Sofia Berggren

Sofia is a Managing Associate in the Dispute Resolution department, specialising in civil fraud, investigations, asset tracing and commercial litigation.

Sofia acts for individual and corporate clients across a wide range of disputes, including claims involving conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duties, misappropriation of data and confidential information, breach of restrictive covenants, cryptocurrency fraud, and boardroom and shareholder disputes. These disputes are often complex and multi-jurisdictional in nature.

Sofia is an injunction specialist and regularly assists clients in obtaining or defending against freezing orders, search orders, disclosure orders, computer imaging orders and delivery up orders.

Sofia is a member of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery Network (CFAAR). Sofia is listed in Legal 500 as a Key Lawyer in the Civil Fraud team and is cited in the publication as being a "defining pillar of Mishcon's fraud team".

Key Experience

• Acting for a listed mining company in a dispute involving several applications for injunctive relief, complex jurisdictional issues and English company law claims.
• Acting on $90 million cryptocurrency fraud against multiple individual perpetrators and pursuing claims against cryptocurrency exchanges, including obtaining freezing order relief and third-party disclosure orders in multiple jurisdiction.
• Advising a mining company and high-net worth individual in relation to a transaction at an undervalue claim and in relation to freezing order relief, involving Bermudan, South African and Singaporean assets.
• Acting in a leading authority for the meaning and scope of the ordinary and proper course exception under freezing orders.
• Acting for an international media company against its former management team in respect of a multimillion-pound claim for breach of fiduciary duty based on diversion of business opportunities, breach of confidence and misuse of confidential information.
• Acting for a multinational information technology company to obtain multiple search and freezing orders in respect of a large-scale fraud.
• Acting on a multimillion-pound dispute between directors and shareholders of a large group of hotels in an LCIA arbitration.
• Successfully obtaining an anti-suit injunction to prevent proceedings being issued in New York in breach of an arbitration clause.

Career History

Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Trainee Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya LLP
BPP Law School, LPC
King's College, London, LLB