Miss Amirah Ajaz > ABV Solicitors > Hayes, England > Lawyer Profile
ABV Solicitors Offices
The Shipping Building, Old Vinyl Factory
252-254 Blyth Road
Hayes
UB3 1HA
England
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Miss Amirah Ajaz
Work Department
Serious Fraud, White-Collar Fraud
Position
Team Leader – Financial Crime
Career
Amirah started her career by working in a niche law firm in Mayfair and joined ABV Solicitors in 2012.
Amirah is a specialist in dealing with complex white/grey-collar fraud, serious organised crime and complex confiscation cases. She is regularly instructed on investigations conducted by law enforcement agencies including SFO, FCA, NCA, HMRC, CPS, DBIS, Trading Standards and Local Authority.
Amirah’s experience includes working on highly publicised cases with complex issues such as cross border, novel frauds, high value and technical legal points.
Amirah is highly ranked by her peers and those within the industry.
Within the past 12 months, Amirah has worked on some of the most serious cases, many of which have been publicised in the media. These include, investigations conducted by the Serious Fraud Office into bribery and corruption allegations against British American Tobacco and Unaoil.
Amirah has also represented clients who are facing investigations conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority facing allegations of multi-million pound investment frauds. Examples include Operation Tidworth and Operation Haslemere.
Amirah is a specialist fraud lawyer with extensive knowledge and experience of confiscation, restraint and cash seizure proceedings. She has travelled to Nairobi and Mombasa to conduct defence enquiries for a £20 million pound contested confiscation trial (Operation Sorrell).
She is experienced in advising clients facing allegations of serious organised crimes such as, importation and the supply of drugs on a large scale (Operation Pulex); terrorism and in particular sensitive cases involving national security considerations and immigration offences, amongst others.
Her strengths include the ability to digest voluminous evidence, forensically examine figures and advance a pro-active defence on behalf of her clients.
Amirah has worked with some of the top silks (Queens Counsel) and counsel in the country and is recognised and respected for her work both in the profession and by clients. Amirah regularly travels internationally to advise and assist her clients.
She has considerable experience in the preparation of Very High Cost Complex Cases (VHCC) including Operation Stagecoach and Operation Savate.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
(Next Generation Partners)Representing clients in high-profile, and often international, fraud cases is at the core of the workload of ABV Solicitors‘ ‘extremely talented’ fraud and complex crime team in Hayes, which is jointly led by Deepak Vij, Akhtar Ahmad and serious crime expert Robert Borwick. Vij heads up the financial crime team, and is known to be ‘highly experienced in white-collar crime’, while Ahmad’s ‘wealth of experience’ extends to working with clients that have been investigated by foreign law enforcement agencies. Amirah Ajaz ‘tackles matters of complexity with ease’, with her practice focusing on complex fraud and confiscation cases, as well as organised crime. Fergus Harrington, ‘a star in the making’, is recommended for white-collar, business and money laundering crime issues.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Representing individual clients across the media, renewable energy, and finance industries, the fraud and complex crime team at ABV Solicitors is praised for its ‘international capability’, which it leveerages to handle proceedings brought by foreign investigative agencies. The firm is also highly recommended for acting on behalf of senior company executives and directors implicated in serious fraud investigations, as well as a range of regulatory matters. Deepak Vij and Akhtar Ahmad co-head the practice; the former specialises in financial and complex fraud issues, while the latter boasts experience in SFO, NCA, and FCA proceedings. Amirah Ajaz covers serious organised crime, while senior fraud lawyer Rohit Sharma and Fergus Harrington are also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- General crime and fraud South East > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Next Generation Partners South East > Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud