Financial Crime

Clare Sibson KC maintains a stellar reputation in the market and continues to attract instructions of the highest level in fraud and financial crime. She is widely lauded for her intellectual ability and for having a practice that includes acting for clients from the financial services industry in highly complex cases. Sibson is also highly valued for her advice to corporates facing financial crime investigations.

"She really knows her stuff and is an encyclopedia of law with an immense amount of experience."

"Clare is outstanding. She is incredibly intelligent, has incredibly good technical legal skills and she's very responsive. It's a joy to work with her."

"Thoughtful, strategic and robust, Clare is one of the real elite of financial crime practitioners. She provides brilliant analysis."

Katherine Hardcastle's experience includes acting on some of the most high-profile investigations in the market. She has acted for the defence in a number of bribery and corruption cases, and has appeared in an appeal relating to a market manipulation matter. Her experience as a solicitor at a City firm adds to her appeal for corporate clients.

"Katherine is a very senior junior, with unparalleled experience having worked on some of the highest profile cases in the market."

"Katherine really is a class of her own and a commercial crime genius."

"Katherine is extraordinarily strong in writing and a very good advocate. She is wise beyond her years and one of the greatest junior barristers at the Bar."

Richard Lissack KC is an adroit silk who is sought out to advise companies as well as individuals and employees on matters such as rate rigging, corporate transactional fraud and false accounting allegations. He boasts a particularly impressive base of blue-chip clients in the financial services industry, providing counsel on overlapping criminal and regulatory matters. Lissack is noted for his expertise in international investigations.

"He is a star performer, very experienced and a great advocate."

"Richard handles clients like a dream. He is always on hand to provide sage advice and reassurance whenever he is needed. He is extremely responsive and strategic in his advice."

"He is very experienced, an extremely good trial tactician and effective in court. His written advocacy is excellent, and he is one of best defenders in field."

Eleanor Davison is a strong team player with superb communication skills who provides high-quality input under challenging conditions. She has an impressive record of counselling clients from the financial services industry facing multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency investigations. Her areas of expertise include market manipulation and money laundering allegations.

"Eleanor is a very astute, diligent and hard-working."

"She's frighteningly clever and her practice spans civil, criminal and regulatory work. Having someone who really understands all of those issues is very helpful."

"Eleanor is exceptionally bright and very talented. She is great at providing strategic advice."

"Eleanor Davison is extremely calm when delivering difficult advice to clients and hugely experienced. She has excellent communication skills and is very empathetic and emotionally intelligent."

Leonora Sagan is an excellent junior barrister experienced in the representation of corporate clients in the financial crime space. She possesses additional expertise in acting for individuals. She is active on a range of Financial Conduct Authority and Serious Fraud Office investigations.

"Leonora is intelligent, considered and responsive. She applies an independent mind to tactical decisions, is always well prepared and meets deadlines without difficulty."

"Leonora provides considered and pragmatic advice to the client. She is excellent in her drafting ability and her turnaround in providing such written arguments is impressive."

"Leonora is a silk in waiting; her written advice and written advocacy is exceptional."

Nicholas Medcroft KC is a highly experienced barrister who is well versed in representing significant financial institutions in investigations brought by the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority. He frequently handles cases relating to money laundering and tax fraud as well as regulatory failure. His practice builds on complementary expertise in professional discipline, and he has a strong record of arguing cases before the Financial Reporting Council.

"Nicholas is really hard-working, extraordinarily sharp and hands-on."

"He is fantastic. He's on the money and able to give incisive comments. He has a collaborative and collegial demeanour and a sense of humour."

Robin Barclay KC is known for his expedient strategic advice, practical approach, and provision of great client service. His practice sees him advising on corporate regulatory compliance matters as well as white-collar crime cases concerning bribery, corruption, money laundering and market manipulation. He is well versed in the defence of financial services clients before the Financial Conduct Authority, and also wins instructions from corporate clients in a wide variety of industries and cases.

"Robin is highly intelligent, industrious, and great with clients.In addition to his acute understanding of the law, he also gives practical and commercial advice."

"Robin Barclay is very user-friendly and his advice is straightforward and cogent. He offers first-class strategic thinking and is a nice advocate."

"He's phenomenally bright and he understands the interplay between criminal and civil."