Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Greaves focuses on commercial litigation with an emphasis on complex heavy-weight cases, particularly fraud and corruption cases, and multijurisdictional disputes. Disputes are principally in the English Commercial Court, including bringing or defending freezing orders, and pursuing asset tracing remedies worldwide. He also advises on anticorruption, and has frequently assisted U.S. colleagues with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations.

He has experience dealing with high value shareholders' and trust disputes, warranty claims, professional negligence and property disputes. He also represents many Russian clients in investment disputes in several offshore jurisdictions. The international scope of his practice means that he frequently advises on conflicts of laws and choice of forum.

He has 20 years of experience in project management of large multijurisdictional disputes. These frequently involve making or defending worldwide freezing injunctions that are then enforced in other jurisdictions, involving teams of lawyers in many countries around the world. For many years, Mr. Greaves has also had a particular interest in the Middle East. Other jurisdictions outside the UK with which he works include the United States, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Lebanon, Brazil, Switzerland, and various offshore tax havens. He has worked with the insurance/reinsurance industry as well as industries including telecoms, aluminium, diamonds, construction, Islamic banking, media, information technology, shipbuilding, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, recruitment, investment, property development and accountancy.