Rhymal Persad > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Mishcon de Reya LLP Offices

AFRICA HOUSE
70 KINGSWAY
LONDON
WC2B 6AH
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Rhymal Persad

Work Department
Dispute Resolution - Fraud
Position
Rhymal is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department and specialises in civil fraud. He has an in-depth knowledge of representing and defending clients in cases involving Search Orders, Freezing Orders, Delivery Up Orders, Restraining and Computer Imaging Injunctions, Third Party Disclosure Orders and other asset recovery techniques. He has also been involved in cases relating to breaches of fiduciary duties, breach of contract and professional negligence. Rhymal has also dealt with numerous matters relating to the missappropriation of confidential information, data theft and misuse of trade secrets and breaches of restrictive covenants.
His commercial litigation work has given him experience of corporate fraud, international arbitration and recovery of stolen assets. Clients include multi-national, FTSE 250 corporates and high net worth individuals.
Career
Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Associate, Mishcon de Reya; Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya; Qualified, Mishcon de Reya
Education
The University of Westminster (Law)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
‘Meticulous and detail oriented’, Mishcon de Reya LLP, which routinely acts in cases before the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council (as well as overseas), houses specialists in cross-border disputes involving allegations of fraud and dishonesty. Representing both claimants and defendants, the team comprises experts in all fraud litigation-related injunctive remedies, including asset freezing, Norwich Pharmacal, and search and imaging orders. It also advises on the consequences of penal notices. Kasra Nouroozi is ‘the first port of call when assets or businesses are facing existential threats’; recently appointed dispute resolution chair Hugo Plowman specialises in complex fraud, asset tracing and investigations, and all forms of corporate dishonesty; and newly elected fraud group leader Robert Wynn Jones is experienced in obtaining and opposing multiple search, asset freezing and disclosure orders. The practice further includes Rhymal Persad, who is ‘results driven and has very good communication skills’; veteran fraud litigator Gary Miller; Naomi Simpson, whose workload includes multi-jurisdictional fraud disputes; and Rebecca Belgrave, who plays a leading role in growing the firm’s cryptocurrency litigation practice. Oliver Felton and Euan McMahon are also experienced practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Agriculture and estates