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What the Team is Known For

WeirFoulds has a well-earned reputation for handling complex and novel crypto-asset disputes. The market-leading team acts for private individuals, crypto companies and other industry players in matters spanning fraud, shareholder disputes, cyberattacks and asset tracing and recovery.

Work Highlights

  • WeirFoulds obtained an Anton Piller Order on a cryptocurrency wallet in Canada on behalf of Cicada 137 LLC. This was the first reported case in Canada where a civil search and seizure order was granted over a crypto wallet.

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Benjamin Bathgate
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Benjamin Bathgate
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Benjamin Bathgate is co-chair of WeirFoulds' blockchain and digital assets practice group. Bathgate has led on pioneering crypto-asset recovery matters, securing Canada's first reported instance of a search and seizure order on a cold-storage cryptocurrency wallet. He also acts on commercial disputes and fraud matters, including crypto Ponzi schemes.

Clients are in good hands with Benjamin.

Ben is very well versed in the crypto world.

Ben Bathgate is so knowledgeable about crypto and digital assets. He is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced lawyers in this area I know globally.

Jessica Stansfield
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Jessica Stansfield
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Jessica Stansfield advises on civil and criminal crypto-asset disputes. She impresses due to her work on multi-jurisdictional fraud and digital asset-tracing and recovery matters.

Jessica is bright, dedicated and keenly insightful.

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Benjamin Bathgate
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Benjamin Bathgate
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Jessica Stansfield
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Jessica Stansfield
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