Sarah Przybylska

Business Crime & Financial Services

In business crime Sarah has extensive experience of pre-charge advice and a wide range of criminal proceedings.

• She is regularly instructed to advise corporate clients on a confidential basis on their potential exposure in matters relating to fraud and financial regulation.
• She has represented individuals accused of large-scale money laundering and conspiracy to defraud employers.
• She has advised companies in relation to VAT and tax liability.
• She acts for the CPS Specialist Fraud Division in cases of VAT and tax evasion.

Notable Cases:

• Advising (with Jonathan Laidlaw QC) the Bank of England in connection with its investigation into the role of Bank officials in relation to issues arising from the 2008 banking crisis;
• Advising a major investment company on the merits of a private prosecution against a former client following misrepresentations made in civil proceedings;
• Defending multi-million pound allegations of conspiracy to defraud and breach of duty made against a company’s financial and legal advisers.