We work at the cutting edge of the law, using the full legal armoury to obtain results for our clients, including Search Orders, Norwich Pharmacal Orders and Bankers Trust Orders. Cases are often complex and international by nature, with Worldwide Freezing Orders and ancillary freezing orders used to freeze assets in multiple jurisdictions, simultaneously.
We have secured recoveries for our clients of hundreds of millions of pounds, unravelling complicated structures involving offshore discretionary trusts, Jersey foundations, Liechtenstein anstalts, nominee owners and webs of companies spanning several jurisdictions.
Notable Experience
- Acting for the liquidator of a bank in obtaining a US$1.4 billion worldwide freezing order and search order.
- Obtaining an order in the US against Google to disclose emails from a Gmail account with information relevant to asset disclosure.
- Obtaining orders to crack passwords to access electronic devices holding information about assets.
- Obtaining the first judgment which established that a search order can be granted against a third party, against whom there is no claim, which led to the discovery of previously unknown assets of the defendant.
- Establishing the jurisdiction of the Cayman Court to grant freezing orders in support of foreign proceedings, so as to be able to freeze effectively substantial assets held through Cayman vehicles.
- Acting for a company listed on the main board of the London Stock Exchange in simultaneously serving US$500 million freezing orders in four jurisdictions and executing search orders at three premises.
- Obtaining the leading judgment on when it is appropriate to order cross-examination of a respondent to a freezing order on their asset disclosure, with the case settling shortly after that cross-examination.