Ian Smith > 33 Chancery Lane > London, England > Barrister Profile

33 Chancery Lane
LONDON
WC2A 1EN
England
Ian Smith photo

Position

Ian works across a spectrum of commercial fraud, cyber fraud and misconduct cases. He represents clients in the civil and criminal courts, acting for both victims and accused persons. Most of his cases are large-scale international proceedings involving asset tracing in a number of jurisdictions. He has a specialist regulatory law practice, advising law firms, City institutions, professional services and property firms. He advises in relation to anti-money laundering, counter terrorist finance, financial sanctions, anti-corruption and anti-tax evasion facilitation. Ian lead-edits and co-authors the practitioners’ text Asset Recovery: Criminal Confiscation and Civil Recovery (Oxford University Press). He is the lead author of Commercial and Cyber Fraud: A Legal Guide to Justice for Businesses (Bloomsbury). He is the Immediate Past President of VOCAL – the Victims of Crime Association of Lawyers. He was a founding member of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association and is a former Secretary of the European Criminal Bar Association.

Career

Call – 2003; Solicitor from 1995; Solicitor Advocate (all courts).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Proceeds of crime (POCA) and asset forfeiture

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Ian Smith33 Chancery LaneHis strength is that he playing in both the civil world and the criminal world.’

 

London Bar > Fraud: civil

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Ian Smith33 Chancery LaneA very thorough junior who demonstrates good judgement.’