Bark&co is one of the UK’s most progressive and successful fraud and business crime firms. We handle a wide range of white-collar crime and fraud cases, including prosecutions and investigations brought by the SFO, the FCA, and HMRC.

We became a member of the Serious Fraud Panel at its inception and members of the team are accredited as supervisors of the most complex cases. We have helped clients in connection with many of the highest-profile prosecutions brought by the SFO and other agencies. Our recent record includes representing around 60 clients at Southwark Crown Court (over the past year, or awaiting trial) as well as acting in a succession of large-scale FCA investigations and prosecutions. Our expertise spans insider dealing/financial trading offences; money laundering; tax, mortgage, internet and pension fraud; bribery & corruption; theft; and fraudulent trading by company directors. Dedicated teams also assist in relation to confiscation and restraint proceedings.

Our track record includes acting for individuals in prominent cases such as the Cheney Pension fraud; the high-profile Asil Nadir case; the US$1bn BAE Systems corruption claims; the Adoboli case (the former trader at UBS charged in relation to US$2.3bn trading losses); and Marrache & Co. We also acted for an individual in relation to the SFO’s investigation into Amec Foster Wheeler; acted for a defendant in the SFO prosecution following the Libor scandal; represented key individuals in the SFO investigations into alleged corruption at Rolls-Royce; acted in R v F & Others – described by prosecution counsel as the ‘biggest case ever’ involving allegations of carbon trading fraud; acted for three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in relation to criminal charges brought by the Insolvency Service following his bankruptcy; and won, in 2022, a landmark victory in the Supreme Court for a high-net-worth client, concerning the extent to which suspects of crime are entitled to privacy – a highly significant decision with profound implications for media reporting as well as for individuals subject to criminal investigation.