
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals
High Net Worth Guide 2026 : UK-wide
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Strengths
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BCL is an absolutely top-tier firm in this area, and in human rights and extradition as well. They have a focus on high net worth individuals and all the work they generate, with an emphasis on criminal and asset recovery, but can cover civil work too. They're straightforward to deal with and brilliant with clients.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthA combination of factors makes BCL the best: knowledge of the sector, preparation, and good tactical insight into what a case requires.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthThe BCL team are strong on representing high-profile individuals in trouble; they understand the issues, both reputational and legal.
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Notable Practitioners
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Ian Burton
Ian Burton is recognised as a leading figure in the financial crime space and is a senior practitioner in the field.
Ian Burton has enormous experience and exceptional instinct. There is no one like him.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthIan is a deep well of experience.
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Michael Drury
Michael Drury has vast experience in handling extradition claims, regulatory proceedings and Interpol matters.
Michael has a huge background on working in government dealing with difficult and sensitive issues, which has translated well into the private sector.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthMichael has vast experience and is strategically brilliant.
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Band 1 
Band 1 
Harry Travers
Harry Travers advises clients on complex cross-border financial crime investigations. Band 1 
Band 1 
Richard Sallybanks
Richard Sallybanks is a prominent figure in the financial crime legal community, advising clients involved in domestic and international investigations and prosecutions. Richard is really experienced, strategic and responsive. He gives his clients confidence because he knows how the cases work and how to win them.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthRichard Sallybanks is practically an accountant; his maths is brilliant. He's in all the big financial crime cases. He understands all the stuff that most don't understand about the technical side to financial crime law. Technically and professionally, he's very astute.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthRichard's key strength is his genuine desire to get involved in the details of the case; he's not a partner who floats above it all. He has a great ability to see the broader picture and has good insight on which battles to pick.
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Band 1 
Band 1 
Shaul Brazil
Shaul Brazil is well regarded by clients and other professionals for acting on complex financial crime matters, including money laundering cases.
Shaul is smart, business-savvy, and totally committed to the client's cause.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShaul is fantastically enthusiastic and a great fighter. If you are stuck in a trench, you'd want Shaul there with you, taking the battle to the other side. He gets close to clients and understands what they are after.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShaul Brazil is tenacious, clever and gets to the heart of an issue very quickly. He has both enormous energy and enormous talent.
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Band 1 
Band 1 
Shula de Jersey
Shula de Jersey is a well-regarded financial crime lawyer with a broad practice. Her client base includes both domestic and international high net worth individuals.
Shula has a great reputation, and she's seen it all before. She's calming and easy to work with.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShula is determined and persistent; she will not stop until she gets the best possible outcome for her clients. Her recent London Mining victory against the SFO is testament to her unrelenting approach.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShula is absolutely phenomenal in all aspects. She is savvy and strategic in the way she approaches matters.
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Band 2 
Band 2 
Anoushka Warlow
Anoushka Warlow acts for affluent individuals on a range of financial crime matters, including allegations of serious fraud, bribery and corruption.
Anoushka is a star. She brings cleverness, tenacity and humour to her work and deploys it all with poise in the interests of her client.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthAnoushka's fantastic. She's clever, tactically aware, and phenomenally hard working.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthAnoushka has great intuition and instinct. She's fiercely bright and utterly relentless. Without a doubt, she is a star.
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Band 3 
Band 3 
Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky
Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky has extensive experience acting on behalf of high and ultra high net worth clients with significant profiles in criminal proceedings.
Oliver is unflappable, robust and thorough.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthOliver has great trial nous and is very good strategically.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthOliver is a brilliant lawyer in the BCL team – particularly good at doing all the relevant research and understanding the key issues.
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