Asset Recovery & Financial Litigation

Our Approach

We defend against confiscation, restraint, and asset freezing orders across jurisdictions. We also pursue asset recovery on behalf of clients who have been defrauded or who need to enforce judgments internationally.

We have reduced confiscation assessments from approximately £3 million to approximately £200,000 through sustained legal argument over the calculation of benefit. In a multi-handed conspiracy, we reduced the assessed benefit to one-tenth of that ordered against each of the other seven defendants. When the prosecution sought to revisit a confiscation order years after conviction — attempting to force the sale of the family home — we successfully resisted the application. When a third-party company's assets were restrained during the investigation of a director, we secured the lifting of the restraint order to enable a proposed international acquisition to proceed.

We also act for non-national UAE residents facing hidden or undisclosed asset claims made by their home country authorities — situations where foreign governments or creditors seek to reach assets held in the UAE, often through mutual legal assistance channels or direct enforcement applications. These matters require a coordinated response across jurisdictions, an understanding of the UAE's framework for recognising foreign orders, and a strategy for protecting the client's legitimate interests while managing the cross-border dimension.