Asset Tracing & Recovery (Law Firms)
Global-wide
8 years ranked
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Martin S Kenney
Litigation Support 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
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About
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Practice Areas
• Asset Recovery
• Commercial Litigation
• International Insolvencies
• High Value Divorce
• Family Succession Fraud
• Disclosure & Interim Freezing Orders
• Arbitration
Career
Martin Kenney is one of the world’s leading asset recovery lawyers, specialising in multi-jurisdictional economic crime and international serious fraud. He has acted for international banks, insurance companies, individual investors, and other private and governmental institutions.
Based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Martin is founder and Head of Firm at MKS Law (previously Martin Kenney & Co). The firm’s work lies at the intersection of cross-border insolvency, creditors’ rights and complex commercial litigation: WIRED styled the firm as among “the world’s sharpest fraudbusters”.
Leading a team of lawyers, investigators and forensic accountants, Martin is widely regarded as a ground-breaker in the use of pre-emptive remedies, multi-disciplinary teams and professional litigation funding in response to global economic crime, uprooting bank secrets and freezing hidden assets in multiple jurisdictions.
He is a practicing solicitor advocate of the senior courts of England and Wales, the Eastern Caribbean at the BVI, at St Vincent and the Grenadines, and a licensed foreign legal consultant in the state of New York.
Martin is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Lancashire School of Law and Policing in the UK, and ranked among the world’s leading asset recovery lawyers by Chambers and Partners, as well as being a Lexology Index “Global Elite” Thought Leader.
Professional Memberships
Co-founder, ICC FraudNet.
Publications
Regularly publishes op-eds, comment pieces and blogs for general media and sector-specific outlets.
Clients
• Nissan Motor Company
• Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank
• Ronald Ming, Bertha Ming, Regina Ming
• Government of the Virgin Islands (British)
Personal
Martin has been a keen ice hockey player and supporter.
Awards
The Cressey Award
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
2014
Chambers Review
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Professional Advisers: Litigation Support
Asset Tracing & Recovery (Law Firms) - Global-wide
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Martin Kenney is the founding and managing partner of MKS Law. He specialises in international asset recovery matters arising out of cases of fraud and corruption. His clients include major corporates and international financial institutions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Martin Kenney understands this field like almost nobody else. He is constantly focused on client service, both directly and though managing his team of professionals. His strategies and tactics reflect the highest level of sophistication. He approaches his firm's engagements with an understanding of their business and its needs, and is forward looking in innovating in this field, both with technologies and legal strategies.
Asset Tracing & Recovery (Law Firms)Professional Advisers: Litigation SupportMartin Kenney stands out globally as one of the most experienced asset recovery lawyers in the industry. He brings his vast experience to each case and brings together multi-disciplinary teams to solve extremely complex cases.
Asset Tracing & Recovery (Law Firms)Professional Advisers: Litigation Support
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