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Professional Biography

Evelyn Sheehan focuses her practice on advising high net worth individuals, institutional clients, executives and trustees in high profile cross-border disputes, including investigations and enforcement actions, and trust disputes. She formulates offensive and defensive global litigation strategies, including in relation to civil and criminal asset forfeiture and insolvency litigation. Ms. Sheehan also has an active international judgment enforcement and asset recovery practice, including the representation of individual and institutional victims of crime. Her matters regularly involve legal actions across multiple jurisdictions and mobilizing both public and private remedies. She has unique experience designing recovery strategies for claimants and insurers in the cryptocurrency industry. As a result of her experience and expertise, she has been recognized by many directories, including Chambers and Partners USA and CityWealth.

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

I’ve been saying this for years now, but there is a steady drumbeat of enforcement focus on professional gatekeepers who allegedly facilitate money laundering or sanctions evasion. This is happening more and more in the United States, Latin America and EMEA. I’ve also been seeing a concerning amount of erosion of due process when it comes to the freezing or seizure of assets of unpopular groups.