England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing
Gateley Legal
Catering to banks, financial institutions and investment funds, Gateley Legal operates across a broad array of fraud, misconduct and corruption matters, including those with fintech, blockchain, offshore fraud and asset recovery elements. The team is co-headed by Richard Healey and Mark Wilson and is often active in matters pertaining to CIS, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Singapore.
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Testimonials
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‘A highly balanced professional team that can offer several strategies for solving complex legal disputes covering several jurisdictions at once.’
‘The peculiarity of this team is that they become not only your reliable business partners, but are also ready to help you with the effective solution of any problems, perceiving them as their personal ones. Special mention should be made of the charisma and legal talent of partner Richard Healey.'
‘The team at Gateley is extremely capable with excellent off-shore knowledge and experience.’
Key clients
- Kroll Advisory
- Arkle Finance Limited
- Grant Thornton (UK) LLP
- Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine (|DGF|)
- BDO LLP
- Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Grenke Leasing Limited
Work highlights
- Acting for Kroll as trustees in bankruptcy in respect of a sophisticated international fraud perpetrated by Peter Kerkar against the now collapsed Indian travel company King & Cox which resulted in losses of hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Acting for the liquidators of two SPVs which were involved in a complex tax evasion scheme designed to defraud the UK taxpayer out of millions of pounds. The claim is for ~£25m and is against the directors and UBO (a Jersey trust) of the SPVs.
- Acting for a foreign deposit guarantee fund in relation to a £65m fraud claim perpetrated against a foreign bank.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Healey, Mark Wilson