Sophia is ranked as a leading lawyer in civil fraud by the independent guides to the legal profession, with the 2011 edition of the Legal 500 commenting:
Civil fraud specialist Sophia Purkis has «a tenacious approach and an utterly comprehensive grasp of detail in the most factually complex and documentarily voluminous matters».
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Civil fraud specialist Sophia Purkis has `... an utterly comprehensive grasp of detail in the most factually complex and documentarily voluminous matters».»
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These include shareholder and partnership disputes; the investigation and pursuit of
civil fraud claims against directors, employees and third parties; international asset tracing; professional negligence claims (including against office holders); Company law claims such as minority shareholder petitions (Section 994 Petitions) and
specialist applications in relation to the conduct and control of companies; contract disputes; challenges to share sale consideration; and directors» disqualification proceedings.
The firm made two laterals in 2017, bringing in tax disputes
specialist Liesl Fichardt from Clifford Chance and Hastings, Addleshaw Goddard's former head of
civil fraud.
Bushell, a
specialist in large - scale international commercial litigation and founder of Herbert Smith's Russian dispute resolution practice, is top ranked for
civil fraud work by Chambers and Partners.
The programme sees Europe's leading
civil fraud litigation
specialists come together to debate topics including; pressures and threats in
fraud litigation (including the impact of Brexit), the 1MDB Scandal, the European Account Preservation Order -LSB-...]
Members of Chambers are recognised
specialists in all areas of commercial law and handle disputes across the full spectrum of the business and financial world, including banking & finance,
civil fraud, corporate / chancery & offshore, insurance & reinsurance, energy, trade, shipping, revenue, and employment.