth Forum was created with the unprecedented change the wealth management industry has been seeing in mind. Across a range of panels, our speakers and delegates came together to understand the unforeseen.

This week’s 60-second piece is dedicated to Charlotte Hill, Partner and Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings), Commercial Dispute Resolution at Penningtons Maches Cooper.