Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions
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Provided by Howard Kennedy LLP
Howard Kennedy's Business Crime team are experienced in launching private criminal prosecutions on behalf of corporates, charities, high-net-worth individuals and family offices.We provide clients with holistic advice on the criminal and civil law remedies available to them as victims of fraud and economic crime.
We represent companies and individuals in all manners of private prosecutions. Whether you find yourself the victim of fraud, forgery, or have suffered economic loss as the result of dishonest behaviour, you'll have a team behind you working hard to take the stress out of the situation.
We advise corporates on bringing action against dishonest or fraudulent employees, and help businesses to use criminal enforcement to protect their intellectual property. In regards to charities, we help them bring criminal prosecutions to protect them from fraud within and on their organisations.
Our team advises each of our clients on the best course of action suited to your particular case. When a private prosecution may not be the appropriate response, our civil fraud lawyers and commercial litigators can advise on civil remedies available to seek justice and to assist with the recovery of assets.
Chambers Review
Howard Kennedy's business crime team has notable experience in handling private prosecutions relating to financial fraud. The firm assists both individuals and corporate clients in investigating and prosecuting claims for accounting fraud, money laundering and forgery, among others.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They have strength in depth and some very experienced and high-calibre partners in the group."
"Howard Kennedy are brilliant in financial crime and private prosecutions."
"They have strength in depth and some very experienced and high-calibre partners in the group."
"Howard Kennedy are brilliant in financial crime and private prosecutions."
Notable Practitioners
Ian Ryan frequently represents both individuals and corporates in private prosecutions surrounding financial crime, including those with multi-jurisdictional aspects.
"Ian Ryan is a very impressive prosecutor."
"Ian is brilliant."
"He's very direct and to the point; we really like his approach."
"Ian is straightforward and easy to work with. He takes the commercial aspects of the matter into account in his responses and suggested actions."
Kyle Phillips advises on criminal investigations and private prosecutions for alleged financial wrongdoing, such as bribery, money laundering and fraud.
"Kyle Phillips is one of the experts in this field. He thinks very broadly around the whole case and the bigger picture as well as the legal detail."
"He has excellent tactical awareness and great judgement. He is also very good at cutting through all the less important things and focusing on what really matters."
"He's a smooth operator and good at wrangling cases."
Jennifer Harper is a senior associate building a strong reputation as a financial crime specialist with notable expertise in the area of private prosecutions.
"Jennifer Harper is extremely bright, equally personable and has great judgement. I think she's got the full package: a star of the future."
"Jennifer is a deeply impressive and experienced criminal law solicitor. The issues were highly complex and multi-jurisdictional and it struck me how always prepared she was."
"She's really responsive and committed. I'm impressed by how quickly she's grappled with some of the complex law and she has good judgement on it as well."
"She grasped all the issues and salient points quickly."
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