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What the Team is Known For
Cooke, Young & Keidan are active in cases involving the theft of cryptocurrencies, crypto-related fraud, as well as the high-profile Tulip Trading case.
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Work Highlights
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Cooke, Young & Keidan successfully advised a group of Lykke's creditors on an urgent application to have provisional liquidators appointed over the former cryptocurrency exchange.
Strengths
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CYK is the firm I would go to if I was in a litigation hole. The whole team are tremendous.
Crypto-Asset Disputes respondentFinTechCYK continues to demonstrate a fantastic ability to dive into difficult and novel issues and craft thoughtful and effective solutions.
Crypto-Asset Disputes respondentFinTechThe claims CYK work on are usually multi-jurisdictional and ground-breaking.
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Band 1 Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts is a litigation partner at CYK with a focus on the technology sector. He advises on cryptocurrency theft and fraud cases as well as advisory matters, and is well regarded for his expertise on cryptocurrencies.
Sam Roberts is a really strong lawyer and an exceptional colleague.
Crypto-Asset Disputes respondentFinTechSam brings to bear a fantastic range of experience and is always a great addition to our matters.
Crypto-Asset Disputes respondentFinTechSam Roberts is a leading practitioner. He's enthusiastic about getting into the weeds of future technologies and how they interact with litigation.
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Band 1 Stephen Elam
Stephen Elam has a background in financial services and banking litigation, and uses this expertise to advise on cryptocurrency-related fraud cases. Stephen is a market-leading cryptocurrency lawyer. He has a strong following of crypto exchanges and works across many jurisdictions.
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Up and Coming Elizabeth Meade
Elizabeth Meade focuses her practice on financial services and technology disputes, with a particular focus on cryptocurrencies. Meade also has expertise in regulatory investigations matters.
Elizabeth Meade is always pragmatic, energetic and available.
Crypto-Asset Disputes respondentFinTechElizabeth consistently provides exceptional service and a high level of responsiveness on our matters.
Crypto-Asset Disputes respondentFinTechElizabeth is terrific. She is very assiduous in being alive to all the various moving parts of a case.
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