Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
1

Band 1

Financial Crime

London (Bar)

9 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture

All Circuits

9 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Faisal Osman

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Faisal advises and acts in the civil and criminal commercial wrongdoing disputes with an offshore focus. The core of Faisal’s work relates to domestic and international civil and criminal asset recovery on behalf of governments and commercial organisations and the worldwide enforcement of judgments and awards. His work includes commercial litigation (extensively in the DIFC), corruption, civil and criminal fraud, regulatory enforcement, sanctions and professional discipline. His disciplinary work includes prosecuting before the Taxation Disciplinary Board tribunal and defending before the ICAEW and ACCA tribunals. He also provides technical assistance for capacity building regarding anti-corruption, asset recovery and money laundering across the Commonwealth.

Career

Call 2002. Dubai International Financial Centre Court, 2015. British Virgin Islands, 2020. ADGM, 2020, QICDRC, 2023.

Publications

He is a contributing editor to ‘Mitchell Taylor Talbot: Confiscation and the Proceeds of Crime’. Consultant editor of the Commonwealth Secretariat, UNODC and IMF’s Model Provisions on Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Preventive Measures and Proceeds of Crime (for common law legal systems). Technical Consultant to the Government of the Bahamas’ Proceeds of Crime Act, 2016.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Financial Crime - London (Bar)
1
Band 1

Faisal Osman is a careful barrister with great powers of factual recall who adds clear value to proceedings. He is highly rated for his astute defence of clients in financial crime cases. His experience includes advising on high-value allegations of tax fraud and international money laundering. He offers additional expertise in asset recovery, including those cases concerning highly complex, cross-border matters.


POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - All Circuits
2
Band 2

Faisal Osman is a POCA practitioner specialising in domestic and international civil recovery stemming from commercial wrongdoing. He advises claimants and third parties on asset recovery matters, and also handles confiscation, fraud and regulatory enforcement cases. He is regularly instructed in appeals against confiscations, and his clients include governments and commercial organisations, among others.


Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
4
Band 4

Faisal Osman of 33 Chancery Lane is a senior junior with over 20 years' experience in civil fraud. He frequently acts in cross-border cases, and clients may benefit from his experience handling the criminal aspects of fraud allegations as well as civil matters. He acts for both individual and corporate clients.

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