England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing
Farrer & Co
Led by John Wilkinson, Farrer & Co deals with fraud and asset recovery on an international and domestic basis, attracting high-net-worth individuals across the board. The practice is further enhanced by Adrian Parkhouse , with 30 years’ experience of civil litigation; he is especially well versed in settling disputes within the finance world, as well as the art and heritage sector.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Excellent team with the right balance of seniority tailored to the matter in hand.’
‘John Wilkinson - very experienced commercial litigator, rising above other lawyers in this area. He is extremely creative, swift and it is also very pleasant to work with him.'
‘Top team and excellent commentators - pleasure to work with - wide capabilities which has been very helpful and adds to the efficiency of matters.’
‘Excellent at long term strategic planning for disputes, with a keen eye on reputation management. Plus Farrers have a huge stock of good credit with the judiciary and courts for how they conduct themselves i.e. properly.’
‘Jolyon Connell - I have worked with Joe for 15 years on commercial disputes and civil fraud matters. Really bright, hugely likeable but tough and a very capable negotiator.'
Key clients
- Dr Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty and his son Binay Shetty
- Ian Pellow
- RP Explorer Limited
- ANZ Bank
- Energy Plus Limited
- Moorhead Holdings Limited
- Kenya Power & Lighting Company PLC
- Messrs Breytenbach & Moabelo as liquidators of Internet Currency Exchanged Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Ian Pellow in commercial court proceedings in which the Ukrainian state claimed that Mr Pellow and his co-defendants had been involved in a number of schemes to defraud Finance and Credit Bank by channeling US$280 million into companies owned by the First Defendant.
- Advising B R Shetty, the founder of the London Stock Exchange-listed NMC healthcare group family on his defence of multiple sets of high value proceedings brought in the wake of the collapse of the NMC group.
- Advised the Kenya Power & Lighting Company in its review of multiple Power Purchase Agreements following suspected fraud across the energy sector in Kenya.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Wilkinson