S-RM

Disputes & Investigations

Septimus is the Deputy Head of S-RM’s Disputes & Investigations practice and oversees all the firm’s disputes work relating to the former Soviet Union. His clients include government agencies, global corporations, leading business figures and family offices. He regularly works in, and helps assemble, multidisciplinary teams comprising outside counsel, funders, expert witnesses, communications experts, digital forensics investigators and cyber practitioners. Septimus has wide-ranging experience of gathering intelligence and evidence in the most challenging environments, using a combination of OSINT, human intelligence, eDiscovery and digital forensics.  

His work has been used to support litigation and arbitration relating to JV disputes, sanctions, fraud, asset recovery, ESG issues, contentious insurance claims and investor-state disputes. He has also managed internal investigations into employee misconduct, IP theft and insider threats.  

 Deputy Global Head of Disputes & Investigations, S-RM (2018-present);  Alaco Limited (2015-2018) 

English, Russian

BA Russian Studies, UCL SSEES