Dan Dodman

Dan focuses on high value, complex cases which often have international elements. He has a particular interest in civil fraud work and the tracing and freezing of assets in a global context.

Dan has worked in jurisdictions across the world, including in hearings in the BVI, Argentina, Spain and the CIS regions.  He also has connections across the industry in forensic investigations, intelligence gathering and PR and is well versed in using these experts strategically to obtain results for clients.

Civil fraud represents some of the most challenging and complex litigation with the outcomes often being high stakes and the atmosphere tense. Dan’s experience allows him to address these situations in a measured way when accompanied by his excellent team.

• Acting for a major Russian bank in a successful High Court action against a number of ex-employees accused of fraud. The case was worth over £200 million, the trial lasted for almost six months and involved related proceedings in numerous jurisdictions with over twenty witnesses.
• Acting for a Claimant in respect of a major internal PPE fraud and obtaining a judgment of €105 million. This included the granting of a freezing injunction in the English High Court, committal proceedings (and an appeal on the same to the Court of Appeal) and numerous other applications.
• Acting for a Claimant in respect of proceedings brought in the DIFC. The claim quantum is US$100 million and has involved numerous interim applications (security for costs and Summary Judgment) and criminal allegations.
• Acting for a shareholder in a dispute with a BVI incorporated company that specialises in providing services in Kazakhstan and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The case was brought in the BVI and has involved a number of injunctions (including successfully injuncting the placing and open offer of shares on the London Stock Exchange).
• Acting for the Claimant in respect of serious and high profile bribery and corruption claims which were heavily reported in the Times and the BBC.
• Acting for an individual defendant in respect of fraud allegations made against her to the amount of £60 million. The case involved a world-wide freezing order and has links to Romania, the West Indies, Switzerland and the Netherlands.