JUNIOR PROFILE

Tom Rainsbury

UK Bar 2026

3 Verulam Buildings

Ranked in 1 practice area

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture

All Circuits

5 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Civil fraud; banking and finance; crypto-assets; financial services; POCA & asset forfeiture; sanctions; administrative and public law; financial crime

Career

University College London, LLB (First Class) University of Cambridge, Commercial LLM Tom’s has a busy advisory and litigation practice in the above areas. He has particular expertise in claims involving allegations of fraud, including APP fraud, advance fee fraud, mortgage fraud, Ponzi schemes and bribery and corruption. He has a thriving judicial review practice, particularly in cases at the intersection between public and commercial law and claims against the FOS, FCA and FSCS. He also has a strong practice in financial services and sanctions work. He is appointed to the Attorney General’s A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. Recent cases have included: Staley v FCA [2025] UKUT 203; Wang v Tianjin Lantian Gerui Electronic Technology Co Ltd [2024] EWHC 2059 (Ch) (application for provisional liquidators in respect of 61,000 Bitcoin); R (Assurant General Insurance) v FOS [2024] 1 Al ER (Comm) 640 (correct approach in judicial review challenges to the FOS’s jurisdiction); and NCA v Hajiyeva [2020] 2 Al ER (Comm) (first unexplained wealth order).

Professional Memberships

ALBA, FSLA, LCLCBA, YFLA

Publications

Administrative Court Digest, Editor; Mitchell, Taylor and Talbot on Confiscation and the Proceeds of Crime, Contributor

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - All Circuits

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Tom Rainsbury offers strong expertise in POCA matters including those relating to civil recovery, freezing orders and account forfeiture. He also worked on the first cases involving Unexplained Wealth Orders. Rainsbury is sought after by enforcement agencies and is also a member of the Attorney General's B Panel of Counsel to the Crown and the SFO's Proceeds of Crime B Panel.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Tom's in all the lead cases and is trusted by judges. He's also lovely to work with.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureUK Bar
Tom Rainsbury is a very good technical lawyer. He is responsive and good on his feet.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureUK Bar
Tom Rainsbury is outstanding on civil recovery.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureUK Bar
He's very thorough and works extremely hard.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureUK Bar
A very bright guy and a formidable opponent.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureUK Bar