Mr Salam Alaswad
LLM PGDip BSc MEW CUBS(civil) CUBS(criminal)
FX and CFD Expert
Expert Witness and Financial Crime Forensics, covering both civil and criminal cases as well as internal matters of mediation and arbitration.
Acting as an industry advocate and expert demands comprehensive and practical industry knowledge, and the ability to apply it with the utmost integrity to ensure a court or other judiciary system receives a clear and independent expert opinion.
Mr Alaswad holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in financial regulations and compliance. He has over 20 years of senior management experience, including multinational experience in the City of London and overseas, in all areas of Contract for Differences (CFD) and Forex (FX) trading. This extends to significant practical knowledge in Know Your Client (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) of clients based all over the world, international multichannel money transfers, various risk management techniques, and corporate governance for complex groups of companies based internationally. This has helped to build his great sense for potential financial crimes and other illegal activities in the world of money and investment. He’s currently a compliance director and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for London-based investment firms.
Mr Alaswad holds authorised Licensed Access by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to instruct barristers directly, on behalf of his clients, for advice and for representation in all courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for arbitration, adjudication, and mediation.
Professional Description
FX and CFD expert
Qualifications
LLM PGDip BSc MEW CUBS(civil) CUBS(criminal)
Areas of expertise
Training undertaken relevant to the expert witness services
Fees
Initial discussions and a preliminary high-level assessment of the case are free of charge, regardless of how long this takes.
Mr Alaswad’s standard hourly rate is £350 + VAT for preparing an expert witness report and £450 + VAT per hour for court attendance. The instructing party will be furnished with detailed terms of business with estimated costs beforehand.
Mr Alaswad accepts cases funded by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and due to the uniqueness of his expertise in some cases, the LAA has approved a special hourly rate for him which is higher than any other published rates.