The High Court in London has struck out a claim accusing Swiss billionaire Thomas Flohr of defrauding a Guernsey VC fund by secretly setting up other companies and moving his assets between these ...

Keith Oliver specialises in commercial, regulatory and trust litigation. A renowned litigator and excellent practitioner, Keith is recognised as one of the world’s best investigative lawyers and leads ...

This chapter discusses fraud, asset tracing and recovery in Jersey, covering legal frameworks, case stages, parallel proceedings, challenges and more. Jersey’s legal system is a hybrid, characterised ...

The change to a greener, more nimble version of the initiative requires a fresh look at how disputes will be handled When launched in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was the most ambitious ...

This article discusses sovereigns as big business, required legal knowledge, the significance of communication in sovereign enforcement, leverage, and more. In 2023 we attended a legal conference ...

In 2023 we attended a legal conference where a panellist claimed that the number of sovereigns who intend to honour their debt obligations is as low as 5%. In November 2024, a report on Compliance ...

Fraud remains the most common crime in the UK. Generative AI and cryptoassets are now inextricably entangled in modern society and economy, which has opened up a feeding ground for fraudsters.

While the enforceability of foreign judgments is very limited and as a civil law jurisdiction, Liechtenstein is not familiar with information-gathering tools such as discovery and disclosure ...

This chapter discusses fraud, asset tracing and recovery in Malaysia, covering legal frameworks, case stages, parallel proceedings, challenges and more. Consistent with trends around the world, fraud ...

The EU and UK’s top antitrust regulators have imposed hefty penalties on a group of car manufacturers and two industry bodies for engaging in an end-of-life vehicle recycling cartel. The European ...

This chapter unpacks fraud, asset tracing and recovery in Cyprus, exploring legal frameworks, case stages, parallel proceedings, challenges and more. As one of the very few common law jurisdictions ...

This chapter discusses fraud, asset tracing and recovery in the USA, analysing legal frameworks, case stages, parallel proceedings, challenges and more. In the U.S., asset tracing and recovery can ...