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

Ian specializes in providing investigative support in large-scale disputes and fraud matters, with particular focus on global asset tracing for individuals, companies, and governments; identifying and recovering debtors’ assets; and working closely with counsel to develop enforcement strategies to monetize judgments and awards.

Ian draws on his experience in international law enforcement combating organised crime to advise clients on financial crime risk, including due diligence, AML, and KYC matters, and to support victims of fraud in investigating, evidencing, and recovering 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 organized 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 recognized 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 centers on providing support for large–scale disputes and fraud cases.”

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