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James Fidler

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Work Department

Global Disputes

Position

Partner

Career

James Fidler concentrates his practice on complex multijurisdictional civil litigation, with a predominant focus on fraud, asset tracing, and judgment/award enforcement.

His recent experience includes: preparing and implementing a recovery strategy for a listed company in the wake of a very significant fraud spanning approximately 30 jurisdictions, which involved obtaining search orders and freezing orders in courts throughout Asia and Europe, and which has resulted in the recovery of the majority of misappropriated funds; acting for a Middle Eastern bank in English proceedings to enforce a substantial foreign judgment against assets worldwide, and to pursue claims related to the debtors’ attempts to evade execution of that judgment; acting for an Emirati bank in an action brought in aid of foreign proceedings in which worldwide freezing orders were obtained in England and against defendants in the British Virgin Islands (BVI); and representing a prominent Saudi businessman in relation to fraud proceedings and a freezing order brought against him in England.

Memberships

  • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer (Singapore)

Education

  • BPP Law School, London (Legal Practice Course with distinction 2014;
  • Graduate Diploma in Law with commendation 2013);
  • University of Oxford (M.St. in Religious Studies 2012);
  • University of Edinburgh (M.A. in Divinity with first class honours 2010)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

(Rising stars)

James Fidler – Jones Day

Jones Day‘s civil fraud team is hailed as ‘the best in the business‘, and is, in particular, ‘at the top of the field for complex cross-border fraud and asset tracing‘.  The practice is ‘full to the rafters with experienced, canny litigators‘ which includes Barnaby Stueck, an ‘absolutely first class‘ specialist for asset tracing and enforcement, contentious insolvency, and investment fund disputes, as well as ‘efficient operator‘ Annabel Treadgold and Daniel Travers. Associate James Fidler is a ‘shrewd lawyer‘ who specialises in advice to clients from the Asia-Pacific region. The practice is headed by ‘crème de la crème of civil fraud lawyers in London‘, Sion Richards, who is ‘particularly strong on fraud, particularly in an insolvency context‘. The team has recently also been active in defence work for banks, which included disclosure and vicarious liability issues, and has acted for several banks from the Middle East.

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