James O'Hara

Practice Areas

James regularly acts in complex business crime matters. He defends clients in applications brought by the SFO, FCA, NCA, and Insolvency Service amongst others. His practice includes the entire breadth of financial crime including fraud, money laundering and insider dealing. He has significant experience in confiscation, enforcement receivership applications, and both civil and criminal HMRC investigations.

He also acts in regulatory matters for corporates and individuals subject to civil matters including account freezing and forfeiture applications, and disclosure orders. His work is often of a cross-border, multi-jurisdictional nature.

His peers say James "knows POCA inside out" and "he is robust in his arguments and fights for his clients, but he is not unrealistic and he knows when a point is not worth running..."he is a real fighter who battles for his clients."

Career

James joined iLaw in January 2024 having been head of Financial Crime & PoCA at a leading national firm of solicitors.

Professional Memberships

Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association

London Irish Lawyers Association

Publications

The Confiscation Manual, Sweet and Maxwell, 2015