Financial Crime: Individuals

Hickman & Rose’s Business Crime team is regularly instructed in the biggest and most complex financial crime and corruption cases, whether they be brought by the SFO, CPS, FCA, HMRC or other regulators.

The firm has an enviable track record of success, including acquittals in the SFO’s prosecutions in Libor, Tesco, G4S, and Serco.

The team has great strength in depth which includes some of the top ranked lawyers in the field working collaboratively to achieve great outcomes for our clients. Three partners have particularly long experience in this area and four are among the brightest and best of the new generation.

The team’s expertise and determination to fight for its clients is illustrated by the successful appeal in 2025 to the Supreme Court against former trader Carlo Palombo’s conviction for fraud related to alleged EURIBOR manipulation.

Hickman & Rose has developed an enviable reputation for forensic inquiry, something that was highlighted when, as part of its defence of a G4S executive prosecuted by the SFO, it uncovered a fundamental flaw in the SFO’s disclosure review system which contributed to the collapse of the prosecution case.

The team’s expertise in financial crime sits hand in hand with advising on money laundering and other Proceeds of Crime Act issues and in the cross over between financial regulatory matters and the criminal law and is often instructed in matters that overlap in these areas.