EXPERTISE

 CIVIL & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

We assist our clients in all areas of contractual dispute, including advisory work and litigation.

We assist and represent our clients in both national and international business disputes of all kinds.

We assist our clients in complex dishonesty claims, representing claimants (victims seeking recovery) or defendants.

We have considerable experience in the area of asset & debt recovery and advise and appear on behalf of claimants and defendants in civil asset recovery cases.

We advise across a broad range of civil recovery matters, including cross border freezing injunctions, cross border investigations and asset tracing.

We advise and represent creditors and other interested parties in insolvency related claims. 

INTERNATIONAL LAW

We defend individuals who face the prospect of extradition. We provide specialist strategic advice at each stage of proceedings and have a track record of successfully challenging European and other overseas arrest warrants.

We have experience in cases involving diplomatic and state immunities, at domestic and international level, as well as territorial jurisdiction.

We advise on Jus cogens (peremptory human rights norms) and fundamental principles of international law. We assist clients in complex cases before international courts and tribunals, including the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice.

We advise on conflict of laws and all issues of private international law. We handle cross-border legal issues such as jurisdiction, applicable law, and enforcing foreign judgments.

We act on behalf of clients before the relevant authorities in matters relating to employment tribunals, whether for employees or employers.

We assist in all administrative proceedings relating to the settlement and residence of private individuals & immigration issues. We challenge refusals and advice in complex matters.

Case highlights

Advising and representing international companies and economic actors based in Europe, Africa and the UK - obtaining a worldwide freezing injunction against a group of fraudsters on behalf of a well-known international company

CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Legal advisory and litigation services in a multijurisdictional fraud for a large Belgian company and associated commercial disputes.

CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Advising and representing the victims of a conglomerate based in the UK involved in a multinational investment fraud and cross-border financial crime

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LAW

Legal advisory retainer to head of international organisation and sovereign client on public international law matters, including diplomatic and state immunities, jus cogens and human rights

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Legal advice and litigation on behalf of  victims of a multijurisdictional civil fraud and conspiracy to defraud involving a number of bogus companies set up in the UK and abroad to carry out the fraud.

CIVIL  & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Legal representation and advocacy in a multi-million gun and drugs smuggling case in France. The alleged importer of substantial kilos of Class A drugs was acquitted by three judges of the French courts

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Special legal adviser and litigation services since 2001 for an international financial services group based in France, handling disputes across the full spectrum of business and insolvency issues

CIVIL & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Fees

Fees are agreed on a case-by-case basis. There are various factors which will account for the calculation of fees including type of matter, time estimate of the case, paperwork involved and the location of the court or hearing. Fees can be quoted on a fixed fee basis  or via an hourly rate. In debt recovery up to £100,000, employment and immigration matters, our hourly rate starts at £360. All  fees are agreed before we start work.

Ana Kanellos Furlong Solicitors
Authorised and Regulated  by the Solicitor's Regulation Authority (SRA Number 344505)

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