Essex Court Chambers is involved in a range of crypto and blockchain cases. Daniel Oudkerk KC was involved in Capco Capital Markets Co v Tarver & Ors, acting for the claimant fintech company in this blockchain banking conspiracy claim relating to banking platforms and the diversion of business opportunities to a new fintech, Thought Machine in a claim for in excess of £200m. Tim Akkouh KC was involved in McAdam & 437 Others v Dr Ruja Ignatova & 7 Others concerning an alleged conspiracy and deceit claims arising out of the fraudulent cryptocurrency, OneCoin, created by the defendant, who is listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and has not been seen since 2017.
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Tim is a commercial litigator, with a strong reputation for civil fraud and asset recovery. He has acted in some of the largest actions to come before the courts, such as JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov, Pinchuk v Bogolyubov, Mezhprom v Pugachev, Republic of Djibouti v Boreh, PrivatBank v Kolomoisky, and ENRC v SFO.
Tim also maintains a commercial chancery practice, with an emphasis on insolvency, company and trusts disputes.Tim is particularly experienced in applications for pre-emptive and interlocutory relief, including freezing, search, receivership, committal and Norwich Pharmacal orders. Tim regularly appears with and without leaders in the Chancery Division and the Commercial Court. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal on over a dozen occasions and twice in the Supreme Court. Fourteen of Tim’s cases have been reported in the WLRs.
In October 2015, Tim was named Chancery Junior of the Year by Chambers and Partners. He was also a nominee for Legal 500’s 2018 Commercial Junior of the Year award. Tim is a member of the Attorney General’s A panel of counsel to the crown.
Career
Co-author of Trusts Law (5th ed, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
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Chancery Bar Association
COMBAR
Education
LLB (Lond), 1st class; LLM (Lond)
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