Financial Crime: Individuals | UK

Corker 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.

Kingsley Napley is renowned for its command of process and procedure across a broad array of criminal and regulatory work, including professional discipline as well as financial crime. The firm is 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, it fields a large team of well-regarded individual lawyers.

Mishcon de Reya offers a well-regarded team that has a broad-based financial crime offering and 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.

The 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.

Peters & 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.

WilmerHale fields a well-regarded financial crime practice with an impressive record of acting in 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.

Arnold & Porter has a well-respected practice that is highlighted for its work representing senior executives and high-profile individuals in a variety of regulatory prosecutions and investigations. The firm is sought out by clients across a broad range of sectors for its counsel in cases involving the SFO, the FCA and HMRC.

Noted 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.

Bindmans 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.

Constantine Law is a highly regarded firm for criminal and regulatory investigations work. The team is extremely adept at advising individuals facing internal investigations, as well as investigation by the FCA, SFO and PRA, to name just a few. The firm has expertise in fraud and money laundering matters as well as a strong knowledge of employment-related issues.

Simons Muirhead Burton offers a respected team 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.

Squire Patton Boggs offers a respected team that handles a range of complex matters, including international investigations into bribery, corruption, cryptocurrency, money laundering and fraud. The team also demonstrates particular expertise in SFO, NCA and FCA investigations.

Stokoe Partnership Solicitors has a respected practice which is recognised for its representation of clients facing investigation by the SFO, the NCA and HMRC. The team is noted for its particular expertise in cases involving allegations of bribery, corruption and money laundering. The firm is also adept at handling cases with complex cross-border considerations.