Henry Edelstein - Associate Director

Henry leads many of the firm’s blockchain investigations and specialises in interrogating both on- and off-chain data to trace and recover cryptoassets.

His crypto experience includes supporting the victim of a multi-million-dollar pig butchering scam by tracing the flows of fraudulently obtained cryptoassets across multiple blockchains and identifying relevant exchanges against which to serve court orders in support of asset recovery efforts. He has also provided investigative services in crypto-adjacent matters including NFT trademark disputes.

Beyond the blockchain, he works on high-value disputes across a variety of regions including Russia/CIS, MENA, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Examples of recent casework include unravelling a large-scale trade finance fraud operating out of the UAE, India and Pakistan and an internal investigation at a Swiss bank, gathering evidence of malpractice, poorly enforced internal controls and allegations of embezzlement by senior employees at the bank.

Before joining Raedas Henry worked at a London-based corporate intelligence firm where he focused on projects related to Russia and the CIS, and spent time on the business and economics desks at the Moscow Times. Henry has three years’ in-country experience living, studying, and working in France and Russia.