2 Hare Court

Lewis MacDonald is ranked as a leading practitioner across his main practice areas in both of the main directories: in fraud and financial crime, private prosecutions, and professional discipline. He is described by Chambers UK as “a silk in the making and a junior of choice. With substance and quality, he is definitely someone you want in your corner. His written and oral advocacy match each other in excellence”, Lewis is frequently instructed in document-heavy cases that raise complex issues of fact and law.

In the criminal sphere, Lewis acts for the prosecution and defence across the spectrum of serious criminal offences, from violence and terrorism to large scale fraud. His practice increasingly focuses on white collar, business crime, consumer offences, and asset forfeiture. He is currently acting for one of the defendant solicitors in the SFO’s fraud prosecution arising from the SRA’s intervention into Axiom Ince.

Lewis is known as a go-to junior for private prosecutions, and has been instructed in a number of significant fraud cases for and against the private prosecutor.

In regulatory cases, Lewis has extensive experience appearing before a number of regulators, often in complex or high-profile cases. He most commonly acts for solicitors, accountants, the police, sports, and medical professionals. He has acted in complex Article 2 and jury inquests and both statutory and non-statutory Inquiries. He appears in inquests and criminal proceedings in both medical and health and safety contexts.

Lewis also applies his fraud experience in cases before the tax tribunal, most commonly in MTIC denials, penalties, and Border Force cases.

Year of Call 2014.

2020: Appointed to SFO Panel B; CPS Advocate Panel Level 3; Criminal Bar Association; Young Fraud Lawyers Association; Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers; Health & Safety Lawyers Association; Private Prosecutor’s Association.

MA Hons in Law, Queens College, Cambridge; Droop & Levitt Scholarships, Lincoln’s Inn; BPTC (Outstanding), Nottingham Law School; Taylor Prize for Best Overall Student, Nottingham Law School.