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Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals
High Net Worth Guide 2025 : UK-wide
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Strengths
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BCL has gravitas in spades and a very impressive track record. The team gives pragmatic advice which is focused, commercial and thought through.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthBCL are commercial crime lawyers sans pareil, acting for both individuals and corporates, but also earning increasingly seen in high-value civil matters, particularly in the context of tax.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthBCL has an enviable track record successfully defending individuals in the most complex, sensitive and high-profile cases.
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Notable Practitioners
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Senior Statespeople Ian Burton
Ian Burton is recognised as a leading figure in this space, with vast experience in financial crime. Ian Burton is the eminence gris of the white-collar practice for high net worth individuals in criminal matters.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthIan is very astute and good at making sure clients get the right advice from day one.
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Band 1 Harry Travers
Harry Travers advises clients on complex cross-border financial crime investigations. Harry is an outstanding lawyer. He is rigorous in his intellectual approach but also kind and supportive of his clients more generally.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthHarry Travers is an experienced and thorough solicitor.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthHarry Travers is tenacious, creative and strategic. He gets results others simply can't.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthA simply excellent partner; Harry is versatile, committed and fiercely intelligent. He is a long-established key player in the orthodox commercial crime market and civil and criminal tax litigation.
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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 deeply respected, charming and likeable. I'm never concerned that he doesn't understand the specifics of the case.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthRichard Sallybanks is a class act. Bags of experience, charm and ability.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthRichard Sallybanks is excellent with clients and has a real depth of experience in this area.
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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 Brazil is equally competent in conducting the highest profile, high-value commercial civil fraud claim and in representing clients in the context of a commercial crime trial or investigation.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShaul has outstanding client care, with particular expertise in international cases.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthAn excellent lawyer and totally committed.
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Band 2 Michael Drury
Michael Drury has vast experience in handling extradition claims, regulatory proceedings and Interpol matters. Michael has lots of experience doing complicated, complex cases.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthMichael Drury is extremely effective in cases with a national security context.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthMichael is an excellent lawyer and fantastic with clients.
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Band 2 Shula de Jersey
Shula de Jersey is a financial crime lawyer. Her client base includes domestic and international high net worth individuals. Shula is extremely hands-on and has a good client management style. She is not a lawyer that tells clients what they want to hear, but rather what they need to hear.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShula is exemplary. She manages to instil a confidence and trust from her clients which is hard to achieve with some of these cases.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthShula de Jersey is experienced and able in complex SFO prosecutions.
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Band 3 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 great with clients and brilliant to work with.
Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals respondentHigh Net WorthAnoushka Warlow is a superstar in the making. She's incredibly bright and a delight to work with.
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Ranked Individuals at BCL Solicitors LLP (7)
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Ian Burton
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