Business Crime and Investigations


Running a business comes with significant challenges – legal risk does not need to be one of them.

 

We are on your side.

Financial impropriety, compliance breaches and insider misconduct are all real threats that can hit even the most sophisticated of today’s businesses.

We can help you see trouble coming and provide clear legal guidance and proactive risk mitigation to help you stay ahead of corporate crime.

Whether you need strengthened compliance, support handling a sensitive internal investigation or a robust defence to scrutiny by regulators or law enforcement, our team provides reliable legal support to give you and your organisation the confidence you need to protect from risk and secure your business.

By working with our colleagues across the business, we act as an extension to your team, helping to uncover issues early, manage risk discreetly and protect your reputation.

Expertise

  • Compliance & Due Diligence
  • Internal Investigations
  • Criminal Defence
  • Regulatory Investigations
  • Dawn Raids
  • Bribery & Corruption
  • Fraud
  • Money Laundering
  • Proceeds of Crime

Meet the team

Our multi-disciplinary team, comprising of specialists from within our firm, understand the expertise you require, where the criminality and regulatory issues lie and when we need to utilise our international networks.

When you choose us you can expect the highest standards of expertise, commitment and practical guidance to help you through difficult times.

Testimonials

  • Phillippa Ellis has a strong background in regulatory work, with a focus in recent years on large-scale commercial litigation which makes her particularly well suited to professional negligence claims and claims against professionals involving fraud.

    Legal 500, 2024

Resources

Download our brochure to learn how our Business Crime and Investigations team can help protect your business.

Recent changes to Corporate Criminal Liability

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 marks a major shift in how corporate crime is tackled in the UK—introducing tougher regulations and broader liability for businesses of all sizes. With new offences like Failure to Prevent Fraud and a change in the ways an organisation can be held criminally liable for the acts of its senior managers, the risk of prosecution is now very real for organisations that aren’t prepared.