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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 Central Lancashire (UCLan) 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.
Co-founder, ICC FraudNet.
Regularly publishes op-eds, comment pieces and blogs for general media and sector-specific outlets.
Martin has been a keen ice hockey player and supporter.
Nissan Motor Company
Joint Liquidators of Stanford International Bank
Ronald Ming, Bertha Ming, Regina Ming
Government of the Virgin Islands (British)
England & Wales
Eastern Caribbean at the BVI
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Licensed foreign legal consultant in the state of New York
The Cressey Award
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
2014
Provided by Chambers
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.
Provided by Chambers
Martin Kenney is a very sharp minded lawyer, with a good sense for strategy and is wonderful to work with. He responds so quickly.
Martin Kenney is a rock star in the field of international asset recovery. I know of no one better.
Martin is very much familiar with fraud cases and has excellent expertise.
Martin Kenney is a very sharp minded lawyer, with a good sense for strategy and is wonderful to work with. He responds so quickly.
Martin Kenney is a rock star in the field of international asset recovery. I know of no one better.
Martin is very much familiar with fraud cases and has excellent expertise.
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OPINION | ECJ ruling on UBO registers ‘victory for common sense’
Martin Kenney welcomes a decision by the European Court of Justice that open beneficial ownership registers – sometimes called open UBO registers – are incompatible with the right to privacy. Unlimited transparency isn’t necessarily effective in the battle against economic criminals, he warns.
Martin Kenney & team recognised as ‘gold standard’ in asset recovery
High praise for MKS team from Who’s Who Legal in new rankings
Martin Kenney appointed Visiting Professor at top UK School of Justice
• Leading fraud lawyer Martin Kenney appointed Visiting Professor at UCLan • Veteran Canadian attorney Martin Kenney will work directly with students from School of Justice
Will the U.K.’s new Economic Crime Act really help crack down on illicit wealth?
There are concerns that inherent loopholes will restrict the act’s effectiveness and fall short of what transparency campaigners have long been demanding, writes Martin Kenney for The Toronto Star.
HMRC veteran wins Martin Kenney prize for study of financial investigation
Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors, a leading asset recovery litigation practice based in the BVI, is delighted to announce that veteran financial investigator, Laurence Howland, has been awarded the second Martin Kenney Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Financial Investigation.
OPINION | ECJ ruling on UBO registers ‘victory for common sense’
Martin Kenney welcomes a decision by the European Court of Justice that open beneficial ownership registers – sometimes called open UBO registers – are incompatible with the right to privacy. Unlimited transparency isn’t necessarily effective in the battle against economic criminals, he warns.
Martin Kenney & team recognised as ‘gold standard’ in asset recovery
High praise for MKS team from Who’s Who Legal in new rankings
Martin Kenney appointed Visiting Professor at top UK School of Justice
• Leading fraud lawyer Martin Kenney appointed Visiting Professor at UCLan • Veteran Canadian attorney Martin Kenney will work directly with students from School of Justice
Will the U.K.’s new Economic Crime Act really help crack down on illicit wealth?
There are concerns that inherent loopholes will restrict the act’s effectiveness and fall short of what transparency campaigners have long been demanding, writes Martin Kenney for The Toronto Star.
HMRC veteran wins Martin Kenney prize for study of financial investigation
Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors, a leading asset recovery litigation practice based in the BVI, is delighted to announce that veteran financial investigator, Laurence Howland, has been awarded the second Martin Kenney Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Financial Investigation.