David Byrne

David Byrne is a Senior Consultant Solicitor at Bark&co specialising in criminal litigation and regulatory investigations. He handles all aspects of investigations work, and represents companies and individuals in national and international fraud cases and regulatory investigations, including those brought by the SFO, DTI, CPS, Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise. He maintains a specialism and is well recognised in the field of Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise investigations.

David’s current cases include representing an individual in the SFO investigation into London Capital & Finance plc, and advising the organisation Unite the Union. He recently won a landmark ruling at the Supreme Court where the court found that suspects of crime have a reasonable expectation of privacy (Bloomberg LP (Appellant) v ZXC (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 5).

Until February 2003, David was a partner and head of litigation and investigations in Dechert’s London office. Along with his partners and team, he set up Byrne & Partners as a specialised litigation and regulatory practice. He joined Bark&co in April 2021, prior to the merger of Byrne & Partners and PCB Litigation.