Jonathan Grimes
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 2 : Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals
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About
Provided by Jonathan Grimes
Practice Areas
Jonathan is an experienced criminal lawyer specialising in serious and complex cases. A leader in the field of Proceeds of Crime work, he has particular expertise dealing with law enforcement applications that seek to freeze or seize assets. His business crime practice includes all areas of financial crime and regulatory matters, including corruption, money laundering, anti-competitive behaviour, insider dealing, market manipulation, and fraud, often for HNW individuals. Jonathan also represents companies and individuals during the initial police and Health and Safety Executive investigation, through to the conclusion of cases at inquests or in the criminal courts. He has extensive trial experience over many years across all areas of crime.
He acts as independent legal adviser in investigations of all kinds, many in the banking sector, attending numerous interviews with employers and regulators both in the UK and abroad. A number of his cases have involved advising individuals following requests from overseas authorities for UK assistance under Mutual Legal Assistance treaties. He is also Kingsley Napley’s Money Laundering Reporting officer.
Professional Memberships
The Law Society; Health & Safety Lawyer's Association; Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association; and International Bar Association.
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Jonathan Grimes frequently acts for clients on financial crime matters brought by the SFO, the FCA and HMRC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jonathan is a very good global, strategical thinker who can see the whole field at once. He can make a case make sense, and he's very good at balancing strategic and competing considerations."
"Jonathan is very personable, understated, efficient and effective."
"Jon is a very good lawyer, and highly imaginative at finding unique solutions. He is highly professional in all his dealings and an outstanding practitioner."
"The work I have seen Jonathan Grimes on has been very thorough, and I was very impressed with him."
"Jonathan is a very good global, strategical thinker who can see the whole field at once. He can make a case make sense, and he's very good at balancing strategic and competing considerations."
"Jonathan is very personable, understated, efficient and effective."
"Jon is a very good lawyer, and highly imaginative at finding unique solutions. He is highly professional in all his dealings and an outstanding practitioner."
"The work I have seen Jonathan Grimes on has been very thorough, and I was very impressed with him."
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