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Chris Ramsay is one of the leading fraud and asset recovery lawyers in western Canada. He is the chair of the insolvency and restructuring and fraud and asset recovery groups at the law firm of Clark Wilson LLP, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chris has 25 years of experience in the areas of commercial fraud and insolvency litigation. He represents diverse stakeholders in contentious insolvency and fraud matters, including acting for corporations, creditors, financial institutions, investors and insolvency professionals.

Chris has been retained as counsel in many large international complex fraud cases that have a connection with Canada. Specifically, he has extensive experience in the investigation of fraud, the tracing and recovering of proceeds of fraud world-wide, and implementing a recovery strategy retaining foreign lawyers, forensic accountants, and other experts. Chris has regularly presented in the area of fraud and insolvency and is a leading expert in Canada in the area of Ponzi schemes and investor recovery. Chris has practiced law in British Columbia for 23 years, but started his legal career as a barrister in London, England, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1990. He was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1996.