Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

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Financial Crime

London (Bar)

9 Years Ranked

1

Band 1

Financial Crime: Corporates

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

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Provided by Katherine Hardcastle

UK Bar

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Katherine Hardcastle has acted in nearly all of the top financial crime cases of the last 10 years, for corporates and individuals.

She has a particular expertise in negotiating Deferred Prosecution Agreements and other forms of corporate resolution in the UK and globally. She has defended in more DPAs than anyone else at the Bar.

The breadth of Katherine’s practice gives her an exceptional ability to navigate the strategic and commercial challenges of large and complex cases, including those involving multiple law enforcement agencies, multiple territories, and different forms of litigation. She is regularly instructed in regulatory and criminal investigations and proceedings, as well as on public law challenges and civil litigation raising issues adjacent to financial crime.

Katherine has extensive experience of fraud, bribery, money laundering, extradition, human rights and sanctions, as well as in dealing with complex issues of privilege. Increasingly she is instructed on matters concerning cyber-crime, with a particular emphasis on crypto currency.

She acts at first instance and at appellate level and is instructed on major matters in her own right, as well as with being a first-choice junior for the market’s top silks.

Katherine is the author of chapters in several leading practitioner texts on criminal practice and procedure, the proceeds of crime and on fraud.

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Financial Crime - London (Bar)

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Katherine Hardcastle's experience includes acting on some of the most high-profile investigations in the market. She has acted for the defence in a number of bribery and corruption cases, and has appeared in an appeal relating to a market manipulation matter. Her experience as a solicitor at a City firm adds to her appeal for corporate clients.


Financial Crime: Corporates - London (Bar)

1
Band 1
Individual Editorial

Katherine Hardcastle's experience includes acting on some of the most high-profile investigations in the market. She has acted for the defence in a number of bribery and corruption cases, and has appeared in an appeal relating to a market manipulation matter. Her experience as a solicitor at a City firm adds to her appeal for corporate clients.

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