Rebecca Belgrave

Rebecca Belgrave is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department, advising on high-value, complex and cross-border commercial disputes across a range of sectors. 

Rebecca has a particular focus on civil fraud and asset tracing, claims involving cryptocurrency assets, and group litigation.  She is an injunction specialist and regularly obtains and opposes freezing orders, search orders and disclosure orders in the UK and overseas. In addition, Rebecca's practice spans breach of contract claims, shareholder disputes, investor claims and investigations. Her clients include high-net-worth individuals, corporates, financial institutions, pension funds, asset managers and sovereign wealth funds.

Rebecca is ranked in the Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner and is cited in the publication as being "extraordinarily talented", "outstanding" and having "excellent knowledge of large scale litigation".  Rebecca is Mishcon's representative on the board of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery Network (CFAAR). She also sits on the advisory committee of TL4's Women in FIRE network and is a member of the International Fraud Group.

Key Experience

• Managing and providing strategic input on multi-jurisdictional litigation and investigations, often co-ordinating teams of lawyers across other jurisdictions
• Acting for defendants in a US$600m claim brought by Trafigura across four jurisdictions, alleging fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of trust, and conspiracy; the claim involved multiple freezing, proprietary and disclosure injunctions
• Representing a UHNW individual in US$90million claim against individual perpetrators of fraud and two of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges
• Acting for a renowned Swiss oil trading company in a multi-million dollar claim against the subsidiary of a state-owned Russian bank
• Representing several banks and other institutional and retail investors in the RBS Rights Issue Litigation, a significant group action involving claims under s90 and s90A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
• Acting for the subsidiary of a Fortune 50 company in obtaining an injunction to restrain the use of its highly valuable confidential and proprietary data by a competitor, transferred by a group of exiting senior employees in breach of restrictive covenants and common law duties
• Advising a UHNW worth individual in connection with a multi-million-pound shareholder dispute involving allegations of unfair prejudice and breach of contract
• Advising a UK franchisee on breach of contract and tortious claims against a US security services franchisor and associated parties
• Acting for one of Europe's largest social gaming companies in a significant multi-party dispute concerning the misappropriation and misuse of intellectual property and alleged breaches of trust, spanning several jurisdictions and involving freezing and proprietary injunction orders
• Representing a luxury fashion brand in a fraud investigation against its former CEO, claims for breach of duty against the company's former solicitors, and advice in connection with a parallel private criminal prosecution
• Acting for a well-known charity following the hacking of its website, securing Norwich Pharmacal relief that led to the successful identification of the perpetrator
• Advising on numerous matters relating to the misappropriation and misuse of crypto assets and obtaining disclosure and asset freezing injunctions in various jurisdictions in connection with those claims
• Representing a leading London estate agent in injunctions and search orders applications, including a high-profile case reported by the Evening Standard
• Advising clients in a long-running inheritance dispute on measures to identify, locate and freeze estate assets pending the determination of estate proceedings
• Assisting a major bank to devise strategy for the enforcement of English judgments worth several billion pounds against assets worldwide
• Advising the administrators of a British investment firm on claims worth in excess of £230 million against several parties, including the firm's former CEO
• Representing both employers and former employees on claims involving alleged solicitation of clients and poaching of employees in breach of contractual obligations

Career History

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Trainee Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya LLP
BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course (Distinction)
BPP Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law (Commendation)
University of Warwick, BA (Hons), First