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 member of the firm’s Management Committee. Kyle 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 > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Co-headed by Lois Langton and Kyle Phillips, Howard Kennedy LLP represents clubs, agencies and sports organisations on strategic acquisitions and corporate governance issues, in tandem with disputes and reputation management. Langton acts for high-profile footballers in divorce and financial remedy cases, Phillips is an expert in fraud and corruption claims, while Sam Murray-Hinde has a particular specialism in industrial relations.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
(Next Generation Partners)Howard Kennedy LLP‘s private prosecutions practice, which sits within its wider business crime and regulatory team, continues to be prolific in private prosecutions in the retail sector. The group has a history of acting for a range of government agencies in many high-profile investigations. Leading the ‘dynamic, energetic and effective‘ team is Ian Ryan, who demonstrates a great deal of experience in serious fraud cases. Ryan is well supported by Jennifer Harper, who often handles cross-border regulatory investigations. Additionally, Kyle Phillips is a ‘commercially minded partner with great experience in heavy fraud‘, specialising in financial crime and regulatory issues. Angharad Hughes ‘brings her experience from the independent bar and uses it to full effect’.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Acting for senior executives, senior traders, and various other individuals on the full range of white-collar criminal matters, Howard Kennedy LLP attracts praise for its ‘tenacious‘ team. Ian Ryan oversees the group and has a notable emphasis on serious fraud issues, including SFO investigations. Kyle Phillips specialises in advising on financial crime and regulatory matters, particularly relating to money laundering, corruption, fraud, and bribery. Jonathan Huth is a key contact for cross-border investigations. The ‘collaborative, hardworking, and passionate’ Fran Garvey is noted for her sanctions expertise, while the ‘highly committed and enormously thorough‘ Jennifer Harper handles Section 2 notices, SARs, and cash forfeiture proceedings. Also in the core team is barrister Chloe-Jane Belton. September 2023 saw the firm strengthening its financial services investigations offering with the arrival of David Hamilton from Pinsent Masons LLP.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
The business crime and regulatory team at Howard Kennedy LLP specialises in representing high net worth individuals in sexual assault and assault cases. Ian Ryan leads the practice with a ‘formidable reputation’; is experienced in extensive police investigations into historical sexual assault. Kyle Phillips, who ‘works tirelessly for his clients, is always on top of his papers, and has an exceptional knowledge of the law’, specialises in acting for celebrities and their family members in sensitive reputational matters.
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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Firm Rankings
- 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: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Immigration