Forensic Accountants
Litigation Support Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 2
About
Provided by FRP Advisory Trading Limited
FRP’s Forensic Services team is comprised of highly experienced forensic accounting, investigation and technology professionals.
The team provides expertise and advice across a multitude of situations, including: commercial disputes; global asset tracing and recovery assignments; contentious valuations; bribery, corruption and fraud investigations; judgement enforcement; competition damages claims; regulatory enquiries; divorce cases; contentious insolvency matters; and criminal proceedings. Clients include law firms, charities, corporate clients, law enforcement agencies, regulators, and high-net-worth individuals.
FRP has expertise in many forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination. Its partners have acted as a party appointed expert, single joint expert, expert determiner, shadow expert and adviser. They also have experience of giving evidence in the High Court and international arbitration tribunals.
FRP’s in-depth and varied experience of investigations includes accounting fraud, insider dealing, misappropriation of client funds, employee fraud, boiler room fraud, invoicing fraud, bribery, corruption, and money laundering.
Partner-led teams deliver constructive resolutions and leverage the accounting and technology elements of the wider team to work together seamlessly. The forensic technology team also provide computer forensic and eDiscovery services to clients directly.
Chambers Review
FRP Advisory Trading has a strong forensic accounting practice. The firm is able to assist with matters relating to a wide range of industry sectors, including professional services, technology and financial services, and is particularly strong on insolvency work.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team I worked with were all experts in their field, demonstrated excellent investigation skills and were able to ask the right questions at the right time."
"FRP demonstrated the technical competences necessary to understand complex accounting and IT issues, to draft timely and usable reports of its findings and interact usefully with other professionals."
"FRP Advisory were very responsive and quickly got to the core of the numbers, both to the lawyers and the clients. They far exceeded others we have instructed."
"The team I worked with were all experts in their field, demonstrated excellent investigation skills and were able to ask the right questions at the right time."
"FRP demonstrated the technical competences necessary to understand complex accounting and IT issues, to draft timely and usable reports of its findings and interact usefully with other professionals."
"FRP Advisory were very responsive and quickly got to the core of the numbers, both to the lawyers and the clients. They far exceeded others we have instructed."
Notable Practitioners
Chris Osborne is an experienced financial investigator and forensic accountant. His broad range of work includes bribery and corruption, fraud, regulatory and compliance advisory matters.
"Chris was attentive to client needs, responsive to client feedback and provided a high level of confidence to the client."
"Chris Osborne was very good to work with; he was very good at tackling knotty and detailed details. He's also easy to work with and personable."
"I've known Chris Osborne for a long time and he's a quality individual and super bright."