Linklaters

Fraud and regulatory problems know no boundaries. Linklaters’ multi-jurisdictional fraud and white collar crime team handle fraud cases worldwide. Experienced lawyers handle global investigations and harmonise clients’ reactions across the world to regulatory investigations.

Linklaters focuses on acting for clients who are victims of fraud. The firm has a proven track record on investigations into serious and complex commercial and regulatory fraud cases. Experts in asset tracing, recovery and enforcement, the team also advises clients who become involved in investigations and proceedings by criminal and regulatory agencies.

From analysing how a fraud was perpetrated to advising on its regulatory implications, Linklaters is the global adviser of choice for many of the world’s largest organisations.

Recent fraud cases includes advising

• a major company in France, civil party in a criminal investigation regarding allegations of insider dealing and dissemination of false information in relation to one of the most publicised white-collar crime matters in the past twenty years
• Torex Retail PLC and subsequently its administrators in relation to an investigation into the company’s affairs
• a major U.S. technology manufacturer regarding allegations of violations of the FCPA at the Company’s subsidiaries in China and in other high-risk environments around the globe
• an international food provider in its precedent-setting settlements with the SEC and the Department of Justice (through the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan), where no monetary fines were imposed in connection with a US$1bn accounting fraud
• the former head of Equity Trading of an investment bank on charges of insider dealing arising out of the May 1994 Eurotunnel rights issue. Our client had been accused of trading in Eurotunnel units shortly before the rights issue on the basis of insider information relating to this issue
• an insurance company initiating legal actions after internal investigations demonstrated that the company suffered a significant financial loss caused by the fraudulent conduct of an insurance brokerage firm. This firm acted as an intermediary between its clients and the insurance company, with the assistance of a former employee of such insurance company. The pre-litigation aspects have been particularly important as the client needed to undertake significant internal investigations, preserve all evidence of the fraud, as well as ensure confidentiality
• a Russian oil major in cross-border asset-tracing litigation in connection with enforcement of an international arbitral award worth US$50m against a Gibraltar company