Eversheds International

Fraud and Financial Crime

International criminal investigations and mutual legal assistance

The challenges

The 21st century has seen increasing globalisation of the market place, which has in turn led to the globalisation of crime and criminal activity. The reaction by the international community to this threat has been a number of international treaties and conventions as well as domestic laws aimed at combating such behaviour.

The increasing cooperation of government agencies has led to an increase in cooperation between States in areas such as international mutual assistance, cross border money laundering investigations and requests for extradition.

How we can help

We can act for foreign governments who wish to seek requests in the UK to obtain evidence for their own domestic proceedings.

We can also act for governments, professional firms, companies and individuals who are directly affected by mutual legal assistance requests and we have expertise in challenging such requests.

We can also advise on any international criminal matter including advising on legislation and other issues which may affect you in another jurisdiction.