Ranking tables
UK London (Firms) Financial Crime: Individuals
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
- Bark&co 9 Years Ranked
- Bindmans LLP 9 Years Ranked
- Hodge Jones & Allen 9 Years Ranked
- Simons Muirhead Burton 3 Years Ranked
- Stephenson Harwood LLP 9 Years Ranked
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Janes Solicitors
- Shearman Bowen & Co
Senior Statespeople
Star Individuals
- Stephen Pollard WilmerHale26 Years Ranked
- Stephen Gentle
Band 1
- David Corker Corker Binning26 Years Ranked
- Harry Travers BCL Solicitors LLP26 Years Ranked
- Jessica Parker Corker Binning8 Years Ranked
- Jo Rickards Greenberg Traurig, LLP23 Years Ranked
- Judith Seddon Dechert LLP17 Years Ranked
- Louise Hodges Kingsley Napley LLP15 Years Ranked
- Peter Binning Corker Binning23 Years Ranked
- Richard Sallybanks BCL Solicitors LLP14 Years Ranked
- Ross Dixon Hickman & Rose12 Years Ranked
- Stephen Parkinson Kingsley Napley LLP17 Years Ranked
- Tom Epps Cooley LLP13 Years Ranked
- Eve Giles
- Ian Ryan
- Michael O'Kane
- Neil O'May
Band 2
- Andrew Smith Corker Binning13 Years Ranked
- Ben Rose Hickman & Rose17 Years Ranked
- Matthew Frankland PCB Byrne25 Years Ranked
- Michael Potts PCB Byrne12 Years Ranked
- Neill Blundell Macfarlanes LLP18 Years Ranked
- Roger Burlingame Dechert LLP7 Years Ranked
- Shula de Jersey BCL Solicitors LLP12 Years Ranked
- Christine Braamskamp
- Jonathan C Pickworth
- Mark Beardsworth
Band 3
- Akhtar Ahmad ABV Solicitors12 Years Ranked
- Andrew P Katzen Hickman & Rose20 Years Ranked
- Claire Cross Corker Binning4 Years Ranked
- Daniel Cundy Blackfords LLP11 Years Ranked
- David McCluskey Taylor Wessing14 Years Ranked
- Elizabeth Robertson Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP15 Years Ranked
- Joanna Dimmock Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP5 Years Ranked
- Johanna Walsh Mishcon de Reya LLP3 Years Ranked
- Jonathan Grimes Kingsley Napley LLP14 Years Ranked
- Katie Wheatley Bindmans LLP14 Years Ranked
- Michael Drury BCL Solicitors LLP12 Years Ranked
- Nicola Finnerty Kingsley Napley LLP9 Years Ranked
- Sara George Sidley Austin LLP10 Years Ranked
- Sara Teasdale PCB Byrne6 Years Ranked
- Sarah Wallace Constantine Law14 Years Ranked
- Anand Doobay
- Brian Spiro
- David Janes
- Hannah Laming
- James Carlton
- Kevin Roberts
- Neil Swift
- Pamela Reddy
Band 4
- Alison Geary Mishcon de Reya LLP5 Years Ranked
- Caroline Day Kingsley Napley LLP4 Years Ranked
- Christopher David Clifford Chance LLP5 Years Ranked
- Gary Bloxsome Blackfords LLP13 Years Ranked
- Giles Bark-Jones Bark&co18 Years Ranked
- Jae Carwardine Russell-Cooke18 Years Ranked
- Jeremy Summers Osborne Clarke LLP17 Years Ranked
- Julian Hayes BCL Solicitors LLP2 Years Ranked
- Martin Rackstraw Russell-Cooke15 Years Ranked
- Ruth Harris Hodge Jones & Allen1 Years Ranked
- Shaul Brazil BCL Solicitors LLP7 Years Ranked
- Anthony Burton CBE
- Dylan G. Moses
- Euros Jones
- Fiona Gavriel
- Kevin Robinson
- Mark Bowen
- Philip Smith
- Richard Egan
- Richard Kovalevsky KC
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
- Hannah Raphael BCL Solicitors LLP2 Years Ranked
- Ben Ticehurst
- Henrietta Ronson
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 BCL Solicitors LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedBCL Solicitors is a premier outfit with an excellent reputation for its representation of individuals including company directors, officers and employees. It offers a large team with extensive experience in handling high-profile SFO investigations. The team also frequently advises on complex commercial fraud, regulatory enforcement and money laundering cases and is adept at dealing with extradition matters related to financial crime investigations.1 Corker BinningFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedCorker Binning presents a compact and highly reputed business crime practice. The team advises individuals, including company executives, implicated in widely reported criminal and regulatory investigations, acting for clients across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, energy, and oil and gas. Corker Binning displays an impressive range of experience in handling investigations at both national and international levels, including a number of prosecutions by the FCA, and also assists with related extradition matters.1 Kingsley Napley LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedRenowned for its command of process and procedure across a broad array of criminal and regulatory work, including professional discipline as well as financial crime. Sought out to advise on the most high-profile investigations and criminal prosecutions of the day, including SFO, FCA and CMA matters. Adept at handling multi-jurisdictional cases. Fields a large team of well-regarded individual lawyers.
