LAWYER PROFILE
Kyle Phillips

Kyle Phillips

UK 2026

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About

Provided by Howard Kennedy LLP

UK

Practice Areas

Kyle is a specialist financial crime and regulatory solicitor with particular expertise advising companies and individuals on fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering matters.

Kyle has over 10 years' experience representing clients in some of the most high-profile financial crime and regulatory investigations. This includes both domestic and international investigations. Notably, he has been instructed on several high-profile financial crime investigations including Wirecard, Euribor, G4S, Serco, Amec Foster Wheeler, Harlequin and Forex.

Kyle conducts internal investigations on behalf of corporates who suspect criminal wrongdoing. He provides strategic advice to clients seeking to report criminal misconduct to the authorities, and is experienced at bringing private prosecutions.

He provides expert assistance to clients to take preventative financial crime measures, including implementing compliance programmes and undertaking audits of financial crime controls. Kyle is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and together with his vast experience in financial crime investigation, he is particularly skilled at providing anti-money laundering advice and assistance.

He is experienced at advising clients at all stages of a criminal investigation, and continues to advise clients subject to investigation for general crime matters including drugs, assault and sexual offences.

Kyle also advises individuals subject to sports regulatory investigations and he co-heads the Sports sector team. He previously sat as an Anti-Discrimination Disciplinary Chair for the Football Association. He is also a committee member for the Private Prosecutors' Association and is a former chair of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions - London (Firms)

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Kyle Phillips advises on criminal investigations and private prosecutions for alleged financial wrongdoing, such as bribery, money laundering and fraud.

Corporate Crime & Investigations - London (Firms)

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Kyle Phillips of Howard Kennedy advises corporate clients across a range of sectors in connection with allegations of fraud, money laundering and corruption. He is particularly adept at managing internal investigations.

Strengths

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  • He has been a great team lead. He demonstrates his knowledge of the law and the underlying case information, and reaches out to his junior team members where and when needed.

    Financial Crime: Private ProsecutionsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Kyle Phillips is a class act - very pragmatic and very good with clients.

    Financial Crime: Private ProsecutionsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Kyle Phillips is a class act. He is very pragmatic, very good with clients and also very focused on the end goal.

    Corporate Crime & InvestigationsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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London (Firms)

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