Asset Tracing & Recovery (Investigations Agencies)
Litigation Support Guide 2024 : Global-wide
Band 2
About
Provided by S-RM
S-RM’s Disputes & Investigations practice provides specialist investigative support to clients in a range of contentious situations including litigation, international arbitration, internal investigations and during a crisis. Seated between EMEA (London), the US (New York and Washington D.C.) and Asia (Singapore and Hong Kong), the team has acted for some of the world’s largest corporations and leading business figures, instructed either directly or through external counsel. The firm routinely works on sensitive investigations and complex legal cases, supporting clients through a combination of advanced open-source investigation, discreet human intelligence gathering, physical surveillance, and the forensic analysis of digital evidence.
The practice operates globally, leveraging S-RM’s international footprint of 8 offices and 400 employees speaking 40+ languages. It has developed a particular reputation for supporting high-value disputes with a nexus in Russia/CIS (particularly Ukraine), the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. Global asset recovery is a core skill within the D&I practice, from early-stage recoverability analysis to the enforcement of judgments and awards. In this context, S-RM routinely investigates sovereigns and SOEs, providing political insight and intelligence to support arguments around sovereign immunity and alter ego.
Chambers Review
S-RM is a global intelligence and asset tracing firm that is headquartered in London. It assists with pre-enforcement investigations for law firms and advises on cross-border enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"S-RM's people are always very pragmatic and get to the heart of the issue. It's not just me; my clients when engaged on their behalf are all satisfied. I've never had anyone be disappointed with them."
"I was really impressed with the team members and would approach S-RM again for asset tracing work. I was impressed with their promptness of their work, their service levels and responsiveness."
"S-RM quickly understood the assignment and were proactive and commercial in providing responses and proposing next steps."
"S-RM's people are always very pragmatic and get to the heart of the issue. It's not just me; my clients when engaged on their behalf are all satisfied. I've never had anyone be disappointed with them."
"I was really impressed with the team members and would approach S-RM again for asset tracing work. I was impressed with their promptness of their work, their service levels and responsiveness."
"S-RM quickly understood the assignment and were proactive and commercial in providing responses and proposing next steps."
Notable Practitioners
Marcus Fishburn is the firm's head of disputes and investigations. He has experience in cross-border enforcement actions and is engaged in complex due diligence projects for clients in Asian and Middle Eastern jurisdictions.
"I was really impressed by Marcus Fishburn's work and the work product. I will be returning to him, definitely."
"Marcus is particularly noted for his strong team work - he's unflappable and good at working as part of a joined-up unit involving solicitors, counsel, PR and client stakeholders."
"Marcus is a very strong professional, who delivers a superb level of service and has a high level of sophistication. Marcus has very strong commercial vision and delivers top-quality service."
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Industries
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Financial Services
Insurance
Legal
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Technology