Fraud & other investigations

Investigations legal advice

There are few worse experiences for businesses than being investigated for fraud or another form of business crime. There is a whole list of regulatory and investigative bodies out there, making sure that business people and businesses work to strict codes and regulations; the Serious Fraud Office, HM Revenue and Customs, the Financial Services Authority, the Department for Trade and Industry, the Office for Fair Trading, the Health and Safety Executive and Trading Standards.

In any investigation into commercial activities by specialist investigators you need equally specialist representation to help and guide you, to represent and protect your interests.

We have substantial experience and success in handling all manner of fraud or fraud related investigations both in this country and abroad. We also have extensive and wide ranging experience of financial services, health and safety, professional tribunals and other forms of purely regulatory investigation. The team is based in three cities, providing coverage and accessibility nationwide and is widely recognised in its specialist field as amongst the leading providers in the country of advice and assistance for fraud and business related prosecutions.

Our experience in fraud & regulatory investigations

We have acquired significant experience in our time and we have been involved in almost every major SFO and Customs prosecution in the last few years. Our lawyers benefit from a secondment to the FSA so as to gain an insight and expertise that sets us apart. Access to complimentary areas of expertise at Irwin Mitchell, such as civil fraud and dedicated health and safety staff also benefits our clients, who know that their advice is comprehensive and well informed.

We are members of the International Bar Association, European Criminal Bar Association, Association de Jeune Avocats, Criminal Law solicitors Association, London Criminal Law Solicitors Association, Institute of Taxation, Liberty, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers and the Health and Safety Lawyers Association.

What can we help with?

If you have received formal or informal notification of investigation, or prosecutorial or regulatory interest, or you have been arrested, contact us as soon as possible. We have great experience and expertise in:

• Conspiracy to defraud
• Cartel offences
• Fraudulent trading
• False accounting
• Money laundering
• FSA investigations
• Health and safety investigations
• Trading standards investigations
• Professional disciplinary tribunals
• Export licence breaches
• Corruption -Extradition

Call us now on 0870 1500 100 or 020 7421 3883 to arrange a consultation, or use the links above to drop us a line.