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Corker Binning Offices
1 Ely Place
London
EC1N 6RY
England
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David Corker
Work Department
Financial Crime
Position
David Corker has a formidable reputation as a criminal and regulatory litigator. David specialises in acting for clients implicated in criminal or regulatory investigations, many of them international. He has many years’ experience of fraud, corruption cases and cartel investigations and also maintains a thriving general criminal practice.
David has acted for clients in almost every large criminal fraud case undertaken by the SFO. Recent case highlights include acting for two senior individuals in very high-profile SFO and FCA investigations. Other notable work from 2017 includes acting for a City lawyer charged with tax fraud, the Bloody Sunday murder probe, and traders facing market abuse allegations.
David founded his own firm in 2000, now Corker Binning, having previously been a Partner at Peters & Peters. David regularly writes for the national and legal press and academically about criminal and regulatory law. He is the author of ‘Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings’ (OUP 2009) and ‘Abuse of Process in Criminal Proceedings’ (4th Ed) (Bloomsbury, 2014).
Career
BA from Oriel College Oxford, MA from University of Sheffield. Police Officer 1984-87. Qualified 1990, Peters and Peters 1990-2000. Founded his own firm, now Corker Binning, in 2000.
Memberships
David Corker is a member of The City of London Law Society and the Financial Services Lawyers Association.
Education
Oriel College, Oxford (1983 BA); University of Sheffield (1984 MA)
Leisure
Enjoys family life and running.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
(Leading individuals)Corker Binning is ‘perfect for tricky financial services cases that don’t fit into a predefined box‘; cross-border proceedings, internal investigations, FCA-compelled interviews and dual track investigations all form part of the team’s regular workload. As a former senior lawyer at the FCA, Claire Cross has ‘a well deserved reputation for working on the highest profile disputes‘. Name partners David Corker and Peter Binning continue to play active roles in the firm; the latter has particular insight into overlapping regulatory and criminal matters.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
(Hall of Fame)Demonstrating ‘good strength in depth’, Corker Binning’s white-collar crime practice is highly recommended for representing HNW individuals and C-Suite executives in high-profile SFO and US DOJ investigations. The team boasts diverse expertise in sectors including renewable energy, banking, and natural resources, advising clients on complex money laundering issues and sanction compliance matters. Former partner David Corker has moved into a consultancy role but has vast experience acting for clients implicated in criminal or regulatory investigations. Peter Binning specialises in handling money laundering and breach of sanctions proceedings. Andrew Smith leads the department, bringing in-depth knowledge of prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA, and NCA, while the ‘experienced and professional’ Jessica Parker , who is now the firm’s senior partner, focuses on criminal tax fraud and investigations. Claire Cross routinely covers contentious tax proceedings, and of counsels Maia Cohen-Lask and Nick Barnard represent individual clients across a range of criminal and regulatory affairs. Paul Morris joined the firm as criminal litigation partner from BCL Solicitors LLP in October 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Hall of Fame London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Leading individuals London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Financial services: contentious London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)