Harvey Knight > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
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Harvey Knight
Work Department
Financial services regulatory.
Position
Partner.
With some 30 years’ experience, including 6 years advising the Financial Services Authority (‘FSA’)’s Authorisation and Approvals function as well as the FSA’s senior management on reputation management and contentious issues, Harvey leads our UK Financial Services Regulatory Group.
Harvey advises senior executives, owner-managers and controllers as to their handling of personal and corporate relationships with regulators, other regulated firms and individuals. His practice involves regulatory approvals and permissions, supervision and conduct issues, internal and external investigations involving major financial services institutions, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Prudential Regulatory Authority (‘PRA), the UK Listing Authority (‘UKLA’), the Takeover Panel, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (‘ICAEW’) and the Payments Services Regulator (‘PSR’), as well as civil and criminal cases involving the High Courts, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the National Crime Agency (NCA) and overseas regulators such as the SEC and NY Fed.
Over the last decade Harvey has been responsible for the first successful judicial review of the FCA (which established the principle of joint legal privilege in regulatory investigations), the first settlement with the PRA for a UK bank’s CEO and last year, the unprecedented overturning of a FCA ban of a senior banker.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
(Hall of Fame)In keeping with its strong reputation for individual-side representation, the majority of Withers LLP‘s client base consists of senior executives of public and private businesses, as well as non-executive directors of FCA-regulated financial institutions. As well as internal investigations, the team is often instructed to advise on consequent criminal issues, as well as broader market abuse concerns. ‘Absolutely brilliant‘ Harvey Knight 
brings many years of experience working internally at the FSA to his role as department lead.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Showcasing a ‘great breadth of talent’, the Withers LLP white-collar defence team has vast expertise in complex cross-border financial crime matters. The group shows considerable strength in advising individuals on sanctions and money laundering regulations, with co-head Carl Newman routinely defending high-net-worth individuals in SFO and FCA investigations. Fellow co-head Harvey Knight focuses on international criminal proceedings, while Natalie Sherborn brings ‘a calm approach to the most complex of matters’, including allegations of employee fraud and misconduct.
Showcasing a ‘great breadth of talent’, the Withers LLP white-collar defence team has vast expertise in complex cross-border financial crime matters. The group shows considerable strength in advising individuals on sanctions and money laundering regulations, with co-head Carl Newman routinely defending high-net-worth individuals in SFO and FCA investigations. Fellow co-head Harvey Knight focuses on international criminal proceedings, while Natalie Sherborn brings ‘a calm approach to the most complex of matters’, including allegations of employee fraud and misconduct.
London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
With broad expertise in the financial crime, corporate criminal liability, and sanctions spheres, the Withers LLP team is highly regarded by its domestic and international client-base. Through close collaboration between its London and global network of offices, the practice demonstrates ‘an inclusive breadth of knowledge’ in relation to high-profile extradition and INTERPOL matters, along with managing multi-jurisdictional proceedings brought by the SFO and FCA. The ’impressive’ Natalie Sherborn – who joined the firm in May 2022 from Pinsent Masons LLP – co-leads the group, where she focuses on major bribery and fraud investigations. Fellow co-head Carl Newman specialises in dealing with SFO, HMRC, and NCA prosecutions, while Harvey Knight is an expert on regulatory compliance measures.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Financial services: contentious London > Corporate and commercial
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates) London > Risk advisory
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)