Henry Hughes
UK Bar Guide 2024
Spotlight : Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions
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Provided by Henry Hughes
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Pre-eminent Junior Counsel specialising in corporate crime, business crime, civil fraud, commercial fraud, money laundering and PoCA.
Recognised as one of the most experienced counsel in such private prosecutions, acting for large multi-national corporations, high net worth individuals and company founders/Directors
Henry specialises in bringing private prosecutions on behalf of the victims of fraud.
Cases brought involve sophisticated and long running frauds, typically concealed by the perpetrators for lengthy periods and involving a multiplicity of complex and evolving issues. Henry’s experience in advising from the initial investigative stage leads to both pre-trial resolution and contested trials,
Described as “very impressive; he is “unflappable” and a “great calming presence to have when you're in the middle of a fight”.
Henry represents individuals and corporations in the most complex and serious fraud allegations. He specialises both in advising and defending those accused of such financial wrongdoing, and also in bringing private prosecutions on behalf of defrauded individuals/institutions against the guilty parties. Recent Notable cases include the most large/complex private prosecutions, acting for a world-leader corporate multinational against dishonest/corrupt company officers; acting for professionals targeted by a fraud directed at high net worth individuals and involving complex corporate structures and multi-jurisdictional money laundering/concealment; advising high net worth individuals both when facing allegations of fraud and when frauds have been perpetrated against them.