Neil trained with Peters & Peters, qualifying in 1999. He became a Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory team on 1 February 2010.
He has a broad range of experience in the fraud area, with particular expertise in advising individual and corporate clients in relation to investigations and prosecutions by HM Revenue & Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Office of Fair Trading, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service, specialising in particular in corruption inquiries, cartel matters, and tax inquiries, as well as investigations by regulators including the Financial Services Authority and other professional bodies. Much of Neil’s work involves him advising as part of multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary teams of professionals.
Neil has been involved with several recent high profile cartels cases, including representing a senior executive of a UK company in the parallel investigations by the US Department of Justice and Office of Fair Trading into allegations of price fixing and bid-rigging in the marine hose market, which culminated in the execution of a ground-breaking plea agreement in the US, under which our client was permitted to return to the UK to plead guilty in England as part of the OFT’s first prosecution under the Enterprise Act.
Neil is a member of the London Criminal Courts’ Solicitors’ Association; European Criminal Bar Association; and the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association.