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Financial crime

Advising on all aspects of financial crime: emergency response and crisis management, internal investigations and legal privilege, investigations and enforcement, risk prevention and compliance.

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We regularly advise corporates (and their boards and directors), government agencies and high-net-worth individuals on all areas of financial crime.

We have advised on some of the largest ever investigations in recent times and, working throughout the UK and internationally, we specialise in responding to complex and business-critical investigations by the SFO, the FCA, HMRC, the CMA, the Insolvency Service and the police.

We support you in navigating the challenging and often unfamiliar landscape, always protecting your interests and striving to resolve matters effectively and efficiently.

We also help you to assess your risk exposure and implement preventative measures and robust compliance systems, particularly in relation to bribery, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion – an essential defence to the increasing number of ‘failure to prevent’ offences.

Areas of expertise

  • Serious fraud and money laundering
  • Bribery and corruption
  • Sanctions and export controls
  • Insider trading and market abuse
  • Cartels and price fixing
  • Tax and revenue evasion
  • Insolvency fraud and director disqualification
  • Cross border investigations
  • Proceeds of crime (restraint, confiscation, freezing, forfeiture and civil recovery)

Services

Dawn raids and search warrants

Information requests and voluntary interviews

Production orders and compulsory questioning 

Interviews under caution

Corporate and director liability

Prosecutions, confiscation and civil recovery

Risk prevention and compliance: bribery, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion

Our team

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Examples of our work

Financial services group

Responding to investigations by the UK authorities, the Danish Serious Fraud Office and the German Public Prosecutor’s Office concerning ‘Cum-Ex’ fraud and money laundering, involving the loss to the Danish tax authority of €1.7 billion.

Global chemicals manufacturer

Internal investigation and engagement with HM Revenue & Customs and UK Border Force concerning breaches of Russian sanctions, negotiating a financial settlement in lieu of prosecution.

FTSE 100 company

Internal investigation and reporting of bribery related matters (including suspected bribery of foreign public officials in Europe and the Americas) to the Serious Fraud Office and the US Department of Justice.

Independent foreign currency supplier

Crisis management in relation to a multi-million-pound fraud on HM Revenue & Customs and money laundering by an associated party.

Utilities company

Internal investigation and engagement with the Serious Fraud Office concerning large-scale fraud by senior employees, resulting in the SFO taking no action against the company.

Global event management agency

Investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service into bribery and money laundering concerning the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

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