Working in close collaboration with its US offices, Cohen & Gresser (UK) LLP excels at advising individuals on regulatory investigations and compliance, criminal defence, and AML and POCA issues; insolvency-related matters also form a core pillar of work for the team. Richard Kovalevsky KC leads the criminal defence team and acts for CEOs and high-net-worth individuals facing allegations of fraud; Kovalevsky also represents individuals facing personal sanctions designation. John Gibson has notable in-agency prosecutorial experience from the SFO and handles the full range of white-collar crime matters and investigations, while Thomas Shortland handles internal and disciplinary investigations.
Testimonials
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‘Individualised service, amazing professionals.’
‘The Cohen & Gresser team is one of the most impressive that I have worked with over the past few years. They achieve victories that clients can usually only dream about. Unlimited hard work, extraordinary tactical and strategic nous, no stone left unturned - and all done by people of the utmost charm and positivity and the epitome of 'can-do'.’
‘John Gibson has built an impressive team from scratch, which is testament to his ability both in terms of his people skills as well as his ability to generate work.’
- 'Thomas Shortland is a partner in the team and a sensationally good lawyer and commercial litigator. He brings the full strength of a team to bear onto litigation so that the representation can scale to meet the challenges. He is responsible and straightforward with his clients and advises them to the highest level as to the strategy and then ensures that it is implemented to guarantee the best result.’
‘From my perspective, this is a firm of excellent lawyers.’
‘John Gibson is an excellent lawyer: not only is he very good technically but also a very good people-person.'
‘Strong international team with strong representation in the US and the UK in particular.’
‘Richard Kovalevsky KC sets the standard for the firm with a friendly and direct relationship with clients. The result of which is they return time after time.’
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Richard Kovalevsky KC