Selachii LLP Consolidates Its Position As UK's Leading Bitcoin Law Firm
Selachii, UK's Leading Bitcoin Law Firm. Selachii LLP became the first law firm in the UK to accept payment in Bitcoin for its services in 2013. According to information contained on its website, Selachii LLP chose to get in "at the start" and has used Bitcoin to grow what it describes as an impressive business. High Profile Bitcoin Cases. Selachii LLP has handled several major cases involving Bitcoin. One of the most well-known ones involve the Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, where the firm is acting on behalf of the claimants. In addition to the Mt. Gox case, the firm also has some....
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A class action against Mt. Gox is being organised by a London law firm that says it will go after CEO Mark Karpeles personally to recover its clients' lost bitcoins. Selachii LLP says it is representing over 200 claimants from China, the US, Canada and 12 European countries, and that it will launch proceedings against Karpeles "wherever in the world he is". They also are in discussions with lawyers in Japan to mount a case against Mt. Gox, which has filed for bankruptcy in Japan after admitting it had lost around 750,000 its customers' bitcoins. One of the claimants in the lawsuit has lost....
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