When criminal or regulatory issues arise, the impact can be immediate, involving scrutiny, pressure and significant personal and professional consequences. We help our clients navigate these situations to achieve the best outcomes.
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Ian Ryan| Partner, Head of Business Crime and Regulatory
The firm has extensive criminal defence experience across the whole team.
Chambers UK 2026
Our Business Crime & Regulatory specialism advises corporate, senior executives and individuals facing white-collar crime allegations and regulatory scrutiny. Many clients come to us when issues have already arisen, or where there is a real concern that an investigation may follow. We are recognised as a leading business crime and regulatory team, trusted on complex, high-stakes matters where professional, financial and personal risks intersect. Combining rigorous legal expertise with strategic insight and a commercial understanding of what is at stake, we help clients navigate these situations with confidence and achieve the best possible outcome.
We advise on a wide range of criminal and regulatory issues, including internal investigations, regulatory inquiries, financial crime, fraud, asset recovery. professional discipline, and private prosecutions.
Our clients include corporates, financial institutions, senior executives, high-net-worth individuals and professionals, often facing scrutiny across multiple regulators, jurisdictions or parallel proceedings - including matters involving the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, National Crime Agency, HMRC and the Insolvency Service. These situations can escalate quickly, placing organisations and individuals under significant pressure, where early decisions carry lasting legal, commercial and personal circumstances.
Our experience across these matters allows us to move quickly, identify key risks and develop a clear strategy tailored to the circumstances of each case. We focus on what matters most - providing decisive advice that supports immediate response while protecting longer-term commercial, professional and reputational interests.
Representing bankers and traders in the German Cum-Ex and an investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission.
Representing a senior individual in the Patisserie Valerie investigation.
Representing a defendant charged by the SFO concerning alleged manipulation of the Euribor.
Representing a senior individual in the forthcoming Euribor trial.
Clarity and judgement in complex investigations
Business crime and regulatory matters often involve multiple agencies, evolving facts and overlapping civil and criminal exposure. Understanding the risks, the process and the available options is essential.
We cut through complexity to provide clear, practical guidance at every stage. By combining technical expertise it rea-world insight, we help clients make informed decisions, ensuring they remain in control as situations dvelop.
Our team brings experience of regulators, enforcement bodies and their processes, alongside strong technical expertise across business crime and regulatory matters. Working collaboratively across the firm, we bring together the right expertise to address legal, commercial and reputational risk in a coordinated way that delivers maximum impact for our clients.
Clients choose our Business Crime & Regulatory team for judgement, experience and our ability to deliver in high-stakes situations. We provide advice that enables clients to act decisively, manage risk effectively and move forward with confidence.
Our focus is on protecting what matters most - whether that is your business, your reputation or your personal position. This includes managing reputational exposure and maintaining direction where issues attract public or media attention.
