Expertise – Fraud Investigations

Our lawyers have been advising on fraud cases for more than a decade and have been involved in several high profile fraud cases including the 2020 trade fraud cases in Singapore. Our offering in that regard is unique: as trade and commodities experts, we are well placed to understand trade flows and detect fictitious or inflated trades across the world assisting creditors, lenders and insurers.

Through our in-depth knowledge of how commodities are moved across the globe, we have acted and investigated cases involving phantom trades, mirror trades and synthetic trades both on voyages and with inventory in warehouses and storage tanks.  

Our asset recovery and enforcement practice builds on our strengths in crisis management and our ability to lead and coordinate teams of product experts, loss adjusters, shipping operators and foreign lawyers to coordinate an effective investigation and enforcement strategy. Our team is experienced in obtaining freezing injunctions, asset disclosure orders, tracing orders, orders for the examination of directors of companies as part of the investigations process.

Knowing which tools to apply in a global enforcement exercise can make all the difference in a successful asset recovery.