Guy Bastable
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Health & Safety
Band 1
About
Provided by Guy Bastable
Practice Areas
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.
Career
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.
Professional Memberships
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.
Publications
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).
Chambers Review
UK
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is an exceptional strategist.He is ambitious and hard-working, patient but with a relentless fighting spirit."
"He's a very experienced lawyer and has a lot of practical experience."
"He is absolutely fantastic. He is commercial, responsive and very helpful."
"He is an exceptional strategist.He is ambitious and hard-working, patient but with a relentless fighting spirit."
"He's a very experienced lawyer and has a lot of practical experience."
"He is absolutely fantastic. He is commercial, responsive and very helpful."
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