Andrew Smith

Practice Areas

Andrew specialises in business crime, including SFO, NCA, HMRC and police investigations relating to fraud, bribery/corruption and money laundering; regulatory inquiries brought by the FCA into market abuse and market misconduct; and public inquiries into major events.

Andrew also regularly acts for individuals facing extradition to a range of countries and provides related advice on INTERPOL and criminal mutual legal assistance. Case highlights include acting for individuals in the SFO investigations concerning Tesco, Petrofac, Glencore, Airbus, British American Tobacco, Unaoil and LIBOR; acting for individuals sought on complex extradition requests from inside and outside the EU, including Mohammed Lodhi (UAE), Andrew Symeou (Greece) and Shrien Dewani (South Africa); and acting for a defendant in the FCA’s largest prosecution of insider dealing (Operation Tabernula).

Career

BA and MPhil from Cambridge University; trained at Hogan Lovells LLP; joined Corker Binning in 2007 and became a partner in 2012.

Professional Memberships

London Criminal Courts Association; Fraud Lawyers Association; Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum.

Publications

Publishes widely on financial crime and extradition; co-editor of Lloyds Law Reports (Financial Crime); co-editor of Archbold; contributor to Practitioners Guide to Global Investigations (GIR 2021).