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Julian Richards
Work Department
Financial Crime
Position
Partner, Solicitor-Advocate
Career
Julian is a Solicitor and Partner of the firm, based at our Oxford office.
He is recognised nationally as a specialist in serious and complex crime. His reputation is such that he is regularly instructed in cases of this nature throughout the country.
He has a wealth of experience in dealing with murder, large scale drugs conspiracies and serious sexual offending.
Much of Julian’s recent practice however revolves around white collar crime and the defence of directors and business professionals facing prosecution by HMRC, the SFO and the FCA, where his ability to identify the relevant issues in these technical and complicated cases, is invaluable. He regularly defends clients who have been prosecuted for multi-million pound frauds and is currently retained to provide advice in an ongoing investigation into bribery act offences, a multi-jurisdictional “Ponzi scheme” fraud to the value of £80 million and a tax planning fraud to the value of £132 million.
Julian is commercially astute having previously worked for a leading multi-national corporate law firm based in the City of London. His focused and shrewd tactical approach means that he is frequently engaged by corporate clients to provide them with advice in respect of a wide range of issues; from allegations of large scale trademark infringement investigated by PIPCU and offences under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, to offences investigated by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
(Leading partners)South West > Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
Reeds Solicitors stands out for its expertise in criminal defence work. The practice is divided into the complex crime team, which focuses on large fraud claims, drug conspiracies and HMRC issues; and the private crime team, which advises on motoring issues, education work and general criminal cases. The former is led by Julian Richards, with the latter headed up by Stuart Matthews; both are based in Oxford. In Bristol, Stephen Clifford leads the Crown Court team, regularly defending clients at the Magistrates Court in a range of high-stakes crime cases. Nicola Hutchinson is highly experienced in a broad set of criminal and regulatory matters spanning murder, rape and sexual assault cases, fraud issues, and drug conspiracies. Solicitor advocate Andy Lee is another key member, noted for his representation of clients at the police station as well as the Magistrates Court.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Under the leadership of Julian Richards, who is based in Oxford, and Mark Abbott, the financial crime team at criminal law boutique Reeds Solicitors has notable expertise in HMRC investigations, bribery and corruption allegations, and cryptocurrency issues, a recent area of increased activity for the group. Also in the core team is ‘great clear thinker‘ Sundeep Soor, recommended for extradition cases and asset forfeiture issues.