Mr David Byrne > Bark&co > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Bark&co
BRIDEWELL COURT
14 NEW BRIDGE STREET
LONDON
EC4V 6AG
England

Work Department

Criminal litigation, regulatory investigations

Position

Up until February 2003, partner and head of litigation and investigations in Dechert’s London office. He set up Byrne and Partners as a specialised litigation and regulatory practice. He handles all aspects of investigations work and represents companies and individuals in national and international fraud cases and regulatory investigations, including those brought by the SFO, DTI, CPS, FCA, Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise. He maintains a specialism and is well recognised in the field of Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise investigations.

Career

Trained Norton Rose; qualified 1978; Norton Rose; Clifford Turner; Titmuss Sainer Dechert; Partner Dechert; Co-founding partner Byrne and Partners 2003.

Education

BA Law (First Class Honours); Maxwell Law Prize; Kings College, London (LLM).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)

(Hall of Fame)

David Byrne – Bark&co

Criminal defence boutique firm Bark&co ‘always goes the extra mile’ when representing senior executives, non-executive directors, and clients in the finance sector across the full spectrum of fraud issues. Founding partner Giles Bark-Jones is ‘commercially astute and tactically aware’; he leads the criminal fraud department and takes point on international fraud and corruption cases. David Byrne focuses his broad practice on regulatory investigations, particularly HMRC investigations. For insider dealing and boiler room fraud mandates, Peter Finbow is the name to note, while Maria Stalbow is a key contact for individuals in the financial sector.