Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals

Bark&co is one of the UK’s most progressive and successful fraud and business crime firms, and acts for high-net-worth clients in wide-ranging white-collar crime and fraud cases. It is one of the most active firms in the market in FCA matters, and also acts in high-profile SFO and HMRC prosecutions and investigations.

The firm became a member of the Serious Fraud Panel at its inception and senior staff are accredited supervisors of the most serious and complex cases. Its expertise spans insider dealing/financial trading offences; money laundering; tax, mortgage, internet and pension fraud; bribery & corruption; theft; and fraudulent trading by company directors.

Its track record includes acting for individuals in prominent cases such as the Cheney Pension fraud; the Asil Nadir case (including acting for Ersin Tatar); the US$1bn BAE Systems corruption claims; the Adoboli case; and Marrache & Co.

The firm also acted for individuals in the SFO prosecution following the Libor scandal and its investigations into alleged corruption at Rolls-Royce; acted in major carbon trading fraud case R v F & Others; and acted for Boris Becker in relation to criminal charges brought by the Insolvency Service following his bankruptcy. Its current caseload includes representing individuals in the SFO investigations into London Capital & Finance plc; funeral provider Safe Hands Plan; care homes connected to collapsed property developer Carlauren Group; and collapsed law firm Axiom Ince.