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Mr Paul Ozin KC KC
Position
Paul Ozin KC has particular expertise in financial, business and regulatory crime cases (including company, business, revenue, market-related, advance fee, healthcare and pharmaceutical, factoring, bribery and corruption, money laundering, confiscation and asset recovery cases). He is well placed to deal with the whole landscape of such cases, with complementary expertise in regulatory and disciplinary proceedings, and related civil and public law challenges, including international work.
Until taking Silk, he was Standing Counsel to the Department of Business. He is instructed in cases prosecuted by the other principal prosecutors of financial, business and regulatory crime cases: the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and the CPS Fraud Divisions.
He has a sector-wide practice in regulatory and disciplinary cases, (including financial, accountancy, legal services, police, forensic pathology and healthcare regulatory cases) including Appellate public law challenges and statutory appeals. He appears for both regulators and regulated persons. He advises regulators on overarching issues and the drafting of regulations and guidance. He is the former Chair of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.
He leads, inclusively with colleagues, the 23ES Chambers Regulatory and Disciplinary Team.
Career
Called 1987; Middle Temple. Appointed Silk in 2016.
Memberships
Criminal Bar Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.
Education
Carmel College; Balliol College, Oxford (1986 BA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Ozin KC – 23ES ‘Paul is a very experienced and proactive silk. His advocacy skills are very strong.’
23ES stands out as ‘a reliable set in the regulatory market‘. Paul Ozin KC, who heads up the regulatory and disciplinary team, has an excellent reputation as ‘a very experienced silk in this area‘, and is often instructed in cases in the financial services and legal sectors. Among the juniors, Rebecca Vanstone has extensive experience in handling cases involving allegations of dishonesty, sexual misconduct and clinical misconduct.