Jeremy Cole Email & Phone Number

Oxford, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London

London, United Kingdom

Acting for BTA Bank (Kazakhstan) on various investigations and claims concerning multi-billion dollar losses and ensuing corruption allegations.Advising various clients in connection with investigations by the UK Serious Fraud Office into suspected overseas corruption.Advising numerous major multinationals on the implications of the UK Bribery Act 2010 and necessary amendments to their compliance procedures.Advising various multinationals in relation to internal investigations and the need to disclose to relevant prosecuting authorities in the UK, China, Middle East and the US.Acting for the Liquidators of a metal commodity trading company based in London and New York (RBG Resources) involving corruption resulting in the fraudulent loss of US$700 million. Acting for HRH Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei in relation to allegations brought by the Brunei Government for the alleged dishonest misappropriation of US$15 billion. (This work included the landmark case on Chinese walls). Advising on litigation involving allegations of dishonesty and corruption on a series of shipping and banking transactions entered into with a Russian State-owned company. The claim is for sums in excess of US$500 million and has been described by the legal press as one of the cases of the decade in London. Acting for a Court appointed receiver for a BVI company in connection with the collapse of a joint venture relating to an energy project in the former Soviet Union. The dispute involved allegations of corruption relating to the control of a State-owned aluminium smelting plant in Tajikistan (one of the largest in the world). The claims run to many hundreds of millions of dollars. Acting for the Liquidators of BCCI including in relation to the worldwide recovery of misappropriated funds. This involved proceedings in England, France, Lichtenstein, BVI, Cayman, Bahamas, Panama, Argentina, Chile, Bahrain and Pakistan.