International & Offshore Litigation

Criminal investigation following BVI Commission of Inquiry.

Miah v National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Ltd [2015] NZHC 993

Advising on restraint and freezing orders, enforcement strategy, valuation disputes, and allegations of asset concealment, often involving offshore structures and overseas defendants.

Commercial claim by Turkish contractor relating to unpaid invoices.

Acting in civil asset-recovery proceedings, including for the defence in recovery actions and offshore enforcement actions.

Advising in civil recovery proceedings involving digital assets, including an offshore £1 million crypto-asset recovery in the Isle of Man.

Selected appearances as junior counsel between 2012 and 2014 before the New Zealand High Court and Court of Appeal included:

Cases involving encrypted communications, technology-enabled fraud, and cross-border cyber investigations.

Acting for claimants in a £108 million offshore civil fraud in the Caribbean, involving asset tracing, jurisdictional risk, and cross-border enforcement strategy.

Kraal v Earthquake Commission [2015] 2 NZLR 589 (NZCA)

Represented institutional investors in connection with proceedings before the German courts arising out of the allegedly wrongful devaluation of bonds prior to the sale of a German bank. This matter involved claims under German law.

Represented a UAE-based bank against a Ghanaian bank arising from a default in the repayment of a special-purpose trade finance loan following the bank’s insolvency. This matter involved claims under Ghanaian law.