About us

The Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery network (CFAAR) is a group of legal professionals comprising lawyers, barristers, forensic accountants, corporate intelligence and asset recovery professionals.  It intends to bring together some of the world’s leading names in crypto dispute resolution and advisory with the purpose of developing and sharing best practice in this rapidly evolving sphere and placing the UK and common law jurisdictions at centre stage for global crypto dispute resolution.

As crypto-related frauds, such as those involving cryptocurrency theft, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and ransomware attacks, continue to rise in scale and sophistication, the need for the legal industry and its expert service providers to respond robustly and effectively in this nascent area of practice requires a joined-up approach that provides victims of fraud with the best possible means of redress.

CFAAR’s Founder Member Firms are RPC, Asset Reality, Essex Court Chambers, Grant Thornton, Osborne Clarke, Rahman Ravelli, Stewarts and Twenty Essex and include practitioners behind the first crypto-related disputes before the English courts, as well as those actively involved in pioneering approaches to global crypto fraud investigations, forensics, advocacy and the tracing and recovery of cryptoassets. Additional Board Member Firms are Chainalysis, Mishcon De Reya, Penningtons Manches Cooper and Brown Rudnick. who were appointed on March 2023.