Bevan Brittan - Services

It is rare to find true specialists in the civil fraud arena outside of the City of London. However, Bevan Brittan's dispute resolution team includes an asset recovery and fraud group that has vast experience of prominent, high value fraud work.

The team, lead by Tom Ellis, boasts an enviable client list of financial institutions, insurance companies, foreign governments, plcs and domestic public bodies.

One member of the team is a solicitor advocate and we often conduct our own advocacy. This provides our clients with a real competitive edge when their instructions require urgent injunctive work. As an example, when a client uncovered a sophisticated customer fraud in which Ł1.8 million was at risk, we put together a team that was able to drop everything and achieve an immediate result. Within an hour of receiving documentary evidence of the fraud, we were attending the Court and securing a Freezing Order in order to protect the assets at risk.

We set out below brief details of a flavour of the cases handled by the partners and associates within the team. We are unaware of any team outside the City of London that can match our experience and expertise.

· Acting for a Middle Eastern government in connection with a Ł100+ million pound asset recovery exercise

· Advising a Swiss company in multi-party fraud litigation.

· Representing several Health Authorities in investigating a complex supply fraud

· Acting for two Isle of Man based pension and life companies in connection with a multi-million pound asset recovery exercise involving assets in England, Jersey, Gibraltar and Spain

· Advising a UK insurance company in relation to multiple claims arising out of the fraudulent activity of an IFA.

· Obtaining search orders, freezing orders, summary judgment and significant asset recovery in several cases of customer, supplier and employee fraud valued in excess of Ł1 million.

· Acting for a major financial services company in a claim against ex-directors of a subsidiary concerning the illegal use and removal of proprietary information.

· Obtaining a freezing order and a negotiated recovery in a derivative action in which a director had obtained secret profits from the company

To find out more please contact
Tom Ellis
tom.ellis@bevanbrittan.com
0870 194 1609