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South East: Crime, fraud and licensing
Crime: fraud
Crime: fraud - ranked: tier 2
ABV Solicitors
ABV Solicitors has ‘a strong team that is capable of dealing with any case, however complex’ and which ‘really fights for its clients’. Deepak Vij, who heads the fraud and complex crime department, is ‘highly skilled, knowledgeable, and determined’ and ‘has an unerring ability to identify the key tactical and evidential issues in complicated cases’ and ‘an outstanding reputation for fighting high-profile cases with a strategic approach’. The team undertakes the gamut of financial crime cases including insider trading, with work extending to large-scale immigration frauds. Akhtar Ahmad is noted for having ‘a cool head in the toughest of cases’ and Rohit Sharma, Taimoor Tarafdar and Amirah Ajaz are also key practitioners.
Leading individuals
Deepak Vij - ABV Solicitors
Crime: general
Crime: general - ranked: tier 2
ABV Solicitors
ABV Solicitors is 'an excellent all round firm that is able to deal with any type of criminal case and is fast developing a very strong private defence practice'. It handles cases including sexual offences, 'revenge porn', drugs-related charges, conspiracy to kidnap and large-scale immigration offences. Its work extends to extradition proceedings arising from European Arrest Warrants. Akhtar Ahmad heads the department and Hanisha Godhania and Sunita Mehta  are other key practitioners.