Serious Fraud

The firm has been expert in the field of business crime for more than 50 years and has one of the largest specialist white-collar crime teams in the UK.

Investigations into serious fraud and business crime are rising and companies operate in an increasingly regulated environment. We routinely advise senior executives, company directors and financial services professionals on a variety of white-collar matters – some of which are very high profile and others resolved away from the spotlight.

Our experience encompasses cases involving allegations of bribery and corruption, tax fraud, investment fraud, false accounting, bank fraud, commodities and currency frauds, index and benchmark manipulation (such as Libor, FX and Gold Fix), insider dealing, money laundering, cartels, and financial sanctions breaches.  We have acted in all the significant investigations and cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) since its establishment in 1987.

With enforcement agencies such as the National Crime Agency (NCA), SFO, HMRC and US Department of Justice (DoJ) increasingly focused on business crime and with new powers and technologies at their disposal, the risk of committing an offence and facing criminal sanction is higher than ever.