Large-scale corporate fraud can have devastating effects, the fall-out from which often requires swift and decisive legal action in a multitude of jurisdictions. We have a prominent and successful track record of advising on what are often very complex, international and high-profile cases.
Our corporate fraud team encompasses lawyers from across our international network.
Many of our clients value our reputation as the leading firm in the field of commercial litigation. Tracing and freezing misappropriated assets, executing search orders and securing valuable evidence through third party disclosure orders are all areas of commercial litigation which are a vital consideration in the context of fraud litigation.
Types of clients - and of work on which we regularly advise - include:
- multinational corporates in connection with alleged breaches of fiduciary duty on the part of one of its directors
- the “big four” accountancy firms in connection with claims that their audit teams were negligent in failing to detect fraud
- financial institutions innocently caught up in transactions by which it is said a fraud has been committed
- and governmental bodies or regulatory agencies seeking to secure misappropriated funds and compensate defrauded investors
Our expertise is not confined to litigation. It can involve the carrying out of an internal investigation, regulatory advice concerning anti-money laundering, bribery and corruption policies, as well as internal controls and whistle-blowing procedures designed to minimise the occurrence of corporate fraud.
Many of our client names remain confidential for obvious reasons, but we can mention Rabobank, the United States Securities Exchange Commission, Standard Chartered Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Big Food Group and International Management Group (UK) Limited.
Litigation team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2007
Herbert Smith - best litigation practice
Vault Guide to the Top 50 UK Law Firms 2007
“Litigation department of the year - UK”
The American Lawyer, January 2004
“…the firm handles an impressive diet of large-scale international fraud experience and diversified instructions”
Chambers 2003-2004
“…an outfit others 'aspire to be' ”
Chambers 2003-2004
“Herbert Smith’s top notch litigation department contains a number of noted fraud specialists”
Legal 500, 2002