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0344 587 9996Provided by ABV Solicitors
ABV Solicitors Serious Fraud and Business Crime team has an excellent reputation for successfully represented clients facing the most serious and complex fraud cases prosecuted in the UK.
Regarded as leaders in their field, the team have significant experience in providing Advice and Representation to clients in a wide spectrum of fraud investigations from the first approach made by a law enforcement authority through to trial, as well as dealing with Ancillary Financial Matters such as Applications to Vary or Discharge Restraint Orders, Confiscation Proceedings and other Asset Recovery Proceedings.
Extensive experience in dealing with enforcement agencies nationally and internationally with particular focus on multi-jurisdictional, complex investigations where international asset tracing is required.
Areas of practice include:
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ABV Solicitors is a boutique firm with offices in the Home Counties as well as in central London. It has a strong reputation for its financial crime practice, with experienced advisers who handle charges of tax fraud, credit fraud and money laundering, among others. The team has further experience advising on unexplained wealth orders and match fixing. It is noted for handling international matters.
ABV Solicitors represented a high net worth company director in a case where a company that provides TV production services was under investigation by the SFO for a £280 million fraud.
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ABV Solicitors are very well organised and always fight well for their clients. They are always thoroughly prepared and are always on top of everything.
They're very engaged with clients and bring counsel in early. The team ethos is really good.
This is a firm which has established itself strongly in the top tier of financial crime.
They're top drawer. If I was in trouble, I'd go with ABV Solicitors.
ABV Solicitors are very well organised and always fight well for their clients. They are always thoroughly prepared and are always on top of everything.
They're very engaged with clients and bring counsel in early. The team ethos is really good.
This is a firm which has established itself strongly in the top tier of financial crime.
They're top drawer. If I was in trouble, I'd go with ABV Solicitors.
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Deepak Vij is highly skilled at handling complex financial crime matters, including money laundering investigations and investment fraud. He also advises on unexplained wealth orders, often with cross-border implications.
Clients love him, and he is able to straddle being very personable but also really getting to the issue and fighting their corner.
He seems to be a presence in every major fraud prosecution. He's immensely knowledgeable and uncompromisingly committed to his clients.
Deepak Vij is firmly established as one of the most senior figures in financial crime defence.
He is very well regarded and is a heavyweight.
Her instincts are superb and she has a wealth of experience in dealing with the most complex cases. She's dedicated, hard-working and unflappable.
Amirah Ajaz leaves no stone unturned. She's great to work with and gets great results. She is meticulous at looking at detail and finding that extra point to secure the best results for the client.
She's unceasingly focused on her clients and takes their aims as a relentless pursuit. She doesn't stop until she gets results.
She is terrifyingly good and will keep at it until she gets the result she wants.
Fergus Harrington is a really top lawyer who is great on financial crime cases.
He is very measured and good with clients.
He is extremely effective, gets on very well with clients and presents extremely well. He's really considered in his approach and an extremely effective communicator.
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Akhtar Ahmad
Head of Department
Fergus Harrington
Rohit Sharma
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Bribery & Corruption
Confiscation
Corporate Facilitation
FCA
Insider Dealing
Investment Fraud
Regulatory Investigations
Restraint/Freezing Orders
SFO
Unexplained Wealth Orders
VAT/MTIC Fraud
White-Collar Crime