Angela Barkhouse

Bio:

Angela provides project management and litigation support to locate and repatriate the proceeds of fraud and corruption hidden in foreign jurisdictions. Her broad expertise in financial investigations, asset tracing and dispute resolution provide her with the knowledge to derive practical solutions to seemingly complex cross-border issues. Angela’s clients include governments, law firms, banks, corporations and NGOs.   Recent appointments include:

- Appointed as liquidator over multiple entities involved in the 1MDB fraud to recover misappropriated funds from Malaysia, 

- Appointed as liquidator over Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd, an affiliated FTX company beneficially owned by Sam Bankman-Fried to preserve over $600 million of assets,

- Appointed over Cayman Islands first cryptocurrency related insolvency for Atom Holdings Ltd, and its trading platform AAX which reported spot trading volume of over $57.2 billion in July 2022.

Angela is recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Investigations and Asset Recovery by Global Investigations Review and Who’s Who Legal, as well as a Recommended Expert in insolvency.

Angela holds an M.Sc. from London School of Economics in criminal justice policy. She is an ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner and a Fellow FCCA from the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. She is a Member of Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA) in the Cayman Islands and a Member of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL).