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Julia Schaefer, Solicitor

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Expertise

Julia is a litigator in the commercial litigation team, working on high value disputes, often with an international element. She has previous experience in high value art and banking litigation and is fluent in German and French.

Notable experience

• Successful multi-million pound fraud asset tracing on behalf of a listed company defrauded by its employees
• Offshore trust litigation and hedge fund disputes
• High profile cases involving information technology schemes

Background

Julia joined Byrne and Partners in 2010, after training at Withers. She graduated from Warwick University and gained a Masters degree from Bristol University in 2007. She completed her LPC at Bristol and has also studied at the Sorbonne and Lille University in France, and Wellesley College in the US. Julia is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, the British – German Jurists’ Association and the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).