Tony is a seasoned litigator, and a recognised expert in fraud
and asset tracing.
He is described by the leading directory,
Chambers, as being “on the ball, clued up, and
commercially minded”. The Legal 500 2008 say he
"impresses clients".
He has acted in many high profile, complex and
reported cases, which have often been muti-jurisdictional.
Tony is registered to conduct litigation in the Dubai International
Financial Court.
He has significant experience of recovering
assets, conducting investigations, and obtaining and enforcing
freezing orders, search orders and other injunctions, both in the
UK, and in support of proceedings worldwide. He also acts as
the court appointed supervising solicitor for search orders
He specialises in issues arising from fraudulent
conduct, including breach of directors’ duties, tracing assets,
theft of confidential information and other assets, money
laundering, corruption, and the interplay between civil and
criminal proceedings.
Tony also has wide-ranging mediation
experience and acted in one of the largest mediated settlements
ever achieved, and is an accredited mediator himself.
Recent cases include:
- pursuing a $25m asset tracing claim on behalf of companies in
the British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man and Africa arising out of
the sale of an Angolan food business
- acting for national accountancy firm in relation to litigation
arising from resignation as auditors following discovery of
accounting irregularities
- acting for a major utility in a number of fraud related claims,
including a significant procurement fraud
- obtaining a worldwide freezing order for a property development
company following discovery of diversion of funds
- acting for a software developer in relation to a multi-million
pound claim against an international software distributor, arising
from an attempt to stifle competition in the UK and Irish
markets
- acting for the NHS Counter Fraud service in a number of
multi-million pound claims against doctors and dentists
- acting for a national telecoms company in relation to the
diversion of business by directors to a competing business in which
they were involved (including obtaining and executing search
order)
Tony speaks regularly at external conferences
and regularly writes articles for publications, most recently for
The Lawyer, Fraud Intelligence, European
Lawyer and the IBA Litigations Newsletter. He
is also an active member of a number of professional organisations,
including the International Bar Association, the London Fraud
Forum, the Commercial Litigators Forum, the Commercial Fraud
Lawyers’ Association and a member of the Fraud Review financial
court working group.