Financial Crime

Clare Sibson KC maintains a stellar reputation in the market and continues to attract instructions of the highest level in fraud and financial crime. She is widely lauded for her intellectual ability and for having a practice that includes acting for clients from the financial services industry in highly complex cases. Sibson is also highly valued for her advice to corporates facing financial crime investigations.

Katherine Hardcastle's experience includes acting on some of the most high-profile investigations in the market. She has acted for the defence in a number of bribery and corruption cases, and has appeared in an appeal relating to a market manipulation matter. Her experience as a solicitor at a City firm adds to her appeal for corporate clients.

Richard Lissack KC is an adroit silk who is sought out to advise companies as well as individuals and employees on matters such as rate rigging, corporate transactional fraud and false accounting allegations. He boasts a particularly impressive base of blue-chip clients in the financial services industry, providing counsel on overlapping criminal and regulatory matters. Lissack is noted for his expertise in international investigations.

Leonora Sagan is an excellent junior barrister experienced in the representation of corporate clients in the financial crime space. She possesses additional expertise in acting for individuals. She is active on a range of Financial Conduct Authority and Serious Fraud Office investigations.

Eleanor Davison is a strong team player with superb communication skills who provides high-quality input under challenging conditions. She has an impressive record of counselling clients from the financial services industry facing multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency investigations. Her areas of expertise include market manipulation and money laundering allegations.

Nicholas Medcroft KC is a highly experienced barrister who is well versed in representing significant financial institutions in investigations brought by the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority. He frequently handles cases relating to money laundering and tax fraud as well as regulatory failure. His practice builds on complementary expertise in professional discipline, and he has a strong record of arguing cases before the Financial Reporting Council.

Robin Barclay KC is known for his expedient strategic advice, practical approach, and provision of great client service. His practice sees him advising on corporate regulatory compliance matters as well as white-collar crime cases concerning bribery, corruption, money laundering and market manipulation. He is well versed in the defence of financial services clients before the Financial Conduct Authority, and also wins instructions from corporate clients in a wide variety of industries and cases.