England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing
Gowling WLG
With offices across the globe, Gowling WLG specialises in asset recovery and anti-corruption affairs. Its portfolio includes a wide range of domestic and cross boarder cases, and, since opening its Brazil office, the team hassecured work with the high-profile public figure Paulo Maluf (former Mayor of Sao Paulo). Catherine Naylor is distinctly knowledgeable in settling commercial disputes, often with a fraud or trusts aspect. In addition, Andrew Witts is noted for his prowess in international asset tracing and has over 25 years experience in multi-jurisdictional cases, while Jason Freedman is well versed in insolvency litigation and asset recovery investigations.
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Testimonials
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‘The firm has global knowledge to lead complex asset recovery cases. Partners are in general available to be involved in the cases and the team has important cross-border experience’
‘Andrew Witts is a leader in the field of asset recovery and Catherine Naylor is also a leader in complex asset recovery cases.’
‘A very tight ship - no weak links. Very capable of dealing with all different sizes and shapes of litigation.’
‘Catherine Naylor: Very smart and able to make the big calls clearly and calmly - a real pleasure to work with.’
Work highlights
- We continue to be instructed by the liquidators of three BVI companies connected to the former Mayor of Sao Paulo, Mr Maluf, in relation to the large-scale corruption case.
- Acting for Equity Trust and one of its former directors defending £30 million fraud claims in the Chancery Division.
- Pursuing claims against: (i) First Curacao International Bank N.V. ("FCIB"); and (ii) Johannes Christiaan Martinus Augustinus Maria Deuss ("John Deuss") for a contribution to the claims made in TWPS' liquidation by a number of companies who committed large scale MTIC fraud using FCIB accounts to do so.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Catherine Naylor