Expertise
Areas of expertise
The technical questions a crypto dispute turns on rarely fit a single discipline. These are the domains I am instructed in — and where the same on-chain evidence is read identically in every jurisdiction.
Blockchain forensics & on-chain tracing
Transaction-by-transaction reconstruction of flow of funds across wallets, centralized and decentralized exchanges, bridges, mixers and DeFi protocols — verified independently against the public ledger, with wallet attribution stated to its level of confidence.
Decentralized finance (DeFi)
The mechanics of lending markets, automated market makers, yield strategies, liquidations and impermanent loss — and how those mechanics bear on liability, loss and causation in a dispute.
Digital-asset valuation & loss quantification
Valuation and loss models grounded in market structure and recognised accounting and performance-measurement standards, with a clear account of counterfactuals and their limits.
Cryptography & wallet security
Public-key cryptography, key management, software and hardware wallet encryption, and custodial versus non-custodial security — including what each protects against and what it does not.
Market structure & manipulation
CEX and DEX microstructure, high-frequency and algorithmic execution, market surveillance, and the identification of abusive trading practices.
Asset recovery, AML & investigations
Identifying exchange deposits, cash-out points and off-ramp gateways to support recovery, and applying tracing methodologies used by investigators and regulators.
A common defined-scope engagement is the On-Chain Tracing Report.