Mark Rainsford
Call
2002
Turks & Caicos Islands
2011
Attorney-at Law of the Supreme Court of Seychelles
2020
Mauritius
2024
DIFC
2025
BVI & Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
2012
Grand Cayman
2007
Mark acts and advises individuals and entities in high profile and complex cases.
His practice focuses on financial crime including POCA, bribery, corruption, money laundering and criminal fraud, and investigations and Civil Fraud & Asset Recovery including crypto currency and international disputes.
Mark has successfully represented corporates, individual directors, numerous investment bankers, City law firms; individual lawyers, major business and accounting firms, MSBs and FX companies in many domestic and cross-border corruption and money laundering investigations, especially those involving UK law enforcement, the US DoJ, and the SEC.
Mark Rainsford's Expertises
All
Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery & Enforcement
Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets
International
Financial Crime
International & Offshore
International
Mark is Admitted to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands & Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (2012), Attorney-at Law of the Supreme Court of Seychelles (2020, ad hoc) Grand Cayman (2007, pro hac), Turks and Caicos Islands (2011, pro hac) and Mauritius (2024 Ad hoc).
He has been involved cases covering multi jurisdictions including Europe, US, Hong Kong, Middle East and Caribbean.
Most recently, Mark was Instructed to represent the Independent Commission Against Corruption in constitutional proceedings before the Supreme Court of Mauritius. He also Successfully defended the principal defendant in two separate trials in Grand Cayman and Headed an internal investigation on behalf of a property developer into alleged corruption of the Prime Minister, Deputy Minister and Minister for Planning of the Turks & Caicos Islands.
