LEGAL TEAM:
Martin S. Kenney, Principal.
Prior to founding Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors, Mr. Kenney was a partner at Bermans, the English firm of Solicitors. Subsequently, Mr. Kenney cofounded the New York law firm Kenney, Becker, Solicitors LLP and Interclaim, a global asset recovery concern. He is a specialist investigative and litigation lawyer in multi jurisdictional economic crime and international serious fraud, and has acted for a large number of substantial clients such as international banks, insurance companies and other private and governmental institutions. He is a practising Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings) of the Supreme Courts of England & Wales and of the Eastern Caribbean at the BVI, a non practising Barrister & Solicitor of British Columbia, and a licensed foreign legal consultant in the State of New York. Mr. Kenney holds an LL.M (International Business Law) from University College, London, and is a member of numerous professional societies. He has published and lectured on money laundering, legal and ethical restraints on the conduct of private investigations, and international concealed asset recovery. Mr. Kenney is widely regarded as a ground breaker in the use of pre emptive remedies in response to global economic crime to uproot bank secrets and freeze hidden assets simultaneously in multiple jurisdictions. He has been featured in articles and broadcasts of media outlets in many countries.
Offshore Alert of Miami has said that Mr. Kenney is "one of the world's leading authorities on the legal aspects of freezing and seizing assets in multiple jurisdictions." The Canadian Lawyer Magazine (Toronto) has said that he " just may be - considering his Robin Hood reputation and his bulldog legal tactics - one of the most determined and trusted lawyers around." The Financial Times (US Edition) has called him a "top international asset chaser."
In June 1999, Mr. Kenney was appointed to the Working Group on Government Corruption of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of London, which issued proposals for the reform of the law on abuse of power and government corruption in the United Kingdom. Mr. Kenney is an active member of the Business Crime Committee and Section on Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors Rights of the International Bar Association. Mr. Kenney is also the exclusive member of Fraudnet for the BVI, a specialist network of leading fraud and business crime lawyers of the Commercial Crime Services Division of the International Chamber of Commerce.
Dan Wise, Partner.
Mr. Wise joined Martin Kenney & Co. in June 2005. He is a senior litigation solicitor with substantial experience of complex multi-jurisdictional litigation. Mr. Wise trained and practised as a litigation solicitor at Manches (London), before gaining experience at LIFFE in the investigation of malfeasance and fraud in the futures and options markets. Mr. Wise most recently practised at Healys (London). At Healys, Mr. Wise was the lead lawyer in the successful pursuit of a Stg£16 million multi-jurisdictional fraud claim on behalf of a European public company. He obtained freezing and confidential document disclosure orders in England, and led the procurement of similar orders in Monaco and Belgium. Mr. Wise was also part of the claimants' team in civil fraud proceedings against Nicholas van Hoogstraten, brought by the estate of Raja, whom, it was alleged, had been killed on Mr. van Hoogstraten's orders. Mr. Wise has substantial experience in the investigation of fraud within the commodities markets with particular expertise in the cocoa market. Mr. Wise has acted for clients with interests in the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Nigeria, the United States, the Mid-East, and elsewhere. He served in the British Army as an infantry platoon commander between 1986 and 1990, having been commissioned from RMA Sandhurst (1987). Mr. Wise has basic Russian language skills
Andrew Blackburn, Senior Associate.
Mr. Blackburn joined Martin Kenney & Co. in March 2007 as a senior litigation solicitor. Mr. Blackburn was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in July 2000 having completed his training with London firm Healys. At Healys he practiced as a litigation solicitor gaining experience in High Court litigation, arbitration and mediation. Most recently, Mr. Blackburn practised as a shipping litigator with specialist shipping firm Jackson Parton (London). He is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Peter McCabe, Associate Attorney.
Peter T. McCabe is an Attorney and Counselor at Law in Washington State. He is a member of the Washington State and American Bar Associations. He holds a B.A. from Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California; a M.A. from Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College, Alexandria, Virginia; and a J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He joined Martin Kenney & Co. in April, 2006.
Elizabeth O'Brien, BL, Counsel.
Ms. O'Brien is counsel to MKS. She is a Barrister-at-Law at the Irish and English Bars and a New York attorney-at-law. She has lectured and written extensively on global economic crime, money laundering, and the law of investigations. Ms. O'Brien has worked professionally with Mr. Kenney for eight years on a broad array of complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations in respect of serious forms of corruption and abuse.
INVESTIGATIVE AND FORENSIC TEAM:
James McGunn, Managing Director, Investigations Section.
Mr. McGunn joined Mr. Kenney's team in 1997 after a 30 year career in intelligence, security and criminal investigations. He served with various United States federal law enforcement agencies, including 10 years with the U.S. Secret Service, four years with the U.S. Department of Defense, and 11 years as a commissioned Foreign Service Officer and criminal investigator with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has held senior managerial positions in Singapore, Washington DC and Frankfurt, where he investigated large scale economic crimes against American foreign assistance programs in Asia, the Near East, Europe, Russia and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Mr. McGunn has received numerous commendations for his oversight of investigative portfolios that spanned several continents, and involved hundreds of millions of dollars. He holds a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration, and is an alumnus of the postgraduate School of Strategic Intelligence, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.
John Bagalini, Managing Director, Forensics, COO.
Mr. Bagalini has over twenty-years' experience in all phases of capital investment, operations and financial management and accounting, both in the United States and internationally. His work has included the organization and detailed examination of investigative materials through highly specialized link analysis diagramming software. This same medium of analysis is used by the CIA, DEA, FBI and UK Customs in plotting and analyzing dense material and 'links' in organized crime and anti-racketeering cases. Having worked as a Certified Public Accountant with both Price Waterhouse and Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (as they were then known), in both audit and tax, his knowledge of the architecture of bona fide trans-border investments provides value in the analysis of complex money laundering and corrupt payment systems.