GOAL class action legal firm appoints Board Director
5 March 2009, 2:37 pmLegal firm GOAL Group, a class actions and tax reclamation services specialist has appointed Saghar Bigwood to the Board of Directors.
Bigwood joined in 2003 from Citigroup and has since developed the company’s core markets in securities services – helping customers reclaim withholding tax on cross-border securities income and providing securities litigation services.
Managing Director Stephen Everard said the group, established in 1989 was enjoying strong growth. “The international financial markets crisis has generated a new wave of subprime-related class lawsuits, with European and Asian investors seeking redress for their losses, and this has created increased market demand for the products and services offered by GOAL Group.’’
Saghar was previously at Dai-Ichi Kangyo, Bank of America and Citigroup. In her latter role, she headed up the tax department, which was responsible for global tax services in all parts of the world except Asia.
Goal counts global custodians, asset managers, private banks, pension funds, hedge funds, high net-worth individuals, investment banks, prime brokers and fund managers among its clients.
Class actions service is provided via the wholly-owned subsidiary Goal Global Recoveries Limited, which supports individuals and corporate entities who have suffered financial loss from owning shares in a company where there has been mis-management and/or unlawful behaviour.
GOAL has calculated that between 2000 and 2007, nearly £12 billion had been ‘left on the table’ by shareholders who had failed to seek redress for their loses.
