Biography: Business Crime Defence

Munaf Mohamed has a diverse commercial litigation practice with a strong emphasis on civil fraud and international asset recovery claims, energy-related disputes and bank-related litigation. Munaf is national co-chair of the firm's fraud law practice.

In representing clients prosecuting or defending civil fraud claims, he has extensive experience managing all aspects of investigative and enforcement actions, including obtaining Mareva injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal orders, Anton Piller orders, conducting fraud investigations and working with corporate security personnel throughout. The fraud claims include internal defalcations, external theft, mortgage fraud, commercial loan fraud, cheque kiting and Ponzi schemes.

In the energy arena, Munaf has litigated a wide variety of matters including issues related to split title of mineral rights, CO&O agreements, farm-out agreements, CAPL issues, surface rights and land-related disputes, pipeline failures and disputes related to contractual arrangements.

In acting for financial institutions, Munaf has extensive experience with issues relating to bills of exchange, verification agreements, clearings procedures, conversion allegations and recovery issues related to fraud. Indeed, Munaf has represented financial institutions on some of the largest fraud claims in Western Canada.

With over 50 reported cases, Munaf has extensive trial and appellate experience. Since articling with the Alberta Court of Appeal and Court of Queen's Bench, he has appeared as lead counsel before the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal for Alberta, the BC Supreme Court and BC Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, trial and appeal divisions, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Munaf was named a finalist by Lexpert in 2008 in their annual publication of Canada's Top 40 Lawyers Under 40. He has been named in the 2009 Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010 (as a leading practitioner in the business crime practice area), The International Who's Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers 2011 and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2011.