Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals
London (Bar)
4 years ranked
INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Ben Keith
High Net Worth 2026
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Ben Keith is a leading barrister specialising in cross-border and international cases. He deals with all aspects of Extradition, INTERPOL, Human Rights, Mutual Legal Assistance, Financial Crime, Sanctions and International Law. He represents governments, political and military leaders, high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals, human rights defenders and business leaders in the most sensitive cases.
INTERPOL Red Notices
He is a leading authority on the removal of INTERPOL Red Notices and diffusions for clients facing politically motivated allegations. He appears before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files in requests for access, deletion, correction and preventive measures, and in Article 42 review proceedings.
For private clients, a Red Notice or diffusion does its damage long before any court is involved. Bank accounts are closed and correspondent banking relationships terminated, visas refused, residence and citizenship-by-investment applications blocked, assets immobilised and family members affected alongside the principal. He advises on the whole picture, running CCF challenges alongside parallel extradition, immigration, sanctions and reputational strategy.
He co-founded and edits Red Notice Monitor (https://rednoticemonitor.com), which reports on INTERPOL practice and the misuse of international policing by authoritarian states. He co-founded International Human Rights Advisors LLP (https://ihr-advisors.com), dealing with international law applications and media work.
Extradition and mutual legal assistance
He acts in contested extradition proceedings at Westminster Magistrates' Court and on appeal, including requests founded on fraud, corruption, tax and asset-tracing allegations, and cases where the requesting state's motive is political or commercial. He advises on mutual legal assistance requests, letters rogatory and cross-border asset restraint, and on the interaction between criminal process abroad and civil and regulatory exposure in the UK.
Sanctions and designations
He advises individuals and corporates on UK, EU and UN designations, delisting applications and challenges, and on the overlap between sanctions listings, INTERPOL alerts and criminal allegations.
Appellate and international proceedings
He has extensive experience of appellate proceedings before the Administrative and Divisional Courts, the Civil and Criminal Divisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, and of applications and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, including the Grand Chamber in Sanchez-Sanchez v United Kingdom, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the International Criminal Court.
Professional Memberships
Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum (Chair 2020-2021)
International Bar Association
Ukrainian Bar Association member (2024)
Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel for Public International Law: A Panel
International Criminal Court, List of Counsel
Kosovo Specialist Chamber, List of Counsel
Fraud Lawyers Association, founding member
European Criminal Bar Association
Criminal Bar Association
International Human Rights Advisors LLP, co-founder — https://ihr-advisors.com
Red Notice Monitor, co-founder and editor — https://rednoticemonitor.com
Experience
INTERPOL and transnational repression
Acts for individuals and families targeted by Red Notices and diffusions issued by Russia, China, the UAE and the wider Gulf, Türkiye, Central Asia, the Balkans and Latin America. Advises on preventive measures where a notice is anticipated, on emergency applications where a client is detained in transit, and on rebuilding banking, travel and residence positions once a notice is deleted.
Extradition
Contested extradition for high net worth and politically exposed clients, including requests grounded in fraud, corruption and tax allegations, and cases turning on abuse of process, political motivation, prison conditions and Article 3 and Article 8 arguments.
Reputation, banking and access
Advises on the collateral consequences of criminal allegations abroad: account closures and de-risking by banks, refused entry and visa cancellations, blocked residence and investor migration applications, and adverse media and database entries deriving from an INTERPOL alert.
Sanctions
Advises designated individuals and corporates on UK, EU and UN listings, licensing, delisting applications and the interaction between designation and parallel criminal allegations.
Judicial review and public law
Significant experience of judicial review and habeas corpus, acting for both individuals and government departments. Experienced in advising and representing in public inquiries, including the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Advises individuals, corporates and government departments on criminal and civil liability arising from inquests and inquiries.
Advisory work for governments
Advises states and government departments on international law, extradition treaty practice and INTERPOL compliance.
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Strengths
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Ben has a huge global network of contacts and unparalleled experience in political cases.
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