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Baker & Partners is Jersey’s leading independent offshore specialist litigation firm. The firm has always maintained a conflict-free model having no relationship with an associated financial or fiduciary services business.

Baker & Partners is unique among Jersey firms in being led by a partnership of very experienced courtroom advocates who have between them conducted a very large number of trials both in England and Jersey. This has earned the firm a reputation for the kind of forensic and incisive analysis of a dispute that is the hallmark of the English bar.  

The firm has acted in some of the most substantial Jersey litigation including contentious trust and commercial matters, fraud, asset recovery and regulatory cases. Our work is often highly complex and usually has an international component. Baker & Partners acts for blue chip companies, trustees, beneficiaries, high net worth individuals and governments.  The firm has been responsible for recovering many hundreds of millions of pounds on behalf of corporations, individuals and governments.

Among recent major cases in which the firm has acted are Crociani v Crociani, Trilogy Management Limited v YT, Sheyko vs Consolidated Minerals, Dalemont v Senatorov, and Brazil v Durant.  The firm has also recently acted for the Kenyan Plaintiff CMC Holdings in a dishonest assistance claim against RBC Trust Company, and for the Plaintiffs in a breach of confidence and conspiracy claim against UC Rusal, both of which settled in 2021.



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Asset Tracing & Recovery (Law Firms) - Global-wide
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Band 3
What the Team is Known For

Baker & Partners is a leading litigation boutique in Jersey, London and the Cayman Islands. The firm has acted in some of the most substantial Jersey asset recovery litigation and has expertise in obtaining disclosure and freezing orders in Jersey and before courts in other offshore jurisdictions.

Work Highlights

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  • Baker & Partners represented the Government of Malaysia and Quantuma on worldwide asset tracing relating to the USD9 billion 1MDB fraud matter.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Stephen Baker
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Stephen Baker
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Band 2

Stephen Baker is a founding partner of the firm and a leading disputes specialist with a focus in asset recovery arising from trusts and commercial litigation. He is experienced in criminal and civil asset recovery actions.

"Stephen Baker has stellar levels of strategy and vision."

"Stephen Baker is fantastic: he is doing very exciting things around the world. He has an uncanny ability to zero in on solutions to complex cross-border problems."

"Stephen Baker is a terrific person - you can't find someone more knowledgeable on these matters."

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Stephen Baker
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Stephen Baker
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Industries

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Contentious trust and commercial matters, fraud, asset recovery and regulatory cases