Giles Bark-Jones

Practice Areas

Giles Bark-Jones has defended clients in many of the largest white-collar crime and fraud cases of recent times. His impressive track record and wide experience includes representing high-net-worth individuals in prosecutions and investigations brought by the SFO, the FCA, HMRC and other bodies.

Giles’ track record includes the SFO investigation into Rolls-Royce, acting for a number of key individuals; R v Asil Nadir (an SFO prosecution involving allegations of theft from Polly Peck International); and the Adoboli case (involving a US$2.3bn trading loss fraud at UBS). Other recent highlights include acting for three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in relation to criminal charges brought by the Insolvency Service following his bankruptcy; acting for the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus in connection with the Polly Peck/Asil Nadir case; and acting for a former employee of Glencore Energy UK Limited following the conclusion of the SFO’s landmark investigation.

On the tax side, Giles has a similarly impressive record including a substantial MTIC fraud case involving an OCG; an £800m international tax fraud; and a case involving NCA / SKAT (Danish tax authority) investigations into a £1.5bn fraud against the tax authorities in multiple jurisdictions.

Giles is an expert in serious general crime as well as criminal fraud, and his practice includes high-profile murder/manslaughter cases, sexual offences cases, and cases involving offences under anti-terrorism legislation.