Blackstone Chambers has long held a leading reputation in the field of civil fraud. Alongside general asset tracing and recovery, areas covered include corporate and investment fraud, bribery and corruption, anti-counterfeiting and money-laundering, breaches of fiduciary duty, misuse of confidential information and intellectual property, insolvency issues, and civil contempt.

    Members of Chambers at all levels have experience in obtaining injunctions before the High Court, including for the securing of evidence and the preservation, tracing and recovery of assets. This includes obtaining imaging and search orders, freezing orders and proprietary injunctions, passport surrender and travel restriction orders, cross-examination orders and civil arrest warrants.

    Top ranked by both Chambers UK and Legal 500, recent case highlights include acting for the successful claimant in PrivatBank v Kolomoisky & Ors (believed to be the highest value English judgment, at more than US$3 billion in damages and costs); in the claim by the Danish Tax Authority seeking to recover $1.5 billion as the result of an alleged fraud in Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors; The Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse ‘Tuna Bonds’ litigation; and in a £1.3bn legal challenge by over 300 investors in the HSBC/Eclipse litigation.

    As well as appearing in high-profile English litigation, members have experience of multi-jurisdictional cases, with experience before, among others, the offshore jurisdictions (Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda, Jersey and Guernsey), as well as the Middle East, Hong Kong and Singapore. Recent major instructions in other jurisdictions include acting in fraud claims arising from the Abraaj private equity scandal (believed to be the largest ever collapse of a private equity platform in history).

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