Band 1
Provided by Guy Bastable
Financial Crime; POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture; Health & Safety; Administrative & Public Law; Environment. Regulatory investigations; corporate crime; financial crime; Coroner’s inquests; public inquiries. Corporate manslaughter; health and safety; fire safety; food safety; environmental protection; consumer protection and trading standards. Serious fraud; tax fraud; money laundering; bribery and corruption; insider dealing and market abuse. AML/ABC compliance; recovery of the proceeds of crime (restraint; confiscation; cash seizure; unexplained wealth; civil recovery); judicial review of the actions of investigators. Crisis management; corporate and director liability; corporate internal investigations; corporate engagement with regulators; responding to complex investigations and prosecutions.
Qualified as a barrister at the Chambers of William Clegg KC, 1999. Joined BCL Solicitors LLP, 2000; partner, 2007. Joined Burges Salmon LLP as a partner, 2021.
Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates; Fraud Lawyers Association; Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association; Health & Safety Lawyers Association; UK Environmental Lawyers Association; Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers.
Money Laundering Law and Regulation: A Practical Guide (OUP); Economic Crime: A Boardroom Guide to Prevention and Compliance (SFO); The International Comparative Legal Guide to Business Crime (GLG); Practical Law: Financial and Business Crime Global Guide (Thomson Reuters); Corporate Crime Forum & Corporate Manslaughter Forum (LinkedIn).
Provided by Chambers
Guy Bastable is renowned for his substantial experience handling fatal accident and corporate manslaughter issues. He provides counsel on investigations and prosecutions from a range of regulatory bodies including the Environment Agency and the HSE. He advises local authorities as well as organisations in the energy, entertainment and manufacturing sectors.
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He's a very experienced lawyer and has a lot of practical experience.
He is an exceptional strategist. He is ambitious and hard-working, patient but with a relentless fighting spirit.
He is absolutely fantastic. He is commercial, responsive and very helpful.
He's a very experienced lawyer and has a lot of practical experience.
He is an exceptional strategist. He is ambitious and hard-working, patient but with a relentless fighting spirit.
He is absolutely fantastic. He is commercial, responsive and very helpful.