Band 2
2 Hickman & RoseFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedHickman & Rose is a London-based corporate crime practice acting for individuals accused of various offences including bribery, revenue fraud and regulatory breaches. Its lawyers are regularly instructed by senior professionals from large corporations involved in major SFO and HMRC investigations. The team is noted for its work in increasingly high-profile and high-value work in the financial services industry, as well as its growing presence in cross-border investigations. The firm also offers related strength in extradition matters.2 Mishcon de Reya LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedMishcon de Reya offers a well-regarded team with a broad-based financial crime offering which is adept at fraud and money laundering cases. The team fields notable expertise in anti-bribery and corruption matters as well as having a strong private prosecution practice.2 PCB ByrneFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedThe team at PCB Byrne provides highly tailored business crime representation to a range of organisations and senior professionals, mainly in the financial services sector. It has a strong reputation across financial crime including fraud, money laundering and tax investigations, with extensive expertise in corruption proceedings and regulatory investigations. A reliable choice for company executives facing potentially criminal SFO and FCA action, the team also has a strong record of acting in multi-agency rate-fixing investigations.2 Peters & Peters Solicitors LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedPeters & Peters Solicitors has a well-known financial crime practice, and was one of the earliest firms to establish itself in this field. The team has experience advising individuals on an array of business crime issues, including cartel, bribery and money laundering matters, and is also noted for its private prosecution practice. The firm is also valued for its expertise in international investigations and related extradition issues.2 WilmerHaleFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedWilmerHale fields a well-regarded financial crime practice with an impressive record of acting on high-stakes SFO investigations. The team acts on the full range of matters in this area, fielding experience in fraud, bribery, corruption and insider dealing and has an enviable client base including energy and engineering companies. It has noted expertise in international investigations, with particular strength in matters concerning the USA.
Band 3
3 Blackfords LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedBlackfords acts on behalf of those accused of high-level financial crime and is accomplished in defending allegations of insider trading, tax fraud and misleading corporate statements. The team also has a strong record in handling carbon credit fraud and prosecutions initiated by HMRC and is adept at handling matters with cross-border elements. The firm caters to clients around the country with offices in central London, Croydon, Woking and Cardiff.3 Howard Kennedy LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedAn established team with a notable record of representing individuals facing SFO investigations, Howard Kennedy is regularly instructed in cases involving cross-border considerations. The team is capable of handling the full range of fraud matters, with particular strength in anti-money laundering, and is also experienced in cartel investigations.3 Paul Hastings (Europe) LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedThe team at Paul Hastings is noted for representation of individuals, particularly in cases involving global investigations brought by the SFO, DOJ and HMRC. The team is also adept at handling matters relating to market manipulation, bribery and fraud.
Band 4
4 Bark&coFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedNoted for its broad criminal defence practice acting on legally aided and privately funded work, the Bark&co team is valued for its expertise across financial crime. It is experienced advising on alleged financial trading offences such as insider dealing as well as bribery and tax frauds prosecuted by HMRC.4 Bindmans LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedBindmans concentrates on high-exposure fraud matters, with a wealth of experience in jury trial work, and is highly regarded for its legal aid practice as well as its work for private clients. The team is experienced across the full range of criminal fraud and regulatory investigations and is also adept at bribery and corruption cases.4 Hodge Jones & AllenFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedHodge Jones & Allen is committed to handling legal aid-funded and privately funded matters in the financial crime space. The team is regularly instructed in high-level investigations led by the SFO, HMRC and the FCA, including cases involving allegations of bribery and corruption. Hodge Jones & Allen also fields experience in defending money laundering prosecutions and is well acquainted with related confiscation matters.4 Simons Muirhead BurtonFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 4 | 3 Years RankedSimons Muirhead Burton offers a respected team which is noted for its handling of international investigations into market manipulation, money laundering and fraud. The team is also active in cases brought by the SFO, HMRC, the NCA and the FCA, including those alleging bribery and insider trading.4 Stephenson Harwood LLPFinancial Crime: Individuals2023 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedStephenson Harwood's respected financial crime practice defends individuals in major investigatory proceedings and in internal investigations. The team is well versed in all aspects of fraud and has built an enviable profile acting for current and former employees of financial institutions in relation to allegations of illegal rate manipulation. Stephenson Harwoord draws on noted regulatory expertise to provide a well-integrated service to clients from the financial services sector.