Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP

A ‘brilliant choice’, boutique law firm Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP represents both corporate and private clients in complex fraud work. Civil fraud and asset recovery specialist Lydia Danon is ’a superb lawyer’; Jon Felce is routinely engaged to act in claims involving deceit, breach of trust, conspiracy and misrepresentation, including in relation to employee and cyber fraud; Sinead O’Callaghan is experienced in financial sector-related fraud; and Natalie Todd ‘knows how to get results for clients’. The practice further includes Stephen Elam, who acts for crypto exchanges and coin issuers in litigation, and technology and finance disputes specialist Sam Roberts.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Excellent sector knowledge and vast experience of disputes makes CYK a brilliant choice.’
‘Young, ambitious, clever, capable, and user friendly. They are very quick to respond and happy to roll their sleeves up. Absolute professionalism, commitment and quality advice. CYK is just excellent.’
‘Demonstrates high levels of engagement, responsiveness and professionalism. The addition of new partners in recent years (particularly Jon Felce and Natalie Todd) has brought real strength and depth to its offering.’
‘Jon Felce is a highly cerebral litigator who knows the law inside out.’
‘Natalie Todd is a brilliant leader who knows how to get results for clients.’
‘Natalie Todd and Jon Felce are expert civil fraud litigators. Specialists in the heaviest, most complicated civil fraud litigation in England and abroad.’
‘Jon Felce is fast, pragmatic and knowledgeable - he is able to explain the intricacies of complex and highly formalistic English enforcement rules and suggest the best way forward.’
‘Lydia Danon is a superb lawyer - responsive, great with clients, and forensic. Rosie Wild is an extremely smart lawyer, who will never give up until a solution is found.’

Key clients

Merbau Synergy
Cally Shipholdings
Vital Shipping Corporation
Dainford Navigation
Tamara Shipholdings
Tuscany Maritime
Novoship (UK)
Joyvio Group Co
BJ Joyvio Zhencheng Technology Co
Food Investments
Australis Seafoods
Australis Mar
Acuícola Cordillera
Salmones Islas del Sur
Salmones Alpen
Procesadora de Alimentos Australis
Melville Consulting Partners
Melville Consultancy
Regal Consultancy International
ThinkMarkets
JNFX
PL Holdings

Work highlights

Acting for two defendants in a $14bn conspiracy claim relating to the alleged seizure of assets, including various strategic port facilities in Russia.
Acting for two defendants in a £6bn claim brought by Tulip Trading, in relation to the alleged hack of Dr Wright’s home network and theft of private keys for approximately 110,000 bitcoin and related digital assets.
Acting for the defendants in a $91m matter, which relates to an underlying fraud and secret profits dispute concerning sex tapes, secret documents and a Conservative peer.