Lawyers at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner work in close tandem with the firm’s wider regulatory, white-collar crime, investigation and tax teams to support on a wealth of complex, cross-border matters. The offering is helmed by Segun Osuntokun, a key port of call for state governments and entities, multinational conglomerates, financial services players, high-net-worth individuals, and energy and natural resources companies; he is distinctly well-versed in matters involving Africa and other developing countries, and is supported by investment fraud specialist, Andrew Tuson.

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Testimonials

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‘The team demonstrated to me over the 18 months of work that they were completely trustworthy and only had my best interests at heart. They were constantly trying to de-escalate a dispute which had the potential to result in multi-year litigation. I benefited from their clear depth of experience of this type of work.’
‘BCLP is well known and obviously up the standard of a leading city firm of solicitors.'
‘Andrew Tuson Calm, thoughtful and incisive. Extremely committed for his clients and very sensible. A pleasure to work with him.'
‘Exceptional strength right across the board - no weaknesses as a team. They manage to combine technical excellence with superb judgement.’
‘Andrew Tuson - technically gifted lawyer with excellent judgement who is a pleasure to work with. Segun Osuntokun - a complete class act. All round brilliance.'

Key clients

Asturion Fondation
BGC Partners Inc.
Vatche Manoukian
Wallshire Limited, Rosestar Properties Limited and Kingstar Limited

Work highlights

Representing the Asturion Fondation – a foundation established to hold assets on behalf of the Saudi royal family – in highly contested proceedings for the recovery of an ultra-high value property portfolio including property in London. This case was identified this year as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases.
Successfully advised Vatche Manoukian on his battle with two Lebanese banks who have been ordered by the court to transfer Mr Manoukian’s personal funds out of Lebanon. Our firm continues to act for Vatche Manoukian in this ground-breaking case which was also one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases.
Representing BGC Partners – in respect of large-scale frauds perpetrated on BGC Partners by rogue employees.