Global Fraud and Asset Tracing Law Guide Launches as AI and Cryptoassets Reshape Cross-Border Recovery Practice
The Global Legal Post launched its International Fraud and Asset Tracing Law Guide 2026 in mid-October 2026, a comparative law resource covering the legal and procedural frameworks governing cross-border fraud and asset recovery across 23 jurisdictions. The guide is edited by Jessica Lee, a London-based litigation and arbitration partner at McDermott Will & Schulte, and Wendy Lin, head of asset recovery and international enforcement at Singapore-based WongPartnership. The guide covers asset tracing, interim remedies, enforcement, insolvency, and cross-border cooperation. It also includes market insight chapters addressing emerging trends. In their introduction, the editors highlight how advances in AI and cryptoassets are changing the methods used to commit fraud, requiring practitioners to adapt traditional recovery tools and develop new approaches. They also emphasise cross-border cooperation as essential given the ease with which assets can now be moved across jurisdictions. The guide forms part of the Law Over Borders comparative series and covers practice areas including cryptoassets, arbitration, data protection, and restructuring and insolvency. An official launch event is scheduled for 4 November 2026 at McDermott Will & Schulte's London office. The guide is available in online, PDF, and print formats.
Why this matters
The launch of a 23-jurisdiction guide on fraud and asset recovery reflects the growing complexity of cross-border enforcement as cryptoassets and AI-enabled fraud techniques outpace domestic legal frameworks. London remains one of the world's pre-eminent centres for international fraud litigation, particularly for freezing and disclosure orders with extraterritorial reach, making the England and Wales chapter of the guide directly relevant to City practitioners. The involvement of a London-based editor signals the guide's orientation toward English law-anchored recovery strategy, which is increasingly the jurisdiction of choice for international claimants seeking interim relief. The explicit focus on cryptoassets and AI as fraud enablers positions this as a practice-building resource for teams building expertise in these intersecting areas.
On the Ground
Cross-border asset recovery work spans commercial litigation, arbitration, and insolvency practices, and the guide's scope across 23 jurisdictions reflects the multi-jurisdictional instruction letters that London firms routinely coordinate. Firms advising on international fraud recovery would use the guide to identify available interim remedies, enforcement routes, and local counsel requirements in each jurisdiction. A trainee on an asset tracing matter would assist by drafting local counsel instruction letters, preparing sanctions screening memos for target entities, coordinating the execution of cross-border disclosure orders, and maintaining jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction status trackers for enforcement proceedings.
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