Duncan Jones

Practice Areas

Duncan Jones specialises in criminal and white-collar advice, advocacy and investigations. He is ranked as a leading junior by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.

Career

Duncan advises individual and business clients facing investigation and prosecution by a range of agencies, including the Serious Fraud Office, the US Department of Justice, HM Revenue and Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Crown Prosecution Service.

Duncan is frequently instructed to represent professionals, high profile, and high net-worth individuals in relation to sensitive matters. He has successfully represented suspects and defendants in several major SFO investigations and ongoing prosecutions. In 2022 he represented the principal defendant in the largest cash money laundering prosecution brought by the NCA.

As an experienced trial advocate, his practice involves proceedings at all levels of the English criminal courts. His recent cases include boiler-room frauds, international VAT and excise diversion fraud, international bribery and corruption, and complex ‘rogue trader’ fraud.

His advisory practice encompasses POCA and related regulatory compliance, anti-bribery and other ESG issues