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Hodge Jones & Allen

Financial Crime: Individuals

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Who we are

The Financial Crime team is a specialist team of solicitors with considerable experience in complex and often high profile cases. Our leading team of solicitors understand the traumatic effect an investigation for fraud can have on you, your family and your business. At the heart of what we do, is a passionate determination to fight your corner every step of the way to secure the best possible outcome for you.

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Conspiracy to Defraud including in relation to boiler rooms, carousel and missing trader fraud 
  • Insider Dealing
  • Money Laundering
  • Bribery and corruption
  • Restraint, Account Freezing Orders, Asset Seizure and Forfeiture 
  • Tax investigations
  • Regulatory and disciplinary investigations

The team provide a bespoke service tailored to support each client and their needs, with technical abilities of the highest quality. Clients trust us and recommend us, which is why most of our instructions come from personal referrals. 


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Financial Crime: Individuals - London (Firms)

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
Hodge Jones & Allen is committed to handling legal aid-funded and privately funded matters in the financial crime space. The team is regularly instructed in high-level investigations led by the SFO, HMRC and the FCA, including cases involving allegations of bribery and corruption. Hodge Jones & Allen also fields experience in defending money laundering prosecutions and is well acquainted with related confiscation matters.
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Strengths

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  • The team at Hodge Jones & Allen is impeccable in every way.

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  • The lawyers in the team are consistently of a high quality.

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  • Hodge Jones & Allen are highly in tune with commercial awareness in the legal market.

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  • Hodge Jones & Allen is a firm which stands for fighting injustice, and its lawyers are 100% committed to doing this for their clients.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Ruth Harris
    Ruth Harris

    Ruth Harris

    Ruth Harris leads the financial crime and regulatory team at Hodge Jones & Allen. She has particular experience acting for individuals in relation to claims alleging fraud and money laundering.

    • Ruth is an expert in her field technically and also savvy and strategic. She doesn't suffer fools and provides robust advice to her clients.

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    • She is a brilliant communicator, offering sensible and realistic advice to clients.

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    • I cannot praise Ruth enough. She is highly personable, empathetic and intelligent. She’s simply brilliant at her work and an asset to the firm.

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    • Ruth Harris is both an extraordinary lawyer and a very compassionate human being.

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