Letter from the Editor, May 2012
Welcome to the latest edition of the AFN Newsletter, in which Kenan Furlong and Katie Byrne from A&L Goodbody look at the Final Report submitted by the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters & Payments, commonly known as the Mahon Tribunal. The Tribunal investigated allegations in relation to the receipt of illegal payments by a number of politicians during the 1990s, including former Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern.
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Nick Burkill
The Anti-Fraud Network is a network of professionals who specialise in the pursuit of claims arising out of the theft or other dishonest appropriation of assets, corruption, misuse of confidential information or similar breaches of duty. Recovering the proceeds of fraud and corruption is one of the truly global problems facing organisations today. Proceeds rarely stay in the country where they have been stolen. For organisations to recover stolen or corrupt assets they need access to lawyers and professionals specialising in their recovery across the world.
The Anti-Fraud Network is dedicated to providing access to trusted points of contact across the globe and offering a unified first-class international service to clients, at a time when experience, speed, co-operation and highly responsive service are most important.
Nicholas Burkill of Dorsey & Whitney is an expert in bribery and corruption matters, and is widely considered by sources to be an authority on the implications of the new Bribery Act. Sources describe Burkill as “extremely personable, very bright, client-focused and always looking for the best commercial solutions.”
The Dorsey team is an excellent choice for tax and fraud disputes, and group head Nicholas Burkill is ‘an enormously experienced fraud litigator, with great depth of knowledge; intelligent and hardworking, with an excellent sense of humour. One of the best around’.
