Services
Cross-Border Fraud/Asset Recovery
We assist both individuals and corporations to navigate complex financial disputes, particularly those involving cross-border elements.
What we do
- Trace, secure and recover misappropriated assets in the UK and overseas.
- Deploy targeted litigation to preserve value and enforce outcomes.
- Advise on commercial disputes that intersect with fraud, insolvency and criminal exposure.
How we work
- We focus on complex fraud and asset recovery cases spanning multiple jurisdictions.
- We act for individuals and corporations, as well as sovereign and state entities, to navigate complex financial disputes, particularly those involving cross-border elements.
- Our team has decades of experience tracing and recovering misappropriated assets, often concealed through intricate layered and offshore structures.
- Our investigative team utilises the latest AI tools to assist in locating and freezing both traditional and non-traditional assets (such as cryptocurrencies), assisted by experienced investigators and forensic accountants.
- The firm also works closely with MKS Law in the British Virgin Islands, and a network of 90 asset recovery lawyers in 76 jurisdictions at ICC FraudNet, giving us a truly global reach in complex cases. Many of our MKS London team are dual qualified in both England and Wales and the BVI.
Tools and tactics
- Urgent court relief including freezing and disclosure orders to identify, preserve and prevent dissipation.
- Investigations and digital forensics to source, analyse and preserve admissible evidence.
- Insolvency pathways where appropriate, using recognition and office-holder powers to uncover wrongdoing and recover value.
- International coordination with MKS Law (BVI) and ICC FraudNet for reach across 70+ jurisdictions.
Matters we handle
- Corporate and shareholder fraud, breach of duty and conspiracy.
- Asset restraint, forfeiture and recovery proceedings.
- Enforcement against layered and cross-border structures, including crypto tracing.
- Disputes overlapping with insolvency, investigations or private prosecutions where appropriate.
Why MKS London
- Focused strategy and decisive action in complex fraud disputes.
- Integrated litigation, investigations and insolvency capability.
- Cross-border reach grounded in established relationships, including ICC FraudNet.
Team members
- Andrew Blackburn
- Charles Bott KC
- Martin Kenney
- Tony McClements
