Carrie Tendler’s practice centers on international judgment and arbitral award enforcement as well as cross-border asset forfeiture and recovery.

She handles matters involving sovereign and commercial entities, and often develops the strategy for and leads enforcement efforts around the world.

In addition to her enforcement work, Ms. Tendler advises clients in high-stakes commercial litigation and cross-border debtor-creditor disputes.

Prior to joining Kobre & Kim, Ms. Tendler practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, representing institutional clients in civil and regulatory actions. Earlier in her career, she clerked for the Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Recognised by The Legal 500 as a “rising star” “headed for the very top”, and by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Elite Thought Leader for both Asset Recovery and Commercial Litigation, Jon specialises in high-value, complex international commercial disputes with particular expertise in civil fraud, enforcement and asset recovery (including both commercial and sovereign debt), and he has obtained a number of ground-breaking orders in this regard. Chambers & Partners describes Jon as “incredibly impressive” and “an incredible tactician”, recognising him for his civil fraud work. The Legal 500 has called Jon a “bright young gun with a shrewd mind and a calm approach” and states there is “complete trust and faith in Jon’s advice and his expertise”, recognising him as a leading individual for civil fraud, a next generation partner for banking litigation, and recommending him for premium commercial litigation, international arbitration and commodities disputes. Jon has an international practice with clients including states, financial institutions, corporate clients, high-net-worth individuals and insolvency practitioners, and has acted on a number of complex and high value Russian/CIS cases.

Ruth was a senior associate at Freshfields until December 2015. Ruth served as a law clerk at the International Court of Justice, an assistant counsel at ICSID and as the Managing Editor of International Legal Materials at the American Society of International Law (ASIL). She is currently a deputy general editor of Arbitration International.

Matthew L. McGrath is the Managing Director of Emissary, having founded the firm in late 2018 with the view that top-tier investors should be as analytically-driven in managing their disputes as they are with their investments.

Matt serves as chief executive of the firm, setting overall direction, leading client engagements, and building the team and network. His clients include major business families from the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East, as well as investors in private equity, energy, infrastructure and international arbitration claims.

Jenna has over eight years’ experience in corporate intelligence and litigation support with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa.

She specializes in evidence gathering and witness identification for international arbitration and complex cross-border disputes, with particular experience in the energy and telecommunications sectors.

Jenna recently led engagements in the context of a US$800 million ICSID investor-state claim and investigation of terrorism financing and sanctions busting by a Gulf financial institution. Other notable experience includes sovereign asset tracing, investigation of government corruption and bribery, gathering documentary evidence submitted in an NCA criminal complaint, and preparing evidence for a successful petition of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has worked closely with legal counsel to develop combined investigative and disclosure strategies such as through Section §1782, criminal complaints, as well as public relations campaigns.