Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
1

Band 1

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture

All Circuits

15 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

16 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Ian Smith

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Ian is a commercial disputes litigator. He works across a spectrum of commercial fraud, cyber fraud and misconduct cases. He represents clients in civil proceedings in the English High Court, and where necessary in the criminal courts, acting for both victims and accused persons. Many of his cases are international proceedings involving asset tracing in a number of jurisdictions.

He also has a specialist regulatory law practice, advising law firms, City institutions, professional services and property firms. He advises in relation to anti-money laundering, counter terrorist finance, financial sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-tax evasion facilitation.

Ian lead-edits and co-authors the practitioners' text Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery (Oxford University Press). He is the lead author of Commercial and Cyber Fraud: A Legal Guide to Justice for Businesses (Bloomsbury).

He was the founding President of the internal association of lawyers, VOCAL – the Victims of Crime Association of Lawyers; a founding member of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association; and a former Secretary of the European Criminal Bar Association.

Career

Barrister since 2003. Solicitor from 1995-2003.

Chambers Review

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POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - All Circuits
1
Band 1

Ian Smith is a commercial litigator and criminal lawyer who has a specialist knowledge of POCA. He is known for handling more general complex commercial cases with a fraud element. Smith is experienced in civil recovery restraint orders and enforcement proceedings, both domestically and internationally. He also covers advisory work on anti-money laundering regulation.

Work Highlights

He's very good both on paper and when it comes to handling the clients.


Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
4
Band 4

Ian Smith of 33 Chancery Lane is a civil and criminal fraud specialist comfortable managing complex proceedings involving such issues as asset recovery and money laundering. Much of his work pertains to overseas jurisdictions. He is adept at both bringing and defending claims.

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