Kas is Head of the Dispute Resolution department and sits on the Firm's Management Board. His work concerns disputes which often involve investigations and injunctions. This embraces a wide variety of projects. In fact almost 50% of Kas's work concerns litigation conducted, or partly conducted, outside the UK - mostly in the USA, Middle East and former Soviet Republics. Not forgetting the tax havens into which Kas traces assets before capturing them.

He also leads the Firm's Fraud & Insolvency team and chairs the committee for the Firm's international strategy and planning. All of this makes Kas the retained choice of global financial institutions, brand owners and high net worth individuals - victims of dishonesty.

Successful investigations that showcase his skills relate to multi-jurisdictional frauds and multi-million dollar recoveries, counterfeiting gangs, and protection of IP and confidential data. Kas brought the first known set of proceedings against spammers in the UK.

He has also found time to contribute to "Information, Risk and Securities", the standard book on computer crime at work.

Kas is also co-founder of The Fraud Network.

In the words of Chambers 2010, a recommended leader in the field of civil fraud and "a gifted negotiator who is firm but fair".

Key Experience

investigation of fraud, bribery, corruption and procurement irregularities;

civil freezing, search and disclosure applications;

cross-border investigations and tracing, culminating in enforcement of judgments;

managing and providing strategic input relating to multi-jurisdictional litigation and investigations often involving teams of lawyers in other countries. At any given time, these may involve over thirty jurisdictions, principally in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

enforcement of intellectual property rights and combating anti-counterfeiting and organised gangs;

protection of data and industrial secrets, as well as confidential information;

tracing and asset recovery arising out of insolvencies;

advice relating to long arm jurisdiction matters relating to FCPA, Sarbanes Oxley and corporate governance issues generally.

Significant cases and projects include:

investigation of a multi-jurisdictional fraud perpetrated on a major US financial institution and tracing of funds into a number of European jurisdictions;

investigation of a major gang of counterfeiters on behalf of a global US software manufacturer relating to multi-mullion dollar recoveries, following wide-ranging civil search, freezing and disclosure orders;

investigation of massive impropriety relating to over $1billion of dishonoured loans and credit facilities on behalf of a major middle Eastern bank;

investigation of systematic and long-standing internal corrupt practices concerning the owner of leading and household brands in the drinks and alcoholic beverages sector;

wide-ranging internal investigations into procurement frauds perpetrated by employees of a multi-national travel company, resulting in multi-million pound recoveries and repatriation of assets, as well as restructuring the working practices and policies of the relevant organisation;

investigation of complicated multi-jurisdictional shipping finance that related to fraud spanning some six jurisdictions for a European bank involving collusion between its employees and external third parties;

case concerning manipulation of financial markets and practices as well as financial instruments, including illegal short-selling practices culminating in the so-called “death spirals”;

investigation into corruption in professional sport, including remuneration of agents and the role played by clubs and other third parties;

cases involving the misuse of internet, including denial of service attacks, hacking and phishing.  Kas brought the first known set of proceedings against spammers in the UK.

wide ranging experience and advice relating to a variety of corporate governance and regulatory issues in relation to the UK as well as matters relating to the US 'long arm jurisdiction' and its impact.

Kas has also contributed to “Information, Risk and Securities” (Gower Publishing 2006), which is a standard book on prevention and investigation of computer crime at the workplace.

Career History