KNIGHTS QUARTER, 14 ST JOHN'S LANE, LONDON, EC1M 4AJ, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7814 1200
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- Fax 020 7490 2288
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- 22 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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- www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
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Stephen Pollard
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- Work +44 20 7814 1200
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Work Department
Criminal litigation.
Position
Partner specialising in criminal matters, in particular commercial fraud, ‘City’ crime and regulatory problems (especially enforcement actions by the FSA); experienced advocate. Major cases include representing Nick Leeson following the collapse of Barings Bank; part of a team representing 480 former soldiers in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry; representing the five Citigroup traders in the FSA inquiry into the MTS matter; representing the former finance director of AIT in the FSA’s first criminal prosecution for market manipulation; representing a partner of a leading hedge fund in FSA proceedings; representing the former BA commercial director in the OFT prosecution of alleged cartel activity; representing a party in the SFO investigation into corrupt payments by BAE; representing the former prime minister of Kosovo in his acquittal of war crimes allegations before the Hague tribunal; representing a defendant in the SFO general medicines cartel prosecution.
Career
Articled Payne Hicks Beach; ten months secondment to the European Commission of Human Rights in Strasbourg; qualified 1985; civil and commercial litigation with Payne Hicks Beach followed by a year with the Crown Prosecution Service; joined Kingsley Napley 1989; partner 1990; lectures on handling the media, white-collar crime and FSA enforcement topics.
Languages
French, German, Spanish.
Member
LCCSA; Amnesty International.
Education
Manchester Grammar School; Pembroke College, Oxford (1980 BA).
Leisure
Family, reading, all sport (especially cricket and Fulham FC), theatre.
Practice Areas
Crime - corporate; EU and competition; Financial services
