Dan specialises in defending regulatory investigations and prosecutions for health & safety, environment agency, trading standards matters and fraud, financial crime and financial services regulation brought by regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Trading Standards and the Financial Services Authority.
Dan defends serious and complex fraud matters including long firm fraud, MTIC high yield investment fraud, asset stripping and advance fee fraud.
His experience in defending serious matters investigated and/or prosecuted by the SFO, CPS and HMRC include:
- The Miners Compensation fund investigation by the SFO
- The prosecution by the SFO following the collapse of the menswear group, Ciro Citterio
- The prosecution of two asset stripping/conspiracy to defraud cases
- The prosecution of a high yield investment fraud
- CPS prosecution of two individuals in respect of a conspiracy to defraud the purchaser of a property portfolio (Lancashire)
- CPS prosecution of an individual in a conspiracy to commit advance fee fraud (South Yorkshire)
- CPS prosecution of an individual for numerous counts of finance fraud (Derbyshire)
- HMRC prosecution of an individual for MTIC fraud where loss to the revenue is said to be £20 million
"Daniel Stowers is commended for his technical skill in relation to complex frauds." & "New partner Dan Stowers has expertise in technically complex matters and recently handled an SFO prosecution into an alleged conspiracy to defraud creditors."
Chambers and Partners
Irwin Mitchell LLP is described as "one of the leading fraud and regulatory firms in the North of England." Dan Stowers has "maturity and perception in criminal and regulatory cases beyond his years."
The Legal 500, 2011
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