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England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing
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Fraud: civil

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Edmonds Marshall McMahon

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Edmonds Marshall McMahon has expanded into civil fraud matters from its traditional criminal law base and handles mandates involving cross-border claims and applications for worldwide freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal Orders, and other forms of interim relief. Ashley Fairbrother and John Day co-lead the group and both come with client recommendations. Ben Siskind is an additional name to note, and the team was strengthened by the hire of Liina Tulk from Pogust Goodhead.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Were brilliant for me in expertise with crypto fraud where they succeeded in recovering every penny of my scammed money using a novel piece of legislation.’

  • ‘I worked with partner Ashley Fairbrother, who was brilliant and extremely easy to deal with.’

  • 'John Day has been absolutely brilliant. His control of the clients, the foreign lawyers working with us, and his ability to stay on top of the issues has been masterful.’

  • 'The EMM team are at the top of their game.'

  • 'The advice they give is commercially astute and accurate.'

  • 'They are responsive, innovative and will always go that extra mile for each and every one of their clients.'

Key clients

  • Lowry Trading Ltd and Scott Fletcher MBE
  • The Football Foundation
  • Macmillan Cancer Support
  • The Executor of the Estate of Christopher Norman

Work highlights

Advising the Estate of Christopher Norman on recovery of various assets, including £3.6m worth of assets from a Swiss Trust, their interests in a £21m offshore property business, and a £2m loan.
Advised a client on the investigation and recovery of over £500,000 of crypto assets from a Bulgarian based scam investment operation, in which the assets were diverted to a BVI crypto exchange.
Advising a charity on an investigation into fraudulently made grant applications which resulted in several hundred thousand pounds of grants being misappropriated.

Practice head

Ashley Fairbrother; John Day

Other key lawyers

Liina Tulk; Ben Siskind