Asset Tracing & Recovery (Investigations Agencies)
Litigation Support Guide 2024 : Global-wide
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Provided by StoneTurn
StoneTurn’s global Asset Tracing & Recovery team is unmatched by length and depth of experience in high-profile kleptocratic pursuits, recoveries against sovereigns, and enforcement of judgements in the most challenging scenarios.
Spread across critical global hubs and armed with deep local knowledge and intelligence networks in 100+ countries, StoneTurn’s team swiftly conducts asset investigations across jurisdictions. StoneTurn’s asset recovery specialists work seamlessly with the firm’s experts in forensics, data analytics, and crypto, leveraging the latest advances in technology to support complex asset tracing investigations.
Led by senior Partners-some of the most experienced asset tracing and recovery practitioners in the market-located in New York, London, Singapore, Sao Paulo, and Johannesburg, StoneTurn’s bespoke approach considers the broader set of circumstances and in addition to the traditional approach of tracing and attaching assets, explores alternative paths to recovery, seeking to induce a settlement. StoneTurn relies on an extensive network of global sources and experienced investigators to develop new sources and intelligence. The team has an extensive set of commercial and proprietary databases at its disposal, and continually enhance access to new datasets to stay ahead of the curve. StoneTurn’s cutting-edge Crypto Practice, integrated with the ATR team, has certified crypto asset tracing investigators highly skilled at tracing crypto assets.
Chambers Review
StoneTurn is a global consultancy which assists with enforcing judgments or arbitration awards, pursuing commercial debts, or recovering stolen assets.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"StoneTurn have done a fantastic job and have been very highly responsive. They come up with different ways we can go forward. The quality of research is exactly what we were looking for."
"They have excellent sophistication and intuition: StoneTurn brings a more strategic approach to investigations than most in the industry."
"StoneTurn have talented analysts and investigators across the world. Anywhere there is stolen property, they have contacts and can provide the information needed to recover the assets."
"StoneTurn have done a fantastic job and have been very highly responsive. They come up with different ways we can go forward. The quality of research is exactly what we were looking for."
"They have excellent sophistication and intuition: StoneTurn brings a more strategic approach to investigations than most in the industry."
"StoneTurn have talented analysts and investigators across the world. Anywhere there is stolen property, they have contacts and can provide the information needed to recover the assets."
Notable Practitioners
Allen Applbaum is a partner in the New York office of StoneTurn, and a specialist in business intelligence, asset tracing and recovery work. He is a former federal prosecutor with a track record in complex investigations matters.
"Allen Applbaum is a great leader of the team, and the team is sophisticated, energetic, cohesive and top-flight."
"Allen Applbaum is a very experienced investigator, very knowledgeable and can put together a terrific team. He is an amazing leader."
"Allen Applbaum was extremely reliable, hit his deadlines and did very high quality work."
Snežana Gebauer focuses on cross-border asset tracing and recovery investigations, and often advises on cases concerning corruption and embezzlement. Gebauer's matters are global in scope.
"Snežana has delivered on the stuff we wanted and has been valuable helping us brainstorm other ways to attack the issue. She is also a very pleasant person; overall a very good partner for us to have."
"Snežana Gebauer consistently brings a high level of strategic thinking to the engagement."
"Snežana really has an excellent pedigree in this work. She takes a bespoke approach to every investigation, looks around corners in a way others don't and comes up with a unique plan for the cases."
Ranked Individuals at
StoneTurn
Global-wide
Members
Provided by StoneTurn
Allen Applbaum
David Burroughs
David Holley
Jason Liew
Kyla Curley
Mike Roos
Neil Ashton
Piers de Wilde
Sarah Keeling
Xavier Oustalniol
Clients
Provided by StoneTurn
Financial Institutions
Government
Investment Funds
Law Firms
Sovereign Wealth Funds