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Vijay is a Partner with the Forensic and Investigations practice, leading the Digital Forensics Group at Grant Thornton. He is a UK qualified solicitor, with over ten years of experience working in a range of legal fields including Corporate and Transactional work, Personal Injury and Negligence, and Corporate Litigation.

He has been engaged on many high profile investigations and disputes across a range of industries, specialising in investigations in the financial sector. In his role as a lawyer within the Enforcement and Financial Crime Division of the FSA he advised on regulatory actions and assisted in establishing enforcement strategy for the financial markets.

Vijay also specialises in the fields of cybercrime, cyber-security, incident response and data breaches. Over six years he has managed some of the UK’s most high-profile Digital Forensic investigations, and specialises in large scale, complex and cross-border matters. He works closely with cyber-insurers and insureds on questions of quantification and liability.

Vijay also consults on Electronic Disclosure and Discovery projects, providing expert advisory and court opinions on practical approaches to the increasingly complex digital data environments corporate and legal clients operate in. He consults regularly on data protection, data governance and cost-effective and efficient approaches to the EDRM and electronic investigations. He is currently assisting the Courts of England and Wales in re-drafting the Civil Procedure Rules on Electronic Data and Disclosure. He has provided expert evidence in court and has contributed to legal texts on investigations.