Dan Hyde
Dan is a Senior Associate in our Business Crime & Investigations team. He has experience acting for corporate and individual clients on enforcement and regulatory proceedings (including actions by the SFO, FCA, Police, NCA and FRC), internal investigations, public inquiries and compliance advice.
Dan’s practice includes matters regarding bribery, money laundering, sanctions, criminal fraud, false accounting, theft, modern slavery, whistleblowing, insider dealing and the anti-facilitation of tax evasion.
Prior to joining Peters & Peters, Dan worked in the Sydney and London offices of Herbert Smith Freehills, in both the criminal and civil litigation teams.
Dan was also previously seconded to the London Financial Crime Compliance team of a tier 1 international investment bank, where he advised in relation to anti-bribery, money laundering and anti-facilitation of tax evasion matters.
He is qualified in Australia (2016) and England and Wales (2021), and holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of Western Australia and a Juris Doctor (First Class Honours) from the Australian National University.
Case examples
Acting for a FTSE 250 company in relation to a SFO investigation regarding alleged bribery in Africa.
Acting for a large UK company in relation to various parallel matters, including as a core participant under the Inquiries Act 2005.
Acting for a ‘Big 4’ accounting firm in relation to proceedings by the SFO, FCA and FRC.
Acting for the former CEO of a FTSE 250 company in relation to an SFO investigation into criminal fraud, theft and false accounting.
Acting for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in relation to anti-money laundering (AML) proceedings commenced by the Australian AML regulator, AUSTRAC.
Related expertise
- Bribery & Corruption
- Business Crime & Investigations
- Business Ethics, Human Rights & Product/Service Risk
- Compliance
- Criminal Fraud
- Cybercrime & Data Theft
- Employee Fraud
- FS Regulatory/FCA Investigations & Enforcement
- Inquiries & Inquests
- Internal Investigations
- Money Laundering
- Sanctions & Export Controls