Ian Casewell is a Managing Partner at Mintz Group, where he heads the London office and co-heads the global disputes practice.

Ian specialises in providing investigative support to large-scale disputes and fraud matters. Specialising in asset tracing around the world working for individuals, companies and governments, finding a debtors’ assets and working closely with counsel to develop enforcement strategies to monetise judgments and awards.

Ian’s experience in international law enforcement fighting organised crime is brought to bear when advising clients on the prevention of financial crime risk from a due diligence, AML, KYC perspective or helping the victims of fraud investigate, evidence and recover the proceeds of crime.

Ian has worked in corporate investigations for over two decades.  He previously worked at Europol, where he ran international investigations into organised crime.  In addition to his operational work, Ian was lead analyst for all computer crime-related activities within the European Union relating to Europol.  In this role he was responsible for the establishment of an EU-wide strategic intelligence group comprised of members of the EU’s computer crime units, producing the first EU-wide strategic assessment on computer-related crime within the Union.

Ian also has experience working at the U.K. Government’s Asset Recovery Agency and West Mercia Constabulary, where he was engaged in crime pattern analysis and the support of criminal investigations.

In 2025 Chambers and Partners in its annual Litigation Support guide rank Ian Band 1 in both Asset Tracing & Recovery (Investigations Agencies) and in Business Intelligence & Investigations (UK).

Ian was recognised as a leading practitioner in Who’s Who Legal Asset Recovery Experts from 2016, to 2025. He is described as “number one” according to WWL sources who consider him “awesome” when handling asset tracing, investigations and enforcement proceedings with his “impressive investigations practice, which centres on providing support for large–scale disputes and fraud cases.”

He is also part an active participant in the IBA Asset Recovery Committee.