How to instruct English barristers from anywhere in the world

On Wednesday, Lance Ashworth KC, Wilson Leung, Sophie Holcombe, and Oliver Jones had the pleasure of participating in an ICC FraudNet Strategic Partner presentation to FraudNet members and the FraudNet Futures community on 'How to instruct English barristers from anywhere in the world'.

The speakers engaged their listeners with examples of how foreign lawyers can instruct our barristers on fraud and asset tracing matters, and gave examples of recent notable cases that our Civil Fraud barristers have recently been involved in:

Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse
Isbilen v Turk
Jinxin v Aser Media
Public Institution for Social Security v Al-Rajaan
Magdeev v Tsvetkov

With thanks to Priya Jethwa (FraudNet) and Charlotte Bhania (PCB Byrne) for organising this virtual session.

Serle Court is the only chambers which is a strategic partner of ICC Fraudnet, an international network of independent lawyers who are the leading civil asset recovery specialists in each country. FraudNet’s membership extends to every continent and the world’s major economies, as well as leading offshore wealth havens that have complex bank secrecy laws and institutions where the proceeds of fraud often are hidden.

To read more about Serle Court’s civil fraud and asset tracing expertise, please click here.

Related Barristers

Lance Ashworth KC

Call: 1987
Silk: 2006

Sophie Holcombe

Call: 2009

Oliver Jones is a senior junior with a broad commercial and chancery practice, and particular expertise in private wealth and civil fraud disputes. He is recognised by the directories as a leading junior in these areas.

In addition to his busy practice in England, he regularly works in major offshore jurisdictions, including the Channel Islands, BVI and Bermuda. Ollie was called to the BVI bar in 2019.

In addition to noting his “incredible intellect” and “engaging and persuasive” advocacy, the directories note Ollie’s ability to “roll up his sleeves”, “get on top of huge volumes of work and detail quickly” and build a “great rapport with clients”. In addition to acting unled, Ollie also enjoys working as part of larger teams on large-scale litigation, in which he “consistently delivers impressive results”. Ollie takes pride in his reputation for being “user-friendly” and “great to work with”.

Before coming to the Bar, Ollie spent several years as a management consultant in the financial services, energy, and public sectors. He brings this commercial experience and perspective to bear in his cases.