William Glover > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Director

Career

William has acted for both high-profile individuals, and professional persons, including Directors and C-suite executives, at all stages of criminal matters.

In addition, William provides advice to corporates on any issues relating to criminal litigation and compliance.

William also has experience of acting in extradition proceedings in respect of both Part 1 and Part 2 territories. He has successfully resisted extradition requests on a number of occasions and acted for those seeking to engage in mutual legal assistance processes as an alternative to extradition.

William is a Corporate Crime Contributor for Lexis PSL and regularly provide commentary on issues related to white-collar crime and crypto assets.

Recent work highlights include:

  • Advising individuals and companies on criminal and related issues, including asset recovery, related to the use of cryptocurrencies
  • Prosecution discontinuing charges against my client for conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering offences following representations
  • Advising on adequate procedures under s.7 of the Bribery Act 2010
  • Advising an individual in respect of possible criminality related to a unique piece of artwork
  • Advising in respect of possible data offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and Data Protection Act 2018
  • Advising a multinational life sciences corporation in respect of a number of ongoing requests for assistance from various enforcement bodies
  • Drafting letters of representations to prosecution and enforcement bodies on behalf of corporates and individuals
  • Successful judicial review of a decision made in criminal proceedings
  • Advising on and drafting successful grounds of appeal against sentence in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
  • Advocate in a number of reported fraud trials at Southwark Crown Court and throughout the South East of England
  • Advice on legal professional privilege
  • Conducting internal investigations

While at the self-employed Bar, William also gained invaluable insight into prosecution and government work as a graded prosecutor and through secondments at both the Serious Fraud Office and the Home Office.

Memberships

Co-Chair of the London Irish Lawyers Association and a former President of the Middle Temple Young Barristers’ Association.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Fieldfisher counts senior executives in the energy, manufacturing, and automotive sectors among its strong roster of clients. With notable strength in advising witnesses on large-scale investigations as well as internal investigations, the team works closely with the firm’s civil fraud group to provide a comprehensive offering. Under the leadership of ‘excellent‘ barrister Quinton Newcomb, the team also includes Shiv Haria-Shah, who has extensive experience handling multijurisdictional investigations and large-scale compliance mandates, and the ‘bright, talented and hardworkingWilliam Glover.

London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)

The commercial crime team at Fieldfisher works closely with the firm’s larger dispute resolution offering and civil fraud team to provide a full-service offering with a notable emphasis on cross-border instructions. Described by clients as ‘clearly brilliant and supremely fluent in the law’, practice head Quinton Newcomb takes point on complex multijurisdictional internal investigations as well as compliance reviews; ‘truly exceptional‘ litigator Shiv Haria-Shah is another key name here. The core team also includes William Glover, who ably assists with internal criminal investigations concerning POCA, bribery, and corruption allegations.