Kyle Phillips > Howard Kennedy LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Howard Kennedy LLP Offices
NO.1 LONDON BRIDGE
LONDON
SE1 9BG
England
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Kyle Phillips
Work Department
Business Crime & Regulatory
Position
Kyle Phillips is a specialist financial crime and regulatory solicitor with particular expertise advising companies and individuals on fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering matters.
Kyle has over 10 years’ experience representing clients in some of the most high-profile financial crime and regulatory investigations. This includes both domestic and international investigations. Notably, he has been instructed on several high-profile financial crime investigations including Wirecard, Euribor, G4S, Serco, Amec Foster Wheeler, Harlequin and Forex.
Kyle conducts internal investigations on behalf of corporates who suspect criminal wrongdoing. He provides strategic advice to clients seeking to report criminal misconduct to the authorities, and is experienced at bringing private prosecutions.
He provides expert assistance to clients to take preventative financial crime measures, including implementing compliance programmes and undertaking audits of financial crime controls. Kyle is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and together with his vast experience in financial crime investigation, he is particularly skilled at providing anti-money laundering advice and assistance.
He is experienced at advising clients at all stages of a criminal investigation, and continues to advise clients subject to investigation for general crime matters including drugs, assault and sexual offences.
Kyle also advises individuals subject to sports regulatory investigations, including e-sports. He sits as an Anti-Discrimination Disciplinary Chair for the Football Association. He is also a committee member for the Private Prosecutors’ Association and is a former chair of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
Howard Kennedy LLP‘s business crime and regulatory department is led by Ian Ryan, who is experienced in representing and advising high-net worth individuals in serious fraud and criminal matters. The department also assists in cases of blackmail and harassment, road traffic offences, violent crimes, and drugs offences. Other key names to note include the ‘fantastic‘ Kyle Phillips, and ‘highly impressive‘ legal director Chloe-Jane Belton, as well as financial crime specialist and senior associate Jennifer Harper. Jonathan Huth joined the team from Kobre & Kim LLP in January 2023.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Representing senior traders, CEOs, and business leaders, Howard Kennedy LLP has been praised by clients for having ‘considerable experience in all areas of financial crime’, with the team showing strength advising on market manipulation, money laundering, and tax fraud investigations. The group routinely handles cross-border proceedings led by European and US enforcement agencies, along with assisting victims of serious fraud in private prosecutions. The practice is headed by Ian Ryan, who ‘instils complete confidence’ in clients. Kyle Phillips ‘works tirelessly’ for individuals on bribery and corruption claims, while Jonathan Huth has advised on asset recovery and cross-border investigations since arriving as a partner from Kobre & Kim LLP in January 2023. Barrister Angharad Hughes covers confiscation and dishonesty matters, while Jennifer Harper and Chloe-Jane Belton are other key members of the team.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Lois Langton draws on her experience of heading the family law team to lead Howard Kennedy LLP‘s sports group on matters concerning high-net-worth-individuals and high-profile athletes. Criminal, business and regulatory specialist Kyle Phillips is a key contact for client defences following regulatory breaches, namely in the eSports space. Joel Leigh – an expert in complex commercial and professional negligence claims – also deals with contentious issues in the eSports, horse racing and motorsports arenas. Employment practitioner Sam Murray-Hinde provides key support to the team.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
(Next Generation Partners)Howard Kennedy LLP’s private prosecutions offering is led by Ian Ryan and combines civil and criminal law expertise to advise on high-profile prosecutions and investigations brought by regulatory agencies, such as the SFO, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Ryan offers 22 years’ experience in fraud, financial crime and regulatory matters and recently successfully prosecuted a high-profile case in the retail sector; he is supported by Kyle Phillips, who acts for both companies and individuals on fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering issues. Jonathan Huth joined from Kobre & Kim LLP in January 2023 and at the more junior end of the team, senior associate Jennifer Harper is recommended for multi-jurisdictional white-collar crime and regulatory investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Private prosecutions London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Crime: general London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
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- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency