About

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Our Civil Fraud & Business Disputes Group comprises experienced lawyers who handle a myriad of high-profile and sensitive cross-border cases. We serve corporations and individuals across a diverse range of sectors/industries and our years of experience acting for claimants and defendants allow us to deftly advise clients and anticipate opponents’ strategies.

Trial experience: our lawyers have taken many cases to trial, including to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in England and Wales, and ran the longest fully virtual trial before the Commercial Court to date.

Civil injunctions: extensive experience on worldwide freezing orders, search and seizure orders, passport delivery up orders and disclosure orders.

Civil fraud: advice on fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit, breach of confidence, conspiracy, bribery, and secret profits.

Business disputes: support with breach of warranty and indemnity claims, shareholder disputes (including unfair prejudice claims), breach of directors’ duties, earn-out disputes, joint venture disputes, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Contentious regulatory: specialists on disciplinary investigations/sanctions by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and other regulators and government bodies, including HMRC

Diversity champions: award-winning leadership championing lawyers of all backgrounds at every level of seniority and building a broader team that reflects the principles of plurality and inclusivity.

Chambers Review

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Fraud: Civil - UK-wide

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Greenberg Traurig has an impressive group of litigators with experience advising on high-value civil fraud cases as well as handling asset tracing and recovery in jurisdictions around the world. The firm frequently represents ultra high net worth businesspeople along with major corporates and financial services firms.

Work Highlights

  • Greenberg Traurig assisted the Kingdom of Sweden in the recovery of EUR120 million in losses suffered by approximately 46,000 Swedish pension savers.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Claire Broadbelt
2
Claire Broadbelt
2
Band 2

Claire Broadbelt co-chairs the civil fraud and business disputes practice. She ably represents clients on both sides of fraud proceedings relating to alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, as well as bribery and conspiracy charges. She regularly handles international matters and is equally adept at obtaining and discharging freezing orders.

She's a terrific lawyer.

Claire Broadbelt is fabulous. She's a real pleasure to work with.

Annabel Thomas
3
Annabel Thomas
3
Band 3
Annabel Thomas acts for high net worth individuals and corporates in a range of civil fraud proceedings. She has experience handling complex cases concerning allegations of corruption and conspiracy.

Annabel is a very good technical lawyer and a very good strategist.

Kathryn Garbett
3
Kathryn Garbett
3
Band 3
Kathryn Garbett is co-chair of the civil fraud and business disputes practice at Greenberg Traurig. She regularly handles high-value fraud cases arising out of the most serious allegations of wrongdoing, advising clients on complex and interrelated litigation, investigations and asset recovery measures.

Kathryn is vastly experienced in the space.

Kathryn is a well-seasoned professional.

Elizabeth Fox
5
Elizabeth Fox
5
Band 5
Elizabeth Fox has a growing bank of expertise in handling fraud cases involving allegations of bribery, corruption and misconduct. She also has experience with both securing and discharging freezing orders.

Liz is pragmatic and detail-oriented, which makes complex investigations much easier.

Hannah Blom-Cooper
5
Hannah Blom-Cooper
5
Band 5

Hannah Blom-Cooper leads the contentious insolvency practice. She specialises in matters where fraud and insolvency proceedings intersect.

Hannah is a highly experienced litigator. She is a reassuring presence for clients and can handle cases of the greatest complexity with elegance and ease.

Mehmet Karagoz
U
Mehmet Karagoz
U
Up and Coming

Mehmet Karagoz is noted for his experience assisting both claimants and defendants in a variety of civil fraud matters including litigation, investigations and asset recovery.

Mehmet has enormous talent. He is really clever and is always completely on top of the detail of his cases. He has excellent legal analysis and skills, and is a real team player.

Mehmet gave a truly exceptional performance. He worked day and night to drive to a fantastic solution to a complex problem.

Ranked Lawyers at
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Fraud: Civil

Claire Broadbelt
2
Claire Broadbelt
2
Band 2
Annabel Thomas
3
Annabel Thomas
3
Band 3
Kathryn Garbett
3
Kathryn Garbett
3
Band 3
Elizabeth Fox
5
Elizabeth Fox
5
Band 5
Hannah Blom-Cooper
5
Hannah Blom-Cooper
5
Band 5
Mehmet Karagoz
U
Mehmet Karagoz
U
Up and Coming