‘Elite set’ 3 Verulam Buildings is ‘one of the strongest sets for the largest of fraud claims’. The group has an excellent track record in handling high-profile, cross-border fraud litigation, often involving offshore jurisdictions, as well as asset tracing, bribery and breach of fiduciary duty matters, to name a few. Members of the set continue to be involved in Harrington & Charles Trading Co v Mehta, a $1bn claim concerning alleged fraudulent acquisition and misappropriation of gold bullion shipments from Indian banks; Ewan McQuater KC, Ian Wilson KC, Philip Hinks and James McWilliams are acting for the claimant liquidators. Elsewhere in chambers, Adrian Beltrami KC is representing the claimant in Jinxin v Aser Media, a case involving claims of unlawful means conspiracy, deceit and bribery. Among the juniors, the ‘intelligent’ Yash Bheeroo is acting for the defendant in Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund LP v Bravo Luck Limited, a $107m claim for unlawful means conspiracy in the BVI. In March 2025, James Robinson KC took silk, and Timothy Killen joined the team in October 2025.
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Work Department
Banking & Finance
Financial Services
Fraud: Civil
Professional Disciplinary and Regulatory Law
Financial Services
Fraud: Civil
Professional Disciplinary and Regulatory Law
Position
Yash has a broad and successful commercial practice which encompasses: fraud; commercial dispute resolution; arbitration; banking & financial services; and regulatory & professional disciplinary matters. He is highly experienced as sole and junior counsel in a number of high-value and complex commercial disputes before the English courts and tribunals, courts in other jurisdictions and arbitrations. Much of his practice includes an international element and he has recently undertaken cases (both litigation and advisory work) in a number of jurisdictions in the Middle East (UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait), the Far East (Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore), Europe (the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Cyprus) and Africa (Mauritius). He is also regularly instructed in cases before ad hoc and specialist bodies such as INTERPOL and World Check. The legal directories state he is “an accomplished next generation advocate - strong on forensic, financial-based misconduct cases and a street fighter when needed” and “'clearly a rising star and surely a silk in the making.”
Career
Called 2011 (Middle Temple, Major Scholar); Registered to practice in the DIFC; and called to the bar in BVI.
Publications of note:
Contributing editor: Phipson on Evidence (19th and 20th editions)
Contributing author: Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings (8th, 9th and 10th editions)
Contributing editor: Atkin’s Court Forms: Financial Services
Contributing editor: Atkin’s Court Forms: Contract
Contributing author: Butterworths Financial Regulation Service
Memberships
COMBAR, Chancery Bar Association, FSLA, ARDL and Bar pro Bono Unit
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