The Firm has successfully litigated many major asset recovery, money laundering and fraud claims in the Commonwealth Caribbean. We have been successful in recovering millions of dollars in assets for our clients. Our team of lawyers is particularly skilled in addressing the multijurisdictional issues which arise in litigation as a result of the Asset Tracing and Recovery tools which we employ on behalf of our clients.

Peter D. Maynard, Counsel & Attorneys, is widely recognised for its expertise and efficiency. We devote our time not only to solving clients” problems but to anticipating and preventing them. We are well known for our ability to develop creative solutions based on an extensive knowledge of key industry sectors and legal practice.We not only seek to be an adviser, counsellor, and advocate for our clients, but also a team member dedicated to achieving mutual goals. Whether providing counsel to an individual or putting together an international corporate transaction, our attorneys have one overall goal: to get results for our clients by providing the best possible job in terms of quality work, timely service and sensitivity to cost.

Asset Tracing, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law/Trademark & Patents, Trusts.Fraud/Business Crime Profile: Peter D. Maynard Counsel and Attorneys advises corporations and individuals in connection financial institutions, fraud (public or private), money laundering, liquidations, receivers, and asset tracing and recovery, asset protection, and recovery of assets, which have resulted from fraudulent activities.

John undertakes the complete range of major litigation and advocacy work including asset tracing, multi-jurisdictional disputes and commercial and trust litigation. John has been Counsel in many of the major litigation cases before the Royal Court of Guernsey and the Guernsey Court of Appeal and is one of the few Guernsey advocates to have appeared as counsel in the Privy Council. He has been lead counsel in ground-breaking trust litigation cases in the past 12 months.

John was a founder member of ICC FraudNet, and is a member of the UK Fraud Advisory Panel. He was also a founder member of the Guernsey Royal Court Working Party which completely reviewed the island’s Civil Procedure in 2008. He is also a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists and is a Notary Public. John was the first elected Head of the Guernsey Bar in November 2008 and was re-elected to the role in 2010. In 2014 John was awarded ACTAPS Offshore Contentious Lawyer of the Year Award. In 2015 he was awarded the “most highly regarded” classification for Asset Recovery by Who’s Who Legal – one of only five offshore lawyers in the world to be awarded such accreditation.

Alejandro Catalá Guerrero is one of Mexico´s foremost lawyers and has solid experience in white collar crime. He has Postgraduate Studies from Universidad Panamericana, one of Mexico´s top law schools and has specialized in Mexican Criminal Law. He also has a degree from the Universidad Nuevo Mundo.

He has advised several large international corporations regarding white collar crime and has written several articles regarding the matter.

He is well-known on an international and national level and has been an active participant in international organizations such as World Services Group and Lex Mundi. In 2010 he joined Fraudnet and has been offering consulting and giving advice to other members that need an understanding of the Mexican market.

He speaks Spanish and English.

Basham, Ringe y Correa S.C. specialties:
Administrative, Privatizations & Biddings, Aeronautic/Aerospacial, Antitrust, Civil & Commercial Litigation, Consumer Protection, Corporate, Contracts & Foreign Investments, Criminal Litigation, Energy, Environmental, Franchising, Health, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Trade & Customs, Labor, Land Transportation, Maritime, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Real State, Social Security, Tax, Telecommunications and Trusts.

Alfredo Taullard jointly Co-heads the Dispute Resolution Department at Hughes & Hughes. He has vast hands-on practice in complex civil and commercial Litigation, International Commercial Arbitration, and is a specialist in procedural, commercial and mining law.

Alfredo has been recognised as leading lawyer in Uruguay for Dispute Resolution by the most relevant guides in the legal profession, Who’s Who Legal – Asset Recovery, The Legal 500 Latin America, and Chambers & Partners Latin America. He is also the Australian Honorary Consul in Uruguay for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Alfredo holds a Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences from the Universidad de la República School of Law. He has authored several publications on Procedural Law, Transnational Litigation, Civil Proceedings, as well as several papers for National and International Congresses on his areas of expertise.

Hughes & Hughes

Founded in the 19th century, Hughes & Hughes is one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in Uruguay. The firm has had considerable growth during recent years and has successfully encompassed the long-term expertise with a modern, sophisticated and practical approach of the business.

They have extensive experience assisting clients in bankruptcy proceedings, including financial institutions and brokers, and have developed an organised structure prepared to efficiently deal with complex asset recoveries, including those generated by business crime. They have strongly developed strategies for an effective search of assets to enable important recoveries. Their proven experience has led to an increase in demand for this service by leading companies from all over the world.

Christopher J. Redmond is the founder and principal at the Redmond Law Firm, LLC. His practice is focused on complex international litigation, asset tracing and recovery, and cross-border insolvency proceedings.

Christopher has been a delegate at UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency) since 1999, first as a delegate for the American Bar Association and for the last eleven (11) years, as a member of the United States delegation. He continues to also serve as Chair of the ABA UNCITRAL Task Force.

Christopher has also served as a U.S. delegate to UNODC (United National Office of Drugs and Crimes), addressing issues of commercial fraud on a worldwide basis and coordination between the public and private sectors. As a U.S. member of ICC FraudNet, (ranked as a Band One International Group in Asset Recovery by Chambers), he is counsel in a number of international cases, including acting as counsel for the joint liquidators in the Stanford International Bank proceeding.

He is an experienced trial counsel in both jury and civil trials including a number of Chapter 15 proceedings. He has served as a joint liquidator in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. He has served as a Panel Trustee in Kansas since 1978 and has handled over 12,000 insolvency cases, from consumer cases to business cases. He has also served as a Chapter 11 Trustee in a number of business cases and served as counsel for the official unsecured creditors committee in a number of billion dollar insolvency cases.

Christopher is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a Fellow of the International Insolvency Institute, has been listed in Best Lawyers for over thirty (30) years and is also recognized by Who’s Who Legal International as one of the top five (5) recovery lawyers in North America.

Skjørshammer is one of Norway”s leading experts within restructuring and insolvency. Skjørshammer acts for domestic and international clients in financial restructurings, debt negotiations and bankruptcies, and he advises creditors, shareholders, investors and board of directors on all aspects of insolvency law. His practice further includes advising Norwegian and international banks in the handling of deferred loans.

Skjørshammer has been involved both as an adviser and publicly appointed as chairman of debt negotiations committees and as bankruptcy trustee in many of the largest and most complex cases in Norway during the recent years. He is recognised for his strong commitment and solution-oriented advice, and is highly acknowledged for his project management skills in complex projects where commercial understanding and industry insight is a prerequisite.

Being Norway”s exclusive representative of ICC FraudNet, an organisation specialised in asset-recovery with representatives in more than 80 countries, Skjørshammer has considerable experience in representing Norwegian clients in matters involving other jurisdictions. His practice encompasses both matters relating to the selection of local partners and project management.

The international rating agencies Chambers Europe and Legal 500 ranks Skjørshammer as one of the leading restructuring and insolvency lawyers in Norway. Skjørshammer is a strong communicator and widely used as a lecturer on issues related to restructurings and the handling of financial challenges, both for fellow lawyers and law students.