Crypto & Digital Assets

Digital Assets & Asset Recovery

Following value wherever it moves. 

Digitalisation has transformed not only how value is created and transferred, but also how it can be concealed, fragmented, moved across jurisdictions and ultimately recovered.

We advise on complex matters involving cryptocurrency, digital assets and emerging financial technologies, bringing together financial-crime expertise, forensic investigation, asset tracing and recovery strategy.

Our work can extend from the first indication of fraud or misappropriation through to the identification of assets, reconstruction of transactions, engagement with exchanges and intermediaries, preservation of evidence and development of recovery and litigation strategies.

We can assist with:

Digital asset investigations
Investigating suspected fraud, theft, misappropriation, hacks, scams and other forms of digital-asset crime.

Asset tracing & transaction analysis
Following digital transactions across wallets, blockchains, exchanges and jurisdictions to identify the movement and potential destination of value.

Wallet & blockchain analysis
Analysing wallet activity and transaction histories to establish relationships, patterns, flows and points at which assets may enter or leave the conventional financial system.

Exchange & intermediary relationships
Identifying and assessing the role of cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, payment providers, brokers and other intermediaries in the movement or custody of assets.

Crypto-to-fiat tracing
Following value as it moves between blockchain networks and conventional banking, corporate and investment structures.

Fraud, theft & misappropriation
Investigating the movement of digital assets following suspected fraud, cyber-enabled theft, insider misconduct or other financial wrongdoing.

Recovery strategy
Developing strategies for the preservation, freezing, tracing and recovery of digital assets, including coordination with lawyers, investigators, exchanges, financial institutions and relevant authorities.

Regulatory & financial-crime risk
Advising on the financial-crime, AML, governance and regulatory risks arising from digital assets and their interaction with conventional financial systems.

Litigation & asset recovery support
Providing investigative and strategic support in civil and criminal proceedings involving digital assets, including the identification of recoverable property and the evidential reconstruction of financial flows.

Digital assets do not exist in isolation.

The most important questions are often not confined to the blockchain.

Digital assets may pass through companies, trusts, bank accounts, payment institutions, investment structures and individuals across multiple jurisdictions. Our approach therefore follows the value wherever it leads from blockchain addresses to conventional assets and back again.

Blockchain intelligence · Wallet analysis · Transaction tracing · Crypto investigations · Fraud & theft · Exchange analysis · Crypto-to-fiat tracing · Asset recovery · Financial-crime risk · Litigation support