Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals - London (Bar)
Band 1
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
The clerking team at QEB Hollis Whiteman is really great and very supportive from a logistical standpoint when dealing with courts. They are very helpful when you're dealing with high pressured, difficult matters. They are a very impressive chambers with a deep bench.
Notable practitioners
Adrian Darbishire KC is particularly recognised for handling large and complex Serious Fraud Office cases. His caseload includes a significant volume of serious fraud and corruption cases, and he is widely seen as one of the foremost advocates at the Bar in cases of this type.
Adrian really is in a class of his own. He's fantastic at the strategy and tactics, he works very hard and he's collaborative. He's a class act.
Adrian rolls his sleeves up and gets on with the work. He is totally immersed in every detail.
Allison Clare KC is an expert in business crime matters and civil fraud work. She is also highly experienced in white-collar crime matters for high net worth individuals.
Allison is just incredibly intelligent and practical. She picks up on all the points.
Alison Clare is a no-nonsense lawyer. She's a clear thinking and practical barrister, great at making difficult issues easy to understand.
Allison Clare KC is very good technically and is user-friendly. She's very approachable, hard-working and thorough.
Rachna Gokani is a highly respected junior who has a solid reputation for handling financial crime matters and is particularly known for private prosecution work. Gokani frequently acts unled in high-profile cases, as well as appearing alongside silks.
Rachna is a very good junior with exceptional experience.
Jason Mansell has vast experience in criminal and regulatory matters. Mansell regularly represents affluent individuals facing SFO and FCA investigations.
Jason is a preeminent barrister in contentious financial services matters brought by the FCA.
Sean Larkin KC is recognised in the financial crime practice for representing high net worth individuals and businesses in complex SFO investigations. As well as acting in major corporate fraud investigations, Larkin also handles asset freezing and confiscation cases.
Tom Doble is well regarded for his work in big financial crime cases.
Ben FitzGerald KC is experienced in representing high net worth individuals in high-profile financial crime cases. FitzGerald has a very strong track record in handling major fraud investigations.
Ben FitzGerald manages to be equally brilliant at big picture strategy as well as completely all over the detail.
Ben FitzGerald comes prepared, moves things forward and has an action plan. He always wants to get the best for his clients.
Karen Robinson is experienced in representing high-profile individuals facing fraud allegations. Robinson has strong experience acting for the prosecution or defence in complex fraud, asset freezing and confiscation, and private prosecution cases.
Mark Ellison KC acts in financial crime investigations relating to fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption.
