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The Sunmark Law team.
Nigel Gordon Ray leads Sunmark Law alongside blockchain-investigations attorney Felix Williams and partner Cassius Smith. Michelle Smith coordinates client intake and practice operations as the team assistant.
Founding Partner & Lead Attorney
Nigel Gordon Ray
Advocate · Commercial Litigation and Insolvency Bar No. 292638
Nigel Gordon Ray practises exclusively in commercial litigation and insolvency, acting for creditors, insolvency practitioners and company directors. His practice covers contractual and shareholder disputes, unfair preference and voidable transaction claims, directors' duties and wrongful trading, cross-border recognition of insolvency proceedings, and the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. He appears regularly in the Commercial Court and has handled matters at every stage, from pre-action injunctions and freezing orders through to trial and appeal.
Principal areas of practice:
Contractual and shareholder disputes
Insolvency litigation and asset recovery
Directors' duties and wrongful trading
Cross-border insolvency and recognition
Enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards
Attorney · Blockchain Investigations
Alexandra L. Fritz
Advocate · Employment and Workplace Relations Bar No. 285467
Alexandra L. Fritz practises exclusively in employment and workplace relations, acting for both employers and senior executives. Her practice covers unfair and constructive dismissal claims, workplace discrimination and harassment, restraint of trade and confidentiality disputes, bonus and equity disputes, and internal investigations and disciplinary processes. She advises on the conduct of proceedings before the employment tribunal and the ordinary courts, and is experienced in negotiated settlements, mediation and the enforcement of settlement terms.
Principal areas of practice
Unfair and constructive dismissal
Workplace discrimination and harassment
Restraint of trade and confidentiality disputes
Bonus and equity disputes
Internal investigations and disciplinary processes
Partner · Victim & Consumer Protection
Akbar Zulfacar Sharif
Advocate · Cyber Fraud and Financial Crime Bar No. 255125
Akbar Zulfacar Sharif handles cyber fraud and financial crime cases exclusively, acting for both victims and defendants. His practice covers fake investment platforms, impersonation of police, prosecutors and bank staff, online shopping fraud, cross-border "pig butchering" scams, and e-wallet and online banking card fraud, and he is familiar with the full chain of procedure from police reporting, stop-payment and freezing orders, and asset tracing through to civil claims attached to criminal proceedings.
When acting for victims, his job is a race against time: securing electronic evidence and reconstructing the flow of funds first, issuing stop-payment and freezing requests to banks and payment providers in parallel, and pressing for criminal charges to be filed, all to preserve any chance of recovery before the money is layered away. When acting for defendants, he concentrates on how the sum at issue is calculated, the room for arguing the client lacked the requisite knowledge, and the scope for securing a lighter outcome.
Team Assistant
Sarah Elaine Braun
Advocate · Family Law and Matrimonial Finance Bar No. 285441
ASarah Elaine Braun practises exclusively in family law, acting for both spouses in matrimonial finance disputes and for parents and grandparents in disputes concerning children. Her practice covers divorce and division of assets, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, financial disclosure and the tracing of concealed assets, child residence and contact arrangements, and cross-border relocation and child abduction cases. She is experienced in mediation and collaborative process, litigates where necessary, and is familiar with every stage from interim maintenance and freezing orders through to final orders and variation applications.
Principal areas of practice
Divorce and division of assets
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
Financial disclosure and concealed assets
Child residence and contact arrangements
Cross-border relocation and child abduction
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