About

Steven Haynes has over 20 years of investigations experience.

He provides evidence and intelligence to litigators, insolvency practitioners and in-house counsel in complex, high-value and cross border disputes. He has extensive experience of identifying the assets of personal, corporate and sovereign debtors. He is ranked as an asset recovery expert by Who’s Who Legal, according to which he “provides superlative intelligence in high-value cross-border disputes”.

In addition to disputes, he conducts in-depth due diligence investigations for investment banks, development finance institutions, private equity firms and corporate clients.
Steven has extensive experience of working in complex and hostile environments. His “on the ground” experience includes deployment to Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran. He has worked in 11 African counties, including Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Congo DRC, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe. He has spent time in Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria to investigate the connections between business, politics and organised crime.

Prior to co-founding Greyhawk in 2012, he was Head of Corporate Intelligence at KPMG Forensic for six years. Between 1997 and 2005, he worked at Control Risks.

His explanation of the use of intelligence in asset tracing was published by the Oxford University Press in International Asset Tracing in Insolvency (OUP, 2009). Steven has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Since co-founding Greyhawk in 2012, Edward has been the lead investigator in over 100 cross-border disputes and enforcement actions in the context of investor-state arbitration, civil fraud, contentious insolvency and commercial litigation. Recent cases include acting for a state to identify over $500m stolen by a corrupt official; identifying enforcement options for an investor with an ICSID award against a sovereign; acting for creditors pursuing the personal assets of directors following a $200m banking fraud; and acting for a state oil company in the successful enforcement of an arbitral award against an energy group in the CIS. The majority of his work is international and often involves an offshore element. He is ranked by Chambers 2021 which describes him as a “top investigator”, a “starting point for investigative work in the context of disputes” and a "highly reliable operator who delivers usable intelligence in a very clear format". He has worked on the ground in many jurisdictions including Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Nigeria and China. His evidence is regularly deployed in proceedings.

Edward also acts for investors in a range of non-contentious situations. This includes regular integrity due diligence assignments for debt funds acquiring commercial NPL portfolios across Europe and for three development finance institutions evaluating investments in higher-risk markets. He has provided intelligence to the sponsors of over twenty IPOs and bond issues on major European exchanges in the last two years.

Prior to co-founding Greyhawk in 2012, Edward worked in the Forensics department at PwC in London and Hong Kong where he led the intelligence workstream on one of the largest banking frauds to be tried in the English courts. Before that he spent four years at KPMG, where he helped to establish its corporate intelligence function and supported a range of cross-border fraud and corruption investigations. He was also responsible for coordinating due diligence globally for one of Europe’s largest sovereign wealth funds. Between 2000 and 2006, he worked for a leading international investigations firm. Edward speaks French and Spanish.

Since joining Greyhawk in 2016, Artur has worked on a range of litigation support and asset tracing matters, as well as in-depth due diligence on behalf of investment banks and debt funds. The latter work includes numerous assignments supporting investment in southern Europe’s distressed real estate market. His recent disputes work includes tracking a fraudster across five countries – and multiple names – to support investors in a US$200m pyramid scheme; enabling enforcement of a £10m High Court judgement by proving that the debtor still owned a US$6m yacht he claimed to have sold; and working with a team of forensic accountants to trace US$800m embezzled from a bank in the CIS, through offshore structures and into high-value assets in France, Switzerland, Spain and Austria.

Artur holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in History from University College London. He has lived in Spain and Canada and speaks Spanish and Catalan.

Alison joined Greyhawk in 2017 and specialises in the Middle East and North Africa. She has contributed to a wide range of integrity due diligence and market entry assignments in the region. Alison has also led asset tracing and evidence gathering investigations in the context of large, cross-border disputes. Her recent experience includes supporting an investor entering the Egyptian market; acting for a major industrial conglomerate in identifying assets belonging to a bank against which it has secured a multi-million dollar judgement; and providing intelligence to a development bank evaluating an investment opportunity in West Africa. She has on-the-ground experience in Egypt, Gabon and Madagascar.

Alison graduated from the University of Oxford with a first class degree in European and Middle Eastern Languages. She speaks French and Arabic.

Joe joined Greyhawk in 2021. Prior to joining, he spent time working in the corporate department at a law firm, acting for high-profile individuals on matters of due diligence and market entry.

Joe graduated from Durham University in 2020 with a degree in Russian and Spanish. He speaks Russian, Spanish and French.

Millicent is a French and German languages graduate from the University of Birmingham. Prior to joining Greyhawk, she worked as an English language assistant in Munich.

Alessandra is a graduate of the University of Exeter with a first-class degree in History, and a Master’s degree in World History and Cultures at King’s College, London. She has lived in Germany and Italy and speaks German, Italian and French.

Joseph is a graduate of Queen Mary’s, London, with a first-class degree in History and Politics, and a has a Master’s in Economic History from the London School of Economics. He speaks French.