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The criminal team defends major prosecutions by the principal prosecution agencies (including the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the National Crime Agency, the CMA, HMRC and specialist departments of the Crown Prosecution Service). Work covers all aspects of serious fraud allegations, money laundering issues, bribery and corruption, market abuse investigations, stock exchange inquiries, tax investigations, sanctions and export control issues and investigations pursued by competition authorities. Many cases involve international investigations and prosecutions involving authorities such as the DOJ and SEC in the US and the PNF, Bafin and other federal agencies in Europe. The team also has lots of experience in mutual legal assistance matters and extradition. The firm has also been extensively involved in advising clients facing financial and trade sanctions both domestically and globally with experience of sanctions regimes in a range of countries, including Russia, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea and Syria. Our most recent experience includes representing high-net-worth individuals that are the subject of sanctions imposed by OFAC, OFSI and the Minister for External Relations and Financial Services (Jersey), including challenging the ‘designated’ status of a number of high-profile Russian citizens, and advising various Russian companies in a range of industry sectors on potential exposures arising from the evolving EU, US and UK sanctions regime.

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Financial Crime: Individuals - London (Firms)

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

The team at PCB Byrne provides highly tailored business crime representation to a range of organisations and senior professionals, mainly in the financial services sector. It has a strong reputation across financial crime, including fraud, money laundering and tax investigations, with extensive expertise in corruption proceedings and regulatory investigations. A reliable choice for company executives facing potentially criminal SFO and FCA action, the team also has a strong record of acting in multi-agency rate-fixing investigations.

Work Highlights

  • PCB Byrne represented Packpost International and Narinder Sandhu concerning a conspiracy to defraud the Royal Mail, valued at £81 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew Frankland
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Matthew Frankland
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Matthew Frankland regularly advises on multi-jurisdictional investigations led by the SFO and DOJ into bribery, fraud and corruption allegations.

He is a brilliant lawyer in this space.

Matthew is extremely strategic and has the best judgement. He is a master tactician.

Michael Potts
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Michael Potts
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Michael Potts is a respected practitioner noted for his experience advising clients on domestic and multi-jurisdictional investigations into allegations of corruption and tax fraud.

He is a brilliant lawyer in this space.

Sara Teasdale
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Sara Teasdale
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Sara Teasdale focuses her practice on large-scale SFO and FCA investigations, advising senior executives on a range of issues including bribery, corruption and money laundering.

Sara Teasdale is excellent.

Ranked Lawyers at
PCB Byrne

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London (Firms)

Financial Crime: Individuals

Matthew Frankland
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Matthew Frankland
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Band 2
Michael Potts
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Michael Potts
3
Band 3
Sara Teasdale
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Sara Teasdale
3
Band 3

Members

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