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Fraud: civil

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Devonshires Solicitors LLP

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Considered by clients to be an ‘excellent firm for serious civil fraud’, Devonshires Solicitors LLP boasts capabilities in cross-border investigations, internal company frauds, regulatory work, and high-value asset tracing for both corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals. Department head Philip Barden's practice focuses on complex multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation often with a civil or criminal fraud or regulatory element. ’Creative problem-solver’ David Pack is a white-collar fraud expert, and Fay Birch has acted in a range of civil fraud investigations.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is exceptionally dedicated and leaves no stone unturned. They are great lateral thinkers and fantastic at problem solving.’

  • ‘David Pack is relentlessly in the corner of his clients. He goes above and beyond, and is a creative problem-solver. He is backed up by an equally dedicated team.’

  • ‘The firms is a medium sized firm but with very experienced and hard working team led by Philip Barden who is very shrewd and tough He has excellent judgement in dealing with these cases and digs deep to reveal wrongdoing by fraudsters. The firm does cases in a practical way.’

  • ‘Excellent firm for serious civil fraud, money laundering and sanctions cases. I have been instructed by them on some recent high profile asset tracing and sanctions cases.’

  • ‘Philip Barden is very experienced in this area.'

  • 'Fay Birch is a standout among the associates at the firm for her dependable and knowledgeable approach.' 

Key clients

  • Axiom Ince Limited
  • Musicalize Limited
  • Next Generation Holdings Limited
  • Ambon Brokers Limited
  • Kingly Solicitors Ltd & associated companies

Work highlights

Acting for Axiom Ince upon instruction of the board, now acting for the joint administrators of Axiom Ince in relation to recovery claims for approximately £64m and, in particular, claims against the former director and shareholder of Axiom Ince, seven associated companies, and professional indemnity insurers.
Acting for the former CEO of Anglo Austrian AAB Bank (in liquidation) in a case surrounding an allegation of fraud and/or money laundering in respect of the bank’s role in Operation Car Wash, the Odebrecht Brazilian money laundering scandal.

Practice head

Philip Barden

Other key lawyers

David Pack; Fay Birch