EXPERT WITNESS · CONSULTING · ADVISORY · LONDON
Industry
Experience
That Matters
Expert witness, consulting, and advisory services for the UK and Europe's most complex financial matters — former senior executives from premier global and European financial institutions, leading consulting firms, and key regulatory bodies, FCA, Bank of England, and ECB practitioners, instructed across the High Court, LCIA, and ICC.
ABOUT THE FIRM
A global financial advisory firm.
SEDA is a global financial services firm providing expert witness, consulting, and advisory services to law firms, financial institutions, and regulators navigating the world's most complex financial matters
Financial Industry Expert Witness & Consulting Services | SEDA Experts | UK & Europe
WHAT WE DO
Expert Witness Services — Our testifying experts have provided reports and testimony in hundreds of high-stakes litigations, disputes, arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings globally.
Consulting Services — Beyond the witness stand, our practitioners advise institutions on risk, compliance, strategy, transactions, and regulatory matters.
Advisory Services — Senior advisory relationships for financial institutions, law firms, and regulators navigating complex financial, regulatory, and market challenges.
JURISDICTION
We operate across the UK and continental Europe with deep familiarity in the English High Court, Court of Appeal, LCIA, ICC, and ICSID arbitrations, FCA and PRA regulatory proceedings, Bank of England oversight matters, ESMA and ECB frameworks, and complex cross-border disputes across EU member states.
Paolo Mammola
Managing Director
Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance
Paolo has over 35 years of experience in financial markets where he has been a leader in the field of Risk Management with a particular focus on Counterparty Credit, Market Risk and traditional Credit Risk. He was an MD for 20 years at Citigroup and Barclays Capital where he attained multiple global leadership positions.
FORMER
Citigroup - Global Head of Margin Lending and Counterparty Credit Risk Management, UK Chief Risk Officer
Barclays Plc - Global Head of Market Risk, Interim Group Head of Financial Risks Management
Managing Director
SPAC and Investment Banking
Craig Coben has over 25 years of financial industry experience serving as the Vice Chairman of Global Capital Markets and Global Head of Equity Capital Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He is an investment banking world-class expert with deep expertise in a full range of equity products, including IPOs, SPACs, block trades.
FORMER
Vice Chairman of Global Capital Markets and
Global Head of Equity Capital Markets at Bank of America
David Saul
Managing Director
Investigation, Regulatory Enforcement & Compliance
David Saul is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 year’s experience in financial services in both Compliance and Internal Audit as the Global Head of Compliance Risk Assurance at HSBC, the UK Head of Compliance Monitoring, Testing and Surveillance at Barclays, and the Group Head of Internal Audit and Operational Risk at BMO Asset Management.
FORMER
HSBC - Global Head, Compliance Risk Assurance
Barclays - UK Head, Compliance Monitoring & Testing
Our experts are former senior executives from premier global financial institutions, leading consulting firms, and key regulatory bodies — not academics who consult, but practitioners who led desks, ran businesses, and shaped markets.
OUR PRACTICES
