Banking Fraud | Banking & Finance

The team provides both advisory and litigation support in banking and finance. It advises and represents individual and corporate clients—including FinTech companies, credit institutions, SMEs, micro-enterprises, mid-sized companies, and startups—on all matters relating to banking and financial law.

Areas of expertise include:

• The drafting, review and negotiation of financial and corporate transactions;

• Advisory and litigation support related to banking fraud, including cheque fraud, phishing, smishing (SMS fraud), card fraud, fraudulent wire transfers (FOVI), and investment scams;

• The representation of victims in criminal cases related to banking fraud;

• The issues related to banking and financial regulation;

• The matters concerning decentralised finance (DeFi), including crypto-assets (conventional or Shariah-compliant), smart contracts, and blockchain technology.

In order to best protect her clients’ interests, Dr. Amel Makhlouf and Dr. Jonathan Ercanbrack offer tailored support in terms of time and costs, focused on finding relevant and sustainable solutions.

In addition to her work as legal counsel, Dr. Amel Makhlouf lectures on banking and financial law at the Paris Bar School and conducts research on digital and Islamic finance at SOAS University of London. Dr. Jonathan Ercanbrack is a Reader in transnational financial law at SOAS University of London, whose work investigates how legal authority, institutional structures, and market practices shape the governance of global finance—particularly in Islamic legal contexts and in the regulation of cross-border financial flows.

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