2 Hare Court has a proud history of involvement in the largest and most complex white collar crime cases.
In recent years, members have been instructed in the LIBOR and FX litigation, the investigation into Cambridge Analytica, the HBOS corruption scandal, the litigation concerning ENRC and the SFO, the Malaysian 1MDB scandal, SFO investigations into Barclays Bank, Rolls Royce, Quindell and Glencore, fraud allegations arising out of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the investigation into former Barclays CEO Jess Daley regarding his alleged relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Boris Becker’s criminal insolvency trial and cases spawned by the release of the ‘Panama Papers’.
In addition, members have been involved in litigation relating to the accounting scandals at Tesco, Serco, G4S and Carillion.
We offer an end to end service, advising at the sensitive pre-charge stage and in relation to restraint proceedings, moving through to trial and confiscation proceedings thereafter if necessary. In addition, we have extensive experience of cases with an international dimension, enabling us to advise on a variety of cross-jurisdictional issues.
Our barristers have experience of a wide spectrum of the business crime or criminal regulatory issues which companies or individuals might face, including allegations of bribery and corruption, criminal anti-competitive behaviour, insider dealing, fraud, money laundering, intellectual property crime, data protection, sanctions and tax evasion.
We also advise on issues such as internal investigations and compliance, whistleblowing, deferred prosecution agreements, the likelihood of civil rather than criminal recovery, global settlements and other areas as requested by our clients. We also undertake private prosecutions, primarily (but not exclusively) on behalf of corporate clients.
Many of our members have extensive regulatory experience in the field of professional discipline. Being able to dovetail that experience with their expertise in financial crime, means that they are instructed to advise and act for firms and individuals working in the financial services sector. Advisory work often includes potential liability under the criminal law in parallel with regulatory breaches of the civil regime, e.g. market abuse and the withdrawal of authorisation.
As a result, we deal not only with criminal investigations, but also cases brought by the FCA in the High Court, in the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal or before the Regulatory Decisions Committee.
Members are instructed directly by individual traders and FCA approved persons to advise and act on their behalf, as well as through their solicitors or other representatives. Our Business Crime & Financial Services Group also offers experience from industry, with members having come to the Bar following careers in other sectors, including trading in the City of London and other international financial markets.
Members have recently been instructed on behalf of the PRA, for example the £46.55m fine imposed on Standard Chartered Bank for inadequate governance controls and for failing to be open and cooperative, and in relation also to the £87m fine imposed on Credit Suisse for risk management and governance failures.
Finally, we have been involved in some of the largest internal investigations undertaken in recent times by banks and other financial institutions. Whilst for reasons of client confidentiality it is difficult to provide further details, we have advised on the full range of issues which arise in these cases, including the scope of the investigation, composition of the investigation team, legal professional privilege, relationships with the SFO and the FCA and managing the end product of the investigation.
Julian Campbell, Director of Clerking
For more information please contact Julian Campbell on 020 7869 7806 or email juliancampbell@2harecourt.com.
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