England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing
Pinsent Masons LLP
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Pinsent Masons LLP has ‘vast experience in fraud disputes across a range of sectors’, with the fraud team having been ‘involved in leading cases which have shaped the law in this area’. The practice is commended for having 'specialisms in everything there is to do with fraud‘, a forte showcased through its activity on highly complex, multiparty, cross-border and high-value fraud cases. The team is often active within the banking and financial services sectors, and specialises in fraud within the scope of contentious insolvencies, as cyber-related and crypto fraud issues. ’Excellent fraud litigator‘ Alan Sheeley heads the team and regularly acts on behalf of state-owned entities such as sovereign investment funds. Jennifer Craven is ’in a class of her own‘, while the ’very astute commercially‘ Stuart McNeill specialises in fraud issues arising from contentious insolvency cases. Andrew Barns-Graham is noted for being ’an excellent negotiator‘.
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‘Massive strength in experience with specialisms in everything there is to do with fraud.’
‘Alan Sheeley has a huge presence. He is calm and tenacious, willing to understand the detail but always focused on the big issues that have to be fought and won.’
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Key clients
- Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Customs and Tax Administration)
- Teamtrend Limited
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Work highlights
- Continued to act for Skatteforvaltningen (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) as the sole claimant in highly complex multi-party London Commercial Court proceedings to recover c. DKK 12.6 billion (c £1.5 billion) losses from over 100 defendants, who are represented by numerous different City law firms.
- Acted for the six companies involved in an enormous cross-border fraud claim brought by JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank, against the Bank’s former owners – two Ukrainian oligarchs; Mr Kolomoisky and Mr Bogolyubov – and six companies, three English and three from the British Virgin Islands.
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