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BCL Solicitors LLP

Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : UK-wide


BCL Solicitors LLP

Rankings

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Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals - UK-wide

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For
BCL Solicitors acts for high-profile and affluent individuals on complex financial crime matters.

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.

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  • A combination of factors makes BCL the best: knowledge of the sector, preparation, and good tactical insight into what a case requires.

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  • The 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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  • Senior StatespeopleIan Burton
    Senior StatespeopleIan Burton

    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.

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    • Ian is a deep well of experience.

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  • Senior StatespeopleMichael Drury
    Senior StatespeopleMichael Drury

    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.

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    • Michael has vast experience and is strategically brilliant.

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  • Band 1Harry Travers
    Band 1Harry Travers

    Harry Travers

    Harry Travers advises clients on complex cross-border financial crime investigations.
  • Band 1Richard Sallybanks
    Band 1Richard Sallybanks

    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.

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    • Richard 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.

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    • Richard'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 1Shaul Brazil
    Band 1Shaul Brazil

    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.

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    • Shaul 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.

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    • Shaul 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 1Shula de Jersey
    Band 1Shula de Jersey

    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.

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    • Shula 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.

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    • Shula is absolutely phenomenal in all aspects. She is savvy and strategic in the way she approaches matters.

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  • Band 2Anoushka Warlow
    Band 2Anoushka Warlow

    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.

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    • Anoushka's fantastic. She's clever, tactically aware, and phenomenally hard working.

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    • Anoushka has great intuition and instinct. She's fiercely bright and utterly relentless. Without a doubt, she is a star.

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  • Band 3Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky
    Band 3Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky

    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.

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    • Oliver has great trial nous and is very good strategically.

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    • Oliver 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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