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Chris is a Legal Director in the Dispute Resolution team.
He focuses his practice on complex (and often international) commercial litigation, arbitration and investigations involving allegations of fraud or dishonesty. He acts for both Claimants and Defendants in those matters.
Chris has particular expertise in both contentious and non-contentious matters involving digital assets (including NFTs) and also cyber security (including both incident response and related disputes). He advises on global asset recovery strategies and the management/co-ordination of parallel litigation in multiple jurisdictions (including where injunctions and disclosure orders are required). Many of these cases involve parallel criminal investigations and processes in other jurisdictions.
He was part of the team that served proceedings by NFT in Osbourne v Persons Unknown, and regularly acts for victims of cyber enabled fraud.
Chris joined Kingsley Napley in July 2023 and was listed in the Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation mid market (2021 and 2022) and Civil Fraud (2021).
Areas of expertise:
- Civil fraud and investigations
- Injunctions
- Crypto Assets
- Asset recovery
- International and Cross-Border Disputes
- Commercial and contractual disputes
- Company and Partnership disputes
- Internal Investigations
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Disputes
WHAT CLIENTS AND THE DIRECTORIES SAY
Chris Recker is outstanding. He is very hands on, and all over the detail. He will fight every corner for the client. A future star in commercial litigation."
The Legal 500, 2024
Chris Recker is very knowledgeable in this area."
The Legal 500, 2024
Publication and articles
Chris is a regular contributor and speaker on matters relating to fraud, digital assets and cyber security.
Articles
- Satoshi Identity Dispute COPA v Craig Wright – Why It Matters, WealthBriefing, January 2024
- Music NFTs—‘Sounds like an NFT to me’ - Published in LexisNexis, March 2023
- What Digital Asset Decisions Mean For Future Disputes - Published in Law360, July 2022
- The loss recovery challenges arising from software vulnerabilities and exploits - Published in insuranceday, July 2022
- The Cyber Threat To Construction, Engineering And Energy - Published in mondaq, February 2022
- Contracts Jim, but not as we know them: Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts - Jeremy Richmond - Published in Quadrant Chambers, February 2020
- Fighting Cryptocurrency Fraud: What's in the English Lawyer's Toolkit? - Published in Chase Cambria Company (Publishing) Ltd
Quoted
- Trump administration forces crypto acceptance question into mainstream debate for finance industry - Quoted in Investment Week, December 2024
- How Could Judge’s Indictment of Craig Wright’s Satoshi Nakamoto Claims Impact the Crypto Industry? - Quoted in The Fintech Times, March 2024
- New Crypto-Powers To Speed Up War On Economic Crime - Quoted in Law360, November 2023
- England Grabs Reins Of Bitcoin Battles With Crypto Decision - Quoted in Law360, February 2023
- Crypto-Crash Ushers In Sunny Spell For UK Claims, Attys Say - Quoted in Law360, August 2022
Publications
- Author of a chapter in book published by Routledge in 2017 called “the Financial Crisis and White Collar Crime: Legislative and Policy Responses – a Critical Assessment”)
Further information
Chris was a Visiting Lecturer for BPP Law School on the LPC and LLB courses (where he taught subjects including: Civil Litigation, Advanced Commercial Litigation, Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Litigation, Advocacy and the Law of Financial Crime).
Chris was also a speaker at the third ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Annual Crypto in Disputes Forum in 2024, where he participated in a panel session discussing strategies for enforcement, obtaining orders for delivery and options for transfer of crypto assets.
