Ben Isaacs

Practice Areas

Financial Crime, Financial Crime: Corporates, General Crime and Fraud.

Career

Benjamin Isaacs is instructed by individuals, businesses and investigative and regulatory bodies to advise on complex financial crime cases.

Benjamin has particular experience advising on Deferred Prosecution Agreements. He was instructed by the SFO on one of its largest investigations into corporate bribery and corruption to date and represented companies in two (rare) approved DPAs. He also successfully prosecuted on behalf of the SFO in a £400 million fraud trial.

He often acts for financial service providers facing twin-track regulatory and criminal investigations in the UK or offshore, and is well-placed to advise on matters arising from internal investigations.

Benjamin’s experience extends to civil and public law cases. He is often asked to advise clients from different jurisdictions on matters governed by English law, frequently in arbitrations in the Middle East. He is fluent in Hebrew.

Benjamin acts in cases involving senior public officials with complex jurisdictional issues and has a particular interest in bribery and corruption. He also advises on extradition, mutual legal assistance and repatriation matters. He also conducts private prosecutions and maintains a busy Crown Court practice, prosecuting and defending terrorism, fraud and money laundering allegations.