As part of a ‘first-rate litigation team’, Addleshaw Goddard's civil fraud offering has ’experience in many of the more acrimonious and innovative cases’. The group is jointly led by Maria Frangeskides and Polly Sprenger. Frangeskides regularly advises multinational companies, large corporates, and high-net-worth individuals, and Sprenger has a broad disputes practice with particular strength in sensitive and high-profile private cases and asset recovery. Alex Hogarth is a specialist in fraud claims supported by urgent injunctive relief, while Alex Unger has standout experience of big-ticket banking and finance litigation.
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Testimonials
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‘The team has a real breadth of understanding of the inter-related issues that arise in civil fraud cases, and of the tactical and strategic issues.’
‘Maria Frangeskides is brilliant. Clever, able to see the heart of the problem quickly and propose and carry through creative solutions, She is also a brilliant team builder, meaning those working under her reflect the same high attention to delivery, through their own talents having been honed.’
Key clients
- Unitel S.A.
- British International Investment plc
Work highlights
Acting for Unitel SA in proceedings it has brought against Unitel International Holdings BV, a company owned by Isabel dos Santos, Unitel's former chairwoman, daughter of the former President of Angola, and Africa's richest woman.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Polly Sprenger; Maria Frangeskides
Other key lawyers
Mark Chesher; Alex Hogarth; Lauren Hamilton; Alex Unger; Aziz Abdul; Chris Atkinson; James Byrne