Gareth Minty > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Gareth Minty

+44 20 3321 7451 gareth.minty@mishcon.com

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)