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Hickman & Rose Offices
Pennybank
33-35 ST Johns Square
LONDON
EC1M 4DS
England
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Steffan Baker
Work Department
Associate. Business Crime.
Position
Steffan Baker is an experienced lawyer who acts on behalf of individuals and corporates across a broad range of fraud, white-collar crime and regulatory matters.
Steffan has advised clients on investigations and prosecutions by a wide range of bodies, including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), National Crime Agency (NCA), HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). His cases frequently involve serious allegations such as fraud, insider dealing, money laundering, false accounting, bribery and corruption, and anti-competitive behaviour.
He was part of the team that successfully defended a former Managing Director of Tesco UK, who was acquitted at trial of allegations of fraud and false accounting arising from an alleged £250million overstatement of profit.
He has also represented individuals in connection with the SFO’s investigations into Unaoil, Serco, Libor and Euribor manipulation.
Many of Steffan’s cases have an international element and involving parallel investigations in the UK and overseas, including the US and Europe. He has advised on cross-border investigations and extradition proceedings. He often works alongside lawyers based in other jurisdictions.
Career
Prior to joining Hickman & Rose, Steffan worked for another of London’s leading criminal defence law firms, where he was part of the team that secured the acquittal of a client prosecuted for insider dealing by the FCA.
From 2002 to 2010, he worked for the Crown Prosecution Service dealing with the most complex criminal allegations.
He trained at a leading civil rights firm, where he gained experience in a range of civil litigation areas, which included claims for judicial review in challenging the decisions of public bodies.
Memberships
Steffan is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association and London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association.
Education
Steffan has a BA (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Sussex, 2008. He completed his GDL and LPC at the College of Law, Bloomsbury and qualified as a solicitor in 2014.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
(Leading associates)Boutique litigation firm Hickman & Rose ‘consistently punches well above its weight’ to advise individuals facing serious financial criminal charges. With extensive experience handling SFO, HMRC, and NCA investigations and proceedings, the group also handles an increasing number of regulatory financial crime cases. Advice relating to account freezing orders, proceeds of crime issues, and sanctions concerns form further core pillars of work for the team. Ross Dixon
and Ben Rose jointly lead the firm’s financial crime offering; Dixon has notable experience handling parallel proceedings in the UK and overseas, while Rose takes point on bribery, fraud, and corruption matters – Andrew Katzen and Claire Wallace are other key names here. Emily Sheils handles market manipulation and fraud proceedings, while Christopher Houssemayne du Boulay is a key contact for accounting fraud instructions. At the associate level, Steffan Baker ably assists on complex fraud defence cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing