Offshore Jurisdictions

Asset tracing, recovery and enforcement investigations often involve offshore entities in the form of opaque trusts, funds, or complex asset ownership structures.

We produce evidence that allows clients to penetrate the veil around offshore entities, with experience that covers asset recovery, fraud detection and litigation support. We have a close familiarity with complex offshore structures used to disguise asset ownership, using the public record and other evidence to demonstrate true beneficial ownership. Our ability to gather evidence in a range of offshore jurisdictions frequently allows us to evidence attempts to dissipate or restructure asset ownership, which can aid freezing injunctions or other legal recourse for judgment creditors.

With in-house forensic accounting capabilities supporting our team of investigators, we unwind complex tax systems, helping stakeholders understand, simplify, interpret, and respond to complex financial narratives.

“Raedas open up new case strategies and avenues through their investigative approach. Their contributions often create new leads in matters and provide a fresh approach.”
– Chambers UK, Litigation Support: Business Intelligence & Investigations.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Almost all our investigations, particularly asset searches, involve looking for assets which are concealed in offshore companies and/or trusts. We have worked to gather information from public records or retrieved information concealed in offshore regions in support of complex disputes, including but not limited to:

  • Ajman
  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • The BVI
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chanel Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Panama
  • Samoa

 

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NEWS AND INSIGHT

COMMENTARY 24 JANUARY 2017

Judges in the local ‘onshore’ courts of the Arabian Gulf are generally uncomfortable with witness testimony in litigation proceedings. In fact documentary evidence is often the only evidence that will be accepted. In a region where the line between public...

COMMENTARY 12 JANUARY 2017

We often sit in on debates among legal teams over the merits of filing a criminal complaint to put pressure on counterparties, an essential strategy in complex disputes. Such a tactic can carry risk for the claimant. However, in some countries, particularly...