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Gareth Minty
Work Department
White Collar Crime & Investigations
Position
Gareth Minty is a Partner in the White Collar Crime & Investigations Group. He advises clients across the full range of litigation relating to white collar crime, including: private prosecutions, internal investigations, white collar criminal defence, restraint and confiscation of assets advice, and anti-bribery and corruption compliance advice.
Since joining Mishcon de Reya, Gareth has drawn on his experience as a senior lawyer in the Central Fraud Division of the Crown Prosecution Service to successfully conduct the largest private prosecution brought to date involving a complex €100m fraud, which resulted in a sentence of 8 years’ imprisonment. Gareth’s private prosecution experience also extends to: prosecuting on behalf of Sky UK in relation to a fraud against the company’s intellectual property, an internal accounting fraud committed against a UK corporate, proceedings for international blackmail in a corporate context, and advising in respect of prosecuting for company director offences.
Additionally, Gareth has taken the leading role in defending high profile SFO prosecutions for money laundering and corruption, as well as acting for clients who have been investigated by the City of London Police, the FCA, HMRC, the Metropolitan Police, and the US Department of Justice.
Gareth is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and is one of firm’s trainers of prospective CFE’s. He is also a member of the Private Prosecutors’ Association, the Fraud Lawyer’s Association and the International Bar Association.
Career
Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Senior Lawyer, Crown Prosecution Service, Organised Crime Division
Senior Lawyer, Crown Prosecution Service, Central Fraud Division
Senior Lawyer, Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office
Brunel University, LLB (Honours)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
(Leading Individuals)Sitting as part of the firm’s wider white-collar crime and investigations and civil fraud offerings, the private prosecutions practice at Mishcon de Reya LLP is led by Gareth Minty and includes cyber, asset recovery and insolvency practitioners. It is well known in the market for advising both corporates and individuals on multi-jurisdictional frauds, investigations and criminal litigation. Minty is a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) alumnus with considerable experience of representing the victims of economic crimes in private prosecutions and wider criminal enforcement issues; he often works alongside the police and state prosecution agencies in relation to investigations. Associate Owen Griffiths is also active in the team and is well versed in complex fraud and financial crime matters, as well as asset recovery.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading Individuals London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Private prosecutions London > Crime, fraud and licensing
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Court of protection