Andrew Witts > Gowling WLG > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Gowling WLG
TWO SNOWHILL
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6WR
England
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Work Department

Fraud and international asset tracing.

Position

Partner

Career

Trained Walker Martineau 1988-1992; qualified 1992; assistant solicitor Alsop Wilkinson 1992-96; partner Alsop Wilkinson 1996-2000 (became DLA); partner Lawrence Graham LLP 2001 to date, senior partner 2011 to date; Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, partner, 2014.

Memberships

ICC Fraudnet.

Education

Farnborough (1984 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering); London (1988 BA Law; 1990 Law Society Finals).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

Catherine Naylor heads the practice in London at Gowling WLG. Naylor is adept at handling multi-jurisdictional cases. The practice draws on the expertise of the firm’s other private wealth practitioners in Singapore and Canada to handle an array of cases with a cross-border dimension. It focuses on all aspects of trust litigation and most of its clients are internationally based. James Sidwell has extensive experience in contentious trusts cases, and Andrew Witts is another key practitioner.

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

With ‘experience in high-value international cases’, Gowling WLG‘s fraud and asset recovery team specialises in high-profile fraud claims, asset recovery, and anti-corruption work. Fraud and asset recovery team head Catherine Naylor is ‘an excellent leader for complex international cases’; Andrew Witts specialises in fraud and international asset tracing, and has notable expertise in multi-jurisdictional cases; and insolvency litigation expert Jason Freedman focuses on fraud and asset recovery investigations. The practice further includes experienced corporate and financial services litigator James SidwellEmily Till, ‘a star in the making’; and Joanna Rhodes, who acts in high-profile asset recovery matters.