Shaul Brazil
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 1 : Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals
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Practice Areas
Shaul Brazil is a partner at BCL specialising in business crime and regulatory enforcement. Recommended in Chambers UK and Chambers HNW, he is also ranked as an expert in Who’s Who Legal (Business Crime Defence and Investigations). Shaul specialises in acting for individuals and companies in complex cross-border matters. He has extensive experience advising on multi-jurisdictional corruption and fraud investigations, asset recovery proceedings (in the UK and overseas), and extradition proceedings (in particular, politically motivated requests). He has acted in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO, US Department of Justice and many other UK and overseas enforcement authorities.
Shaul also has broad experience acting in ancillary matters such as judicial review proceedings, FCA investigations and applications to Interpol for the deletion of notices or diffusions. He advises companies in relation to regulatory and criminal law issues such as anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money laundering compliance, data protection and responding to requests for assistance in law enforcement investigations.
Career
Called to the Bar 2003, trained QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers and joined BCL Solicitors in 2007 becoming a partner in 2013.
Professional Memberships
International Bar Association; Fraud Lawyers Association; Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum; Lincoln’s Inn.
Publications
Shaul is frequently quoted in the press on Anti Money Laundering, banking and regulation.
https://globalinvestigationsreview.com/article/1189557/euribor-%E2%80%9Cthe-senior-managers-should-have-known%E2%80%9D
https://www.law360.com/financial-services-uk/articles/1142755/hard-brexit-could-put-chinks-in-uk-s-financial-crime-armor
Personal
Alleyn’s School, London (1997), University of Bath (2001).
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Shaul Brazil is well regarded by clients and other professionals for acting on complex financial crime matters, including money laundering cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shaul is someone you want in your corner; he is a tough litigator and he gives very good strategic advice on how to fight cases."
"Shaul Brazil is tenacious, extremely clever and gets to the heart of an issue very quickly. He has enormous energy to match his enormous talent. He cuts through the nonsense and has laser-sharp focus."
"Shaul covers all corners of what high net worth individuals need. He can deal with crime, quasi-criminal civil cases and personal disputes. Shaul is a high net worth individual's Swiss army knife."
"Shaul is someone you want in your corner; he is a tough litigator and he gives very good strategic advice on how to fight cases."
"Shaul Brazil is tenacious, extremely clever and gets to the heart of an issue very quickly. He has enormous energy to match his enormous talent. He cuts through the nonsense and has laser-sharp focus."
"Shaul covers all corners of what high net worth individuals need. He can deal with crime, quasi-criminal civil cases and personal disputes. Shaul is a high net worth individual's Swiss army knife."
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by BCL Solicitors LLP
UK-US extradition: an imbalanced relationship?
In the following article BCL’s partner Shaul Brazil examines the application in the United Kingdom of the ‘forum bar’ to extradition which was introduced following widespread criticism of the perceived imbalance in the extradition arrangements between the UK and the USA and the so-called ‘long arm’
UK-US extradition: an imbalanced relationship?
In the following article BCL’s partner Shaul Brazil examines the application in the United Kingdom of the ‘forum bar’ to extradition which was introduced following widespread criticism of the perceived imbalance in the extradition arrangements between the UK and the USA and the so-called ‘long arm’
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