England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing

Bird & Bird LLP

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The team at Bird & Bird LLP is well versed in dealing with civil and criminal fraud related matters, conducting discrete investigations from crypto and data breaches to bribery, asset tracing and recovery. Sophie Eyre, acclaimed practice head, specialises in ancillary relief applications to preserve documents and assets, as well as issues surrounding the theft and misuse of trade secrets; she is also particularly knowledgeable about the trust issues that arise from fraud claims. The team is also home to Simona Peter, who acts for both defendants and claimants and holds expertise in asset recovery and freezing orders, and Russell Williamson who acts for high-profile clients within the sports, media, retail & consumer and automotive sectors.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very experienced, very engaged, very helpful support in big cases.’

  • 'Russell Williamson is a stand out senior associate and extremely reliable.'
  • 'Sam Beer is a brilliant associate and very hardworking.’

Key clients

  • XY ERS LIMITED
  • Bitcoin developers
  • Chenco Chemical Engineering and Consulting GmbH
  • Bart de Laender
  • Consulum
  • MFT (PTC) Limited
  • Rubikon Shipping Company
  • Aser Media Pte Limited
  • Contingent & Future Technologies Limited

Work highlights

  • Acting for a Defendants 2-12 in proceedings: Tulip Trading Limited v Bitcoin Association and 15 Others. This is the leading case in the English Courts on crypto disputes, and is currently awaiting judgment from the Court of Appeal.
  • Acting for the trustee of a Cayman Island Trust in the context of a high profile fraud litigation commenced by PJSC National Bank Trust against Boris Mints, Igor Mints, Alexander Mints, Dmitry Mints, Vadim Belyaev, Evgeny Dankevich, Michaeil Shishkhanov and client MFT (PTC) Limited.
  • Acted for a large telecommunication provider who has been the victim of a fraud by a UK entity relating to wholesale SMS data traffic.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sophie Eyre

Other key lawyers

Simona Peter, Russel Williamson, Sam Beer