Ian Smith

Practice Areas

Ian is a commercial disputes litigator. He works across a spectrum of commercial fraud, cyber fraud and misconduct cases. He represents clients in civil proceedings in the English High Court, and where necessary in the criminal courts, acting for both victims and accused persons. Many of his cases are international proceedings involving asset tracing in a number of jurisdictions.

He also has a specialist regulatory law practice, advising law firms, City institutions, professional services and property firms. He advises in relation to anti-money laundering, counter terrorist finance, financial sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-tax evasion facilitation.

Ian lead-edits and co-authors the practitioners' text Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery (Oxford University Press). He is the lead author of Commercial and Cyber Fraud: A Legal Guide to Justice for Businesses (Bloomsbury).

He was the founding President of the internal association of lawyers, VOCAL – the Victims of Crime Association of Lawyers; a founding member of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association; and a former Secretary of the European Criminal Bar Association.

Career

Barrister since 2003. Solicitor from 1995-2003.