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Defence & Investigations

We advise our clients on the full range of criminal and contentious regulatory matters in addition to internal compliance and other investigations.

‘Smart, multidisciplinary, at the forefront of innovation in this sector.’ The Legal 500 UK

Our lawyers have acted on complex, high-profile matters for both corporate entities and individuals. The advice is partner-led and tailored to the specific needs of our clients.

We advise clients on complex and high-profile criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions as well as conducting internal investigations for corporate and financial services clients. We regularly advise clients on domestic and international investigations, often in parallel with our long-established connections with leading international law firms.

Our solicitors have experience conducting internal investigations for corporates concerning whistleblowing or alleged wrongdoing, as well as representing employees in internal and FCA directed investigations and interviews. We regularly advise clients (both institutions and individuals) on allegations of anti-money laundering, insider dealing, market abuse, bribery and corruption, tax fraud, corporate manslaughter, government contract fraud and modern slavery. We also advise victims of crime as well as acting in private prosecutions to obtain justice for our clients.

We are discreet and sensitive in our approach, uniquely equipped to strategically manage your situation and defend your position. We work closely with other practices within the firm to achieve the best outcome as we recognise that there can be many overlapping considerations. The depth and range of expertise we can offer as a firm, ensures our client’s position is protected at all times.

"Mark Jones is a very experienced white-collar crime practitioner, with a calm manner, great judgment and tactical nous, and top-level client care skills." THE LEGAL 500 UK

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INTERPOL Silver Notices 

INTERPOL and the notice system  INTERPOL is an inter-governmental organisation which works with pol...
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Is spreading misinformation punishable under the Online Safety Act? Mark Jones and Hanna Basha for City AM

Following repeated coverage in all the national broadsheet press on the misinformation aspect of the...
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 AI and the rise of deepfakery podcast

Partners Hanna Basha and Mark Jones are guests on 39 Essex Chambers’ AI and the Law Podcast h...
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Financial Crime in the Manifestos

Both parties have now published their 2024 General Election manifestos. The Conservatives have promi...
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Politicised cases: Russian citizenship, article 8 and sanctions

Matt Ingham, Asylum Partner and Mark Jones, Defence & Investigations Partner at Payne Hicks Beac...
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APP fraud, Payments Services and Quincecare: Ripe for reform?

In our article in March (Authorised Push Payment Fraud and Quincecare – (In)adequate Consumer Prot...
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The rise of deepfakes how UHNWs are protecting their families

As protection from online harms is becoming an increasing concern for parents Mark Jones, Partner an...
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Creating sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ to become a criminal offence

Following the government’s proposal to criminalise the creation of deepfake sexually explicit imag...
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Authorised Push Payment Fraud and Quincecare – (In)adequate Consumer Protection? 

The Court of Appeal has delivered a significant judgment in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2022] EW...
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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, Mark Jones for the Tax Journal

Criminal and regulatory defence specialist Mark Jones‘s comments have featured in The Tax Jou...
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