Kabir Sondhi

Practice Areas

Kabir’s practice encompasses a full range of criminal work, with a specialism in financial, white-collar, and corporate crime. He is instructed in cases involving serious and complex offending and commercially sensitive matters arising out of business dealings, often with an international or technical dimension. Kabir undertakes investigations work (internal and external) in relation to individuals and corporations and is often instructed to advise on potential liabilities under the Fraud, Bribery, and Companies Acts. He has many years’ experience working on SFO investigations and prosecutions for fraud and bribery/corruption offences, including those involving corporate offenders, and acted as junior counsel for the SFO in the DPA with Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. Kabir has significant experience in Proceeds of Crime matters, particularly confiscation and restraint proceedings arising out of financial misconduct.

Alongside practice, Kabir is currently engaged in part-time academic studies, focusing on company law, financial crime, and corporate crime.

Kabir maintains a strong practice in general criminal matters, usually involving complex legal and factual issues and nuanced subject matter. He has particular experience dealing with cases involving restricted material and sensitive disclosure exercises.

Career

• Called 2010

• SFO Prosecution B Panel

• CPS Specialist Fraud Panel Level 3

• CPS Proceeds of Crime Panel Level 3

• CPS Serious Crime Panel Level 3

• CPS General Crime Panel Level 3

• Direct Access qualified

• Authorised to conduct litigation

Professional Memberships

• Fraud Lawyers’ Association – Committee Member

• Criminal Bar Association

• South Eastern Circuit

• Gray’s Inn – Bencher