Shaul Brazil
About
Provided by Shaul Brazil
Practice Areas
Shaul Brazil is a partner at BCL specialising in business crime and regulatory enforcement. Recommended in Chambers UK and Chambers HNW, he is also ranked as an expert in Who’s Who Legal (Business Crime Defence and Investigations). Shaul specialises in acting for individuals and companies in complex cross-border matters. He has extensive experience advising on multi-jurisdictional corruption and fraud investigations, asset recovery proceedings (in the UK and overseas), and extradition proceedings (in particular, politically motivated requests). He has acted in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO and many other UK and overseas enforcement authorities.
Shaul also has broad experience acting in ancillary matters such as judicial review proceedings, FCA investigations and applications to Interpol for the deletion of notices or diffusions. He advises companies in relation to regulatory and criminal law issues such as anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money laundering compliance, data protection and responding to requests for assistance in law enforcement investigations.
Career
Called to the Bar 2003, trained QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers and joined BCL Solicitors in 2007 becoming a partner in 2013.
Professional Memberships
International Bar Association; Fraud Lawyers Association; Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum; Lincoln’s Inn.
Publications
Shaul is frequently quoted in the press on Anti Money Laundering, banking and regulation.
https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/article/1189557/euribor-%E2%80%9Cthe-senior-managers-should-have-known%E2%80%9D
https://www.law360.com/financial-services-uk/articles/1142755/hard-brexit-could-put-chinks-in-uk-s-financial-crime-armor
Chambers Review
UK
Shaul Brazil frequently represents high-profile individuals facing extradition in relation to serious criminal charges, including fraud, money laundering and drugs trafficking.
Shaul Brazil represents both individuals and companies in POCA matters relating to financial crime. He undertakes a range of work but stands out for his advice on money laundering.
Shaul Brazil represents clients in cross-border investigations into corrupt payments, fraud and money laundering.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shaul Brazil is excellent. He is very reassuring in stressful and distressing situations."
"Shaul is very good with clients."
"Shaul is incredibly tenacious in all cases and someone who really cares about detail. He is a good team player but also independently knows everything about the case. He is phenomenal."
"He is able to coordinate teams in multiple jurisdictions to achieve the best result for his clients."
"He is really good on strategy and at getting clients to understand difficult issues."
"Shaul Brazil is excellent. He is very reassuring in stressful and distressing situations."
"Shaul is very good with clients."
"Shaul is incredibly tenacious in all cases and someone who really cares about detail. He is a good team player but also independently knows everything about the case. He is phenomenal."
"He is able to coordinate teams in multiple jurisdictions to achieve the best result for his clients."
"He is really good on strategy and at getting clients to understand difficult issues."
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by BCL Solicitors LLP
UK-US extradition: an imbalanced relationship?
In the following article BCL’s partner Shaul Brazil examines the application in the United Kingdom of the ‘forum bar’ to extradition which was introduced following widespread criticism of the perceived imbalance in the extradition arrangements between the UK and the USA and the so-called ‘long arm’
UK-US extradition: an imbalanced relationship?
In the following article BCL’s partner Shaul Brazil examines the application in the United Kingdom of the ‘forum bar’ to extradition which was introduced following widespread criticism of the perceived imbalance in the extradition arrangements between the UK and the USA and the so-called ‘long arm’
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