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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Governor’s House
5 Laurence Pountney Hill
EC4R 0BR
England
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Work Department

Fraud: Civil

Position

Global Senior Partner

Career

As our first global Senior Partner, Segun supports our Global CEO, Board and Leadership Team in building on the success story of our fully-integrated firm.

Approachable and deeply committed to the communities we operate within, he has a stellar thirty-year career as a litigator and disputes lawyer. Through his deep litigation expertise and commerciality, Segun has helped many clients avoid and resolve disputes.  This, combined with his big-picture outlook, commerciality and empathy, make Segun a go-to-person for our clients and our people.

Segun is the Head of the Firm’s Civil Fraud Litigation practice and has acted for state governments, telecommunication and energy companies, and international conglomerates on complex disputes and claims which have elements of dishonesty, fraud or corruption.

Segun also heads our Africa practice and many of his cases relate to or originate from jurisdictions in sub-Saharan Africa. Clients he has represented include the African Development Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

(Leading partners)

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With ‘real depth of experience across fraud issues’, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner‘s litigation department leverages firm-wide specialisms in financial regulatory issues, investigations, white-collar crime cases and tax in relation to multi-jurisdictional civil fraud matters. The practice also houses sector experts in financial services, retail, leisure and sports. The civil fraud practice is co-led by Segun Osuntokun, an expert in matters relating to Africa and developing nations, who is regularly sought out by state governments and entities, energy and natural resources companies, international conglomerates, financial services institutions and HNW individuals, and Rachel Ziegler, who focuses on major disputes involving fraud, dishonesty and breach of trust allegations. Also highly regarded, Andrew Tuson is an investment fraud specialist, while Megan Smith is experienced in urgent injunctive relief, tracing assets, and co-ordinating claims across jurisdictions. Raised to partner in January 2024, Andrew Street acts in cross-border litigation involving freezing injunctions, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, disputed offshore trust structures, and civil fraud claims that are subject to concurrent criminal investigations.