Our People

Arun Chauhan, Joint Head of Fraud & Asset Recovery department

Specialisms:
Arun specialises in commercial litigation arising out of commercial fraud disputes. Arun has a particular focus on emergency applications, such as freezing and search orders. Arun deals with a broad range of commercial investigations with particular focus of breach of warranties, inter-company collusion, undue influence claims and insolvency investigation and recovery work. His case load ranges from £100K to £10M.

Joined Challinors:
Graduating from Kings College London, Arun joined Challinors in 2000 as a trainee solicitor, and qualified in 2002. He was promoted to Partner in October 2007.

Specialisms and recent work:
Arun has had sole focus of commercial fraud disputes over recent years. Arun now jointly heads up Challinors' niche team advising on fraud and asset recovery, which includes work on forensic investigation, asset tracing and specialist litigation advice for the Government Treasury Solicitors (Tsol) through to numerous corporate clients. He also specialises in cases involving breach of fiduciary duties, misrepresentation and undue influence, with additional focus on emergency applications such as freezing and search orders. He further deals with insolvency related investigations both for Liquidators and creditors.

He recently concluded a £1M+ contract claim arising out of fraudulent breach of warranties requiring injunctive relief and extensive investigations into collusion as well as having provided investigation advice for a central government client as to a £5M+ fraud.

Memberships and publications:
Arun is a member of the Fraud Advisory Panel and the Midlands Fraud Forum. Arun has been invited to commentate on a range of subjects ranging from employee fraud to property fraud. He has contributed articles dealing with fraud arising from corporate and individual insolvency for the Recovery Magazine to factoring fraud for Butterworths. He also regularly contributes articles and commentary addressing fraud and asset recovery market trends for regional news publications as well as being a contributor to the international financial publication The Credit Control Journal.

Arun is an experienced and accomplished trainer and presenter; Challinors' Fraud team runs regular seminars and briefings for organisations and professionals on numerous issues and types of fraud including mortgage, VAT , employee and e-fraud. He delivers webinars for Central Law Training, in addition to bespoke training courses in-house to financial institutions and businesses, and in 2010 was involved in the creation and deliver of one of the UK's first-ever Mortgage Fraud Course and qualification, in association with QuestGates, which is underwritten by Teesside University.

He also takes particular interest in business development for Challinors by way of promotion of Birmingham, through his voluntary involvement in the Big City Plan and a number of other business initiatives promoting the city.

Interests:
Arun enjoys running (two London marathons completed), playing sports and cooking, in addition to traveling when the opportunity arises.

Contacts:
T: 0121 204 2666
E: arun.chauhan@fraud.challinors.co.uk

Mark Kenkre, Joint Head of Fraud & Asset Recovery department

Specialisms:
Mark specialises in commercial litigation with particular emphasis on fraud and asset recovery. He currently acts for Central Government, Corporate Institutions and Individuals to protect and recover their assets against the threat of fraud. This involves proceedings in the High Court for recovery of assets ranging from £100K to £10M including injunctive applications for Freezing, Search and Delivery up orders.

Joined Challinors:
Mark joined Challinors as a Trainee Solicitor in 2002 and qualified in January 2004. He was promoted to Partner in October 2009.

Specialisms and recent work:
Mark jointly heads up Challinors' niche team advising on fraud and asset recovery. In 2009, the team was appointed to the Treasury Solicitor's panel for Litigation Services which provides legal advice for over 180 Government Departments. This includes work on forensic investigation and asset-tracing for the Treasury Solicitors through to numerous corporate clients.

He has particular expertise in acting for lenders seeking recovery following both internal and external fraud. He has recently concluded a dispute involving over 150 defendants who were pursued for losses suffered as a result of a number of linked fraudulent property transactions across the UK. The proceedings included injunctive applications for Disclosure, Delivery up and Freezing Orders.

Mark is recommended by the publication "Chambers and Partners" as a leading solicitor in Commercial Litigation since 2006. He is described in that publication as "instilling confidence" (2006) "has an ease with clients and tells them where they stand" (2007), "brings a practical client centred approach to the table" (2008) and is "highly regarded" (2009).

Memberships and publications:
Mark is a Director of the Midlands Fraud Forum and a member of the Fraud Advisory Panel. He has been invited to commentate on mortgage fraud by BB C Radio 4. Mark regularly contributes articles and commentary addressing fraud and asset recovery market trends for national and regional news publications as well as being a contributor to the international financial publication The Credit Control Journal.

Mark is an experienced and accomplished trainer and presenter; Challinors' Fraud team runs regular seminars and briefings for organisations and professionals on numerous issues and types of fraud including mortgage, VAT , employee and e-fraud. He delivers webinars for Central Law Training, delivers bespoke training courses in-house to financial institutions and businesses, and in 2010 was involved in the creation and deliver on one of the first Mortgage Fraud Course and qualification in the UK, in association with QuestGates, which is underwritten by Teesside University.

Interests:
Mark is a keen sportsman and enjoys playing golf, cricket and football.

Contacts:
T: 0121 204 2665
E: mark.kenkre@fraud.challinors.co.uk